Rachel Stone

fintech @Mergermarket • formerly @SPGMarketIntel • WLU alum • aspiring world traveler • opinions my own • send tips: [email protected]

[Ryan Gould @rngould]

In case you missed it: $FIS is exploring a spin-off of its merchant payments arm as part of its ongoing strategic review. Story from Wednesday on @Dealreporter, @Mergermarket: https://t.co/4WmRJQRIux

[Lucinda Guthrie @LGuthrie1]

Computer services $CSVI saw interest from private equity and strategics before it sealed a deal with Centerbridge & Bridgeport, writes @RStone1317 on @Dealreporter & @Mergermarket. https://t.co/Q3nui0PqQ5

[Kiah Lau Haslett is a bank reporter (she/her) @khaslett]

In 2020, Ponce Bank partnered with fintech Grain Technology to provide provide revolving credit lines to customers with “little to no credit, or who’ve had their credit damaged” The firms developed a “non-traditional underwriting methodology” based on Grain’s AI tools...

[Renee DiResta @noUpside]

🧵The last 48 hours on here have been all about The Vaccine Discourse. Is FB killing people? Is the govt passing the buck? Who even can tell what IS misinformation, and who watches the watchmen, anyway? I’ve spent ~7 years watching the AV movement evolve online and have thoughts

[Arieh Kovler @ariehkovler]

Drone photographer Lior Patel followed a herd of sheep for several months, as the herd was shepherded to its summer pasture. Entrancing and relaxing.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

On a day for the history books, @TheAmandaGorman delivered a poem that more than met the moment. Young people like her are proof that "there is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it; if only we're brave enough to be it."

[Rachel Stone @RStone1317]

One of the biggest benefits of WFH: Being able to take a long enough midday break to run and shower, so I don't have to deal with this nonsense 🥶

[Cecily Tynan @CecilyTynan]

MORNING CHILL
Low temperatures will range from 20 to 26 degrees across the region and even with lighter winds of 5-10mph we will have a bit of a wind chill as you head out on Thursday morning.

[Brandon Pope TV @BpopeTV]

FRAME IT. #Inauguration

[Rachel Stone @RStone1317]

With the Visa-Plaid merger now terminated, Plaid could be the next big-ticket fintech SPAC target. Will be interesting to watch what it chooses to do next.

[Rachel Stone @RStone1317]

A month late, but this is the content I need right now. 10/10

[Niki Christoff @NikiChristoff]

As a senior tech industry exec, I want to speak up...
In May, Salesforce fired me for accepting a seat on a corporate board.

[Rasmus Kleis Nielsen @rasmus_kleis]

Biden has hired "Jessica Hertz, former associate general counsel at Facebook, and Cynthia Hogan, former Apple vice-president for government affairs, to his transition team. Eric Schmidt... is being talked about to lead a new technology industry task force" https://t.co/ozNwYfXMfE

[Rachel Stone @RStone1317]

Time will soon tell if he holds true to this claim...

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

Sen. Lindsey Graham in October 2018: "If an opening comes in the last year of President Trump's term, and the primary process has started, we'll wait to the next election."

[Alex Guillén @alexcguillen]

It's unfortunate that mere timing means that the death and legacy of one of one of the most respected jurists in American history, trailblazer heroine, will be framed as how it affects two men running for president.

Remember her achievements.

[Rachel Stone @RStone1317]

The hits just keep on coming 😭💔

[Rachel Stone @RStone1317]

This is unacceptable. I have so many feelings and so many things to say, but I’m too angry to formulate anything coherent right now.
https://t.co/RYdfW2IHma

[Rachel Stone @RStone1317]

Do better, @wlunews. You shouldn’t put your reslife staff (or any staff or students, for that matter) in this situation.

[Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree]

March - 1.4 million jobs lost. 4.4 % jobless rate

April - 20.8 million jobs lost. 14.7 %.

May - 2.7 million jobs added. Jobless rate 13.3 %

June - 4.8 million jobs added. Jobless rate 11.1 %

July - 1.8 million jobs added. Jobless rate 10.2 percent

[The Blue Ridge Guild⛰ @BlRidgeGuild]

Today is a dark day for local news in Charlottesville. The Daily Progress has been designed in Virginia since its founding in 1892, but our Iowa-based owner told employees that era is ending Friday. (1/7)

[Rachel Stone @RStone1317]

@MaryKateBrogan Don't misrepresent Pa! I'm a Philly native. Hands down, Wawa > Sheetz. Central Pa has it incorrect.