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Record-Breaking Year for C2FO Marks Shift in Trade Finance Landscape

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Demand for better sources of working capital grows as the fintech reaches new milestones and achieves its first $1 billion day in funding

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — C2FO, the world’s on-demand working capital platform, announced that in December it had surpassed $400 billion in lifetime funding to its customers and achieved $1 billion of daily funding for the first time. These milestones reflect a significant shift in the business financing landscape, with companies increasingly seeking more effective sources of financing as they move away from relying solely on banking and credit-based lending for working capital.

US-based fintech, C2FO, announced $400 billion funding milestone and achieves first $1 billion day in customer funding.

In 2024, C2FO facilitated the early payment of more than 42 million invoices, which were paid an average of 32 days early to the companies comprising the supply chains of over 200 of C2FO’s global enterprise clients, including six of the Fortune 10 companies.

The demand for alternative sources of working capital shows no signs of slowing after years of exponential growth for the fintech founded in 2008. C2FO reached $400 billion in accelerated funding just over a year after surpassing $300 billion in funding in July 2023. Reliable sources of working capital continue to be an issue for small businesses. Loan approval rates for small businesses from large banks remained below 50% for the fourth consecutive quarter and saw a continued decline throughout 2024, according to results from the Small Business Lending Survey released by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City in December.

At the same time, businesses have to contend with longer payment terms. In an analysis of nearly $2 trillion in accounts payable reviewed by C2FO, the average time it takes to be paid increased from 34 days in 2019 to 41 days today.

As a result, government agencies and international forums, like the G20, B20, United Nations and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, are increasingly recognizing the need for more sustainable and innovative ways to facilitate working capital through platforms such as C2FO in recent policy papers and forums. In May 2024, the company announced its first nationwide platform with the launch of C2treds, becoming the first US-based fintech to be approved by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to facilitate payments through the Trade Receivables Discounting System (TReDS) for the financing and discounting of trade receivables of midsize and small enterprises (MSMEs).

Currently, C2treds is facilitating US$200 million of funding to more than 300 MSMEs, with more companies anticipated to join the platform following new mandates that go into effect in March 2025, requiring all Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) and corporations with annual revenues above ₹250 crores, or approximately US$29 million, to register with TReDS.

In October, IFC announced plans to partner with C2FO to launch the first nationwide working capital platform for MSMEs in Africa later in 2025. The program’s impact is estimated to unlock as much as US$25 billion in annual financing for MSMEs. IFC has estimated that for every US$1 million of working capital made available in developing countries,16 new jobs are created over two years.

“It has been a great four months for the team and for the hundreds of thousands of customers we serve,” said C2FO’s founder and CEO Alexander “Sandy” Kemper. “We produced record profitability in September, signed our global partnership with IFC in October, celebrated our first day above $900 million in funding in November — then to end the year by crossing over $1 billion in daily funding in December and to see a strong increase in profitability over September was an amazing capstone to a fantastic year.”

C2FO was founded to help companies of all sizes, from early-stage, fast-growth companies to established mainstream businesses, quickly access low-cost capital by offering their own discount rates for early payment and reduce the barriers of traditional lending, including risk-based underwriting, personal guarantees and high interest rates. This groundbreaking approach to dynamic discounting and on-demand working capital paved the way for C2FO’s patented Name Your Rate® technology, which has become increasingly popular with enterprises looking to improve their margins or working capital positions while supporting their suppliers with equitable financing options.    

C2FO has expanded to offer more flexible working capital programs globally through its Dynamic Supplier Finance platform. This platform allows companies to simultaneously run self-funded dynamic discounting programs alongside bank-funded supply chain finance programs for any configuration of their supply chains. In 2024, C2FO signed 17 such new programs and is currently supported by 16 bank partners.

“The success of the past year only demonstrates the tremendous need for more efficient and affordable capital and the need to unlock the trillions of dollars of trapped cash that still exists,” Kemper added. “Now, we are even more determined to take this great momentum into the new year of 2025.”

About C2FO
C2FO is the world’s on-demand working capital platform, providing businesses with fast, flexible and equitable access to low-cost capital. C2FO enables trust and transparency in working capital finance through its suite of solutions using patented Name Your Rate® technology that enables companies to be paid sooner by the world’s largest enterprises. Currently serving hundreds of thousands of business customers globally, the platform has delivered more than $400 billion in risk-free capital since its inception. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Kansas City, USA, with offices around the globe, C2FO’s mission is to ensure every business has the capital needed to thrive. To learn more, visit C2FO.com.

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BitradeX BXC First Two Subscription Rounds Sell Out, Total Subscriptions Exceed 14M USDT

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LONDON, May 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — BitradeX Capital’s ecosystem equity token, BXC, has completed its first and second subscription rounds, selling a total of 50 million BXC with subscriptions exceeding 14 million USDT. The first round sold out in 90 seconds, while the second closed within 48 hours.

While the fundraising size is not unusually large by crypto standards, the structure of the sale has attracted market attention. The first two rounds were not open to the public, but limited to high-tier BitradeX users. The first round was available only to V5 users and above, while the second round expanded access to V3 users and above.

According to BitradeX’s tier system, V3+ users typically have higher recurring investment activity through AiBot, longer platform usage history, and stronger ecosystem participation. This means the early BXC allocation was absorbed mainly by the platform’s internal high-value user base, rather than short-term speculative participants.

This approach differs from many token fundraising campaigns that prioritize broad public participation and market hype. BitradeX instead adopted a more selective, staged model, gradually lowering the participation threshold while keeping the sale within its active ecosystem community.

BXC is positioned as more than a standard platform token. Its value framework is linked to BitradeX Capital’s broader ecosystem, including its exchange business, AiBot quantitative strategies, BTX Card payments, and Labs incubation platform. Public information indicates that BXC holders may receive staking rewards, benefit from ecosystem buybacks and burns, and gain priority access to Launchpad projects and governance participation.

The third subscription round is launched on April 30 at $0.35 USDT per BXC, with a total supply of 100 million BXC. It is now open to users participating in AiBot recurring investment. The fourth round price is expected to rise to $0.45 USDT.

The long-term value of BXC will ultimately depend on the growth of BitradeX’s underlying businesses, including exchange profitability, AiBot user expansion, and BTX Card adoption. However, the rapid sellout of the first two rounds suggests that BitradeX’s core user base has already shown strong confidence in the ecosystem’s future.

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South and East Asia identified as hotspots of global warming related impacts on male fertility

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BEIJING, May 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — A major new study has shown that South and East Asia dominate patterns of global warming related decline in male fertility with the strongest and most consistent evidence coming from India, Pakistan and the southern parts of China.

The effects of increased environmental temperatures on male reproductive health include declining sperm concentration and motility and increased sperm DNA fragmentation, or genetic damage that can hinder fertilisation and embryo development.

Male related factors account for around 50 per cent of infertility cases around the world and the impact of rising ambient heat on semen parameters raises serious implications across wide areas of Asia where total fertility rates are in serious decline.

Outcomes of the study undertaken by the Taiwan IVF Group and Ton Yen General Hospital, Taiwan (China) in collaboration with Stanford University (USA) are being presented at the 2026 Congress of the Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE) in Beijing.

Research principal and Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford University, Dr Jack Yu Jen Huang, MD, PhD, FACOG said: “Given the temperature sensitivity of spermatogenesis, even modest increases in ambient temperature could have cumulative, population-level effects over time.

“As global warming accelerates, male reproductive health may represent an emerging climate sensitive public health concern.”

The testes function optimally at temperatures lower than the internal body heat level, and previous studies have shown elevated scrotal or ambient temperatures can impair sperm production.

The latest research explored global patterns to reveal comparative data across regions. It is based on a systematic review of international studies on temperature exposure and semen parameter trends between 2000 and 2024. Artificial intelligence algorithms and machine learning tools were applied to extract key variables including geographic regions and semen outcomes.

Dr Huang said studies examining occupational heat exposure alone were excluded from the analysis as they reflected localised, job-specific conditions rather than broader climatic trends.

“Our findings therefore represent population level climate associated temperature effects including consistent seasonal variations showing poor semen quality parameters in warmer periods.”

The global patterns on temperature associated lower sperm concentration and motility show South and East Asia as major hot spots of concern followed by the Middle East, Europe and North America.

“South and East Asia are likely more affected due to a combination of factors including higher baseline ambient temperatures and rapid urbanisation that contribute to greater cumulative heat stress on spermatogenesis,” Dr Huang explained.

“With ongoing global warming, chronic heat exposure may increasingly impact male reproductive health.”

Dr Huang said potential approaches to address the issue include:

increasing public awareness of heat exposure and reproductive health;encouraging protective behaviours;expanding research integrating climate and reproductive health data; andexploring clinical and lifestyle interventions to mitigate heat-related effects.

The research team was assisted by research intern Jeffrey Zi Kang Huang from Taipei American School, particularly in the application of artificial intelligence in biomedical research including AI-assisted data analysis and pattern recognition across global datasets.

“Further longitudinal and mechanistic studies will be important to better define causality and guide interventions,” he added.

The ASPIRE Congress is being held at the China National Convention Centre in Beijing. More than 3,000 scientists, clinicians, nurses and counsellors in assisted reproduction from around the world are attending the Congress.

For further information, go to https://www.aspire2026.com

 

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eclicktech Attends Amazon Ads unBoxed 2026, Highlighting Four Key Trends Shaping AI-Driven Global Marketing

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SHENZHEN, China, May 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Amazon Ads recently hosted its annual flagship event, Amazon Ads unBoxed 2026, in Shenzhen, bringing together advertisers, agencies, and technology partners to explore the next phase of AI-powered marketing innovation. This year’s event focused on how AI is reshaping the advertising ecosystem through advancements in audience targeting, creative production, campaign management, and measurement capabilities.

Yeahmobi, the global marketing brand under eclicktech and an Amazon DSP validated partner, attended the event alongside industry leaders and ecosystem partners to discuss emerging opportunities for international brand growth in an increasingly AI-driven media environment.

During the conference, Amazon Ads introduced a series of product and solution updates across four major areas:

Advanced audience targeting powered by Amazon’s first-party data infrastructure to help brands reach high-intent consumers more effectively;AI-assisted creative production designed to improve content efficiency and support personalized advertising at scale;Intelligent campaign management tools aimed at simplifying cross-channel advertising workflows;Enhanced measurement and attribution capabilities to provide advertisers with clearer visibility into campaign performance and return on investment.

According to Yeahmobi, Amazon DSP is evolving beyond a standalone programmatic buying platform into a broader marketing infrastructure supporting the full customer journey, from brand awareness to conversion.

Since becoming an Amazon Ads partner, Yeahmobi has developed integrated advertising solutions spanning awareness, audience engagement, and conversion optimization. The company stated that it has supported brands across sectors including cross-border e-commerce, consumer electronics, AI applications, and financial services in scaling their global advertising efforts through Amazon DSP.

At the event, Yeahmobi also showcased its proprietary advertising management platform, Yeahgrowth, which integrates campaign management, data analytics, and performance optimization capabilities to support centralized multi-platform operations and improved campaign visibility.

“AI is fundamentally reshaping how brands approach global growth,” said William Liu, General Manager of Yeahmobi. “We see Amazon Ads as a strategically important part of the global marketing ecosystem. Our focus is not only on media execution, but also on building scalable growth infrastructure through deeper API integration, AI-driven optimization, and data collaboration.”

Yeahmobi stated that it will continue expanding its collaboration with Amazon Ads to support brands navigating increasingly complex global media environments.

About Yeahmobi
Yeahmobi is a global marketing brand focused on helping businesses achieve international growth through digital advertising, data-driven operations, and AI-powered marketing solutions.

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This press release contains forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially due to various risks and uncertainties. The company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

 

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