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Digital Assets Coalition of America adds Frank McCarthy as advisor
Digital Assets Coalition of America (DAC) has added Frank McCarthy of McCarthy Advanced Consulting as an advisor. A 20-year veteran of Capitol Hill, Mr. McCarthy will be helping to formulate policy...
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CallVU Conversational IVR brings virtual assistant capability to the call center
As we become more accustomed to virtual assistants like Amazon Echo and Google Home, we are going to expect the same level of convenience and service in other areas where we have to communicate our...
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International payments capability an underrated component of expansion
The global economy brings plenty of opportunity, but also its share of challenges, so be mindful when choosing an international payments provider, WorldFirst CEO for North America Mike Ward said....
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Navigating AI’s moral dilemma to avoid financial services risk
The following is a guest post from Toby Olshanetsky, the cofounder and CEO of prooV, the first proof-of-concept (PoC)-as-a-Service platform, which helps enterprises find, test-drive and implement new...
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Blockchain preparations growing on enterprise level
“Across all industries we’re seeing movement on blockchain on the enterprise level,” Cognizant’s Fletcher McCraw said. Mr. McCraw directs partnerships and consulting on blockchain for the digital...
View ArticleAventus Protocol Foundation to support projects using Aventus blockchain...
Aventus, the blockchain ticketing startup that raised 60,000 Ether via a crowdsale in 2017, has announced the next stage of development for its non-profit foundation. The Aventus Protocol Foundation...
View ArticleCurrencycloud launches Global Collections
Currencycloud, an international payments platform, today announced the launch of Global Collections. Through the multi-currency accounts receivable offering, banks and other payments companies can...
View ArticleBubble, Modulr transform babysitter payment
London-based marketplace Bubble connects 25,000 parents with 15,000 trusted babysitters across the UK via its smartphone app. Launched in 2016, the digital marketplace set out to eliminate the pain of...
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Saga Foundation to create non-anonymous blockchain-based digital currency
The Saga Foundation this week announced its mission to create Saga (SGA), the first non-anonymous blockchain-based digital currency. The currency is designed with a tamed volatility mechanism. These...
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Dash Core Group names Glenn Austin CFO
The Dash Core Group, which leads development and maintenance of digital payment currency Dash, has hired financial industry veteran Glenn Austin as its new CFO. Mr. Austin will be in charge of...
View ArticleMagenta Commerce, dotmailer to improve cross-channel CX
Magento Commerce, a provider of cloud digital commerce services, earlier this week announced its integration with dotmailer’s marketing automation platform. Merchants can now more easily leverage...
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Fifth Third Bancorp leads $50M CommonBond Series D
Student loan refinancing and consolidation company CommonBond announced a $50M Series D financing round this week. Fifth Third Capital Holdings, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fifth Third Bancorp,...
View ArticleFirst Biotron products use location intelligence
Data analytics platform Biotron has developed a go-to-market strategy that rewards users before they even start sharing their data through its mobile application and other tools. The business will use...
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Semafone’s 5 types of fraudsters threatening data security
Semafone, a provider of data security and compliance solutions for contact centers, shares the five most common types of fraudsters putting contact center data at risk. Coming from both inside and...
View ArticleCandex raises $3.5M in seed funding
Business payment services company Candex has raised $3.5 million of series seed funding from Edenred Capital Partners, Partech Ventures, Advisors.Fund, Camp One Ventures, NFX, Tekton Ventures, Big Sur...
View ArticleDenizen launches expat banking account
Denizen today unveiled a global, borderless account for expat banking which allows customers to receive money in one country and pay it out in another immediately, avoiding international transfer fees...
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CIT, Operation HOPE launch small business-focused video series
CIT Group, in partnership with the nonprofit Operation HOPE, today introduced the Launch and Grow video series to empower and educate small business owners. The series features small business owners...
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Nest Wealth offers group RRSP for SMBs
Nest Wealth, a provider of financial investment technology, this week announced the official launch of Nest Wealth at Work. “As Canada’s first, fully-digital, group RRSP plan for small-to-medium-sized...
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Small business finance platform Lendr takes novel risk approach
When determining how to address the shortage of small business funding options, Lendr founder Tim Roach visited a past success and gave it a twist. For the past 16 years Mr. Roach has also worked as a...
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Chargebacks: The sneaky holiday hangover
The following is a guest post by Brad Wiskirchen, CEO of Kount and former chairman of the Salt Lake City branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Similar to the current tax code, today’s...
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