Branch expands scheduling flexibility platform with general availability of Pay
Branch (formerly Branch Messenger), a mobile-first technology providing schedule and financial flexibility for hourly employees, today announced the general availability of Pay, a suite of new...
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Sphere Identity launches self-sovereign platform
Sphere Identity, a global, digital identity system, has launched its two-part business platform and mobile application, which will allow businesses to sign up customers in a secure, compliant, and...
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Communication between regulators, industry key in evolving digital finance
Regular communication between regulators such as FINRA and the SEC and companies operating in the rapidly evolving world of digital finance is key if those companies do not want to run afoul of...
View Articleiovation updates toughen security standards
iovation today released a series of updates to its online fraud prevention and authentication products. Features include email and phone number verification, botnet detection, streamlined...
View Article5 trends for business payments in 2019
The following is a guest post courtesy of Karla Friede, cofounder and CEO at Nvoicepay. Suddenly, business payments are hot. I’d say there’s a growing level of understanding of the space and a...
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Former Reebok, VfB Stuttgart execs join HYPE Capital to launch $75M sports...
HYPE Sports Innovation has announced plans for a $75-million capital fund. HYPE will leverage current deal flow from their twelve-fold global accelerator network which hosts more than 40,000 members...
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Smart companies should view open banking as a strategic opportunity
Conformity in the open banking era should not be viewed as an onerous requirement but as an opportunity to create a strategic advantage for your company, WSO2’s head of financial services Seshika...
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SEC fines Prosper for overstating annual returns over two years
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today announced a $3 million penalty against Prosper Funding LLC for “miscalculating and materially overstating annualized net returns to retail and other...
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RiverPay connects global merchants to Chinese shoppers
While you may not have heard of RiverPay, if you are Chinese visitor to North America or a business owner hoping to attract them, you might already be benefiting from its technology, cofounder and CEO...
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Galileo Processing looking to smash 2018’s record numbers
2018 was the best year yet for Galileo Processing and 2019 may surpass it, CEO Clay Wilkes said. The long-time payments platform has the goal of being the industry’s most sophisticated payments...
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IBMR looks to decentralization to solve corruption in Southeast Asia
David Sinjin Jung has attended divinity school and worked in online gaming. He’s earned an MBA and founded a company with a successful exit. That diverse resume is perhaps what is needed for a man...
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Bank boredom: Investing your cash elsewhere for a better return
In today’s financial climate, there is distrust, and a lack of faith in many of the big-name banks. It’s no surprise, with low interest rates for savings, and high interest rates for loans and...
View ArticleMicrosoft Dynamics users drowning in AP paper: Survey
Dooap, an accounts payable (AP) automation provider for Microsoft Dynamics environments, announced today more than 75 percent of AP departments using Dynamics Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)...
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Does too much automation cost wealth managers clients?
In recent years a growing number of wealth management firms are investing to partner with or build their own technology solutions (robo-advisors) to offer better financial advice to customers. However,...
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CPPO Prepaid Symposium adds news speakers
The Canadian Prepaid Providers Organization (CPPO), the voice of the rapidly growing prepaid payments industry in Canada, has announced new speakers for the third annual CPPO Prepaid Symposium on May...
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Financing your next big idea
Having the next big idea is something that you really need to do, and something you will always be looking for. When you start out and you set up your own business, you will no doubt have thought that...
View ArticleWhy fintech is the sharing economy’s final frontier
Max Lyadvinsky is the chief executive officer of startup funding platform Bloomio, an equity crowdfunding platform connecting startups with individual investors. The sharing economy works. One only...
View ArticleHow to make sure you successfully short a stock
For many people the world of stocks and shares is almost like an alien land – a space they know exists and always seems to be frantically busy, but yet few of them will really know anything about what...
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CogniCor looks to AI, high performance computing, to imitate true intelligence
While there are still many areas where the technologies can improve, artificial intelligence (AI) and high performance computing are strong enough that smart companies can finally begin to imitate...
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Galileo Money+ latest offering from creative fintech
One of the most interesting companies I have covered in fintech is Galileo, a company powering payments and operations for many fintechs. Some of that appeal comes from their different approach to...
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