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Around the web LendingClub expands partnership with Opportunity Fund to help entrepreneurs access capital. Gene Lockhart appointed Chairman of DemystData. BioCatch receives patent for detecting the...
View ArticleEphesoft Earns $15 Million Investment from Mercato Partners
Document capture and data analytics company Ephesoft landed $15 million in Series A funding from Mercato Partners. This marks the company’s first round of funding since it was founded in 2010....
View ArticleSummit View: Demands of Different Digital Market Segments
Our expanded FinovateFall conference is coming up on September 11 through 14, and we’re taking a look at each of the seven summit discussions that will take place after the demos. Today, we’re...
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On Finovate.com Blend Launches Native Mobile App. Around the web BanqUP announces alpha roll-out alpha of SME fintech bank. Flywire announces record results in payments processed and institutions and...
View ArticleBlend Launches Native Mobile App
Blend, a startup that helps lenders make better mortgage lending decisions, announced a native mobile app last week. The San Francisco-based company’s launch of Blend Mobile aims empower loan officers...
View ArticleUrban FT Acquires iParse
B2B digital banking platform Urban FT acquired Oregon-based iParse today. Urban FT plans to leverage iParse’s technology and its mobile banking-related patents. Terms of the deal were not disclosed....
View ArticleFlybits Raises $6.5 Million to Help Banks Put Data to Work
Consumer data contextualization company Flybits pulled in $6.5 million this week, bringing the Toronto-based company’s total funds to $14 million. The Series B funding was led by Information Venture...
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Around the web MoneYou integrates Mitek’s identity solutions for real-time digital onboarding. Xignite launches the Xignite Channel Partner Program to offer partners integrated cloud-based market data...
View ArticleEquityZen Secures $3 Million in Round Led by Draper Associates
EquityZen, a secondary marketplace for trading pre-IPO shares, has taken in $3 million in funding this week. This Series A round brings the company’s total funding to $6.5 million. Draper Associates...
View ArticleKarmic Labs Lands $17.2 Million to Grow Enterprise Payment Solutions
Karmic Labs, the creator of Dash expense management platform, has received $17.2 million in Series B funding, bringing the company’s total funding to just under $25 million. Participating in the round...
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On Finovate.com Top Five Trends in Customer Engagement Technology. Coder, Broker, Music Producer: Hellenic Bank’s Natasha Kyprianides is Inspired by Constraints. Around the web PaySimple and Ping...
View ArticleHackerOne Powering Bug Bounty Program for Tor Browser
Bug bounty and vulnerability disclosure platform HackerOne is powering a bug bounty program for the Tor Project, the company behind the anonymizing Tor browser. Tor security team lead, Georg Koppen...
View ArticleTruphone Added to List of Carriers for Apple SIM
Truphone, a mobile operator without borders, is working to make the world a bit more flat. The company announced today that it is leveraging the Apple SIM card to offer data plans for iPad users in...
View ArticleAire Pulls in $5 Million, Lands Partnerships with Zopa and Toyota Financial...
Alternative credit scoring company, Aire, announced today it has raised $5 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Sunstone Capital, with funds also coming from White Star Capital, which led...
View ArticleDoubleNet Pay Garners $4 Million Investment
Financial wellness company DoubleNet Pay closed $4 million in Seed funding today. The investment, which marks the Atlanta-based company’s first round of funding since it was founded in 2013, comes...
View ArticleIBM Launches Security Testing Services for IoT Developers
IoT technologies are on the rise– in fact, Gartner predicts that connected things will reach 20.4 billion by 2020. This flood of new capabilities comes with the need for enhanced security in a field...
View ArticleTickSmith Lands $2 Million Investment from Illuminate Financial
In the Quebec-based company’s first round of funding, data management platform TickSmith announced today it has raised $1.6 million ($2 million CAD) from Illuminate Financial. TickSmith will use the...
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On Finovate.com Summit View: Bank Tech of the Future Worldline Buys First Data Baltics for $85 Million. Symbiont Announces Strategic Investment from Medici Ventures. Around the web Benzinga features...
View ArticleSummit View: Bank Tech of the Future
Our expanded FinovateFall conference is coming up on September 11 through 14, and we’re taking a look at each of the six summit discussions that will take place after the demos. In the final segment...
View ArticleWorldline Buys First Data Baltics for $85 Million
European payments and transactional service provider Worldline has agreed to acquire First Data Baltics, the leading payment processor in the region, for $85 million (73 million euros). The deal is...
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