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Bitcoin
Bitcoin Daily: LinkedIn Co-Founder Seeks $20M For Token, Google ‘Bitcoin’ Searches Plummet
June 05, 2018

Eric Ly, a LinkedIn co-founder, is raising money for a token tied to a future platform called ICOHub, CoinDesk reported. The Hub Token has raised just over $13.5 million in a Simple Agreement for Future Tokens (SAFT) sale. In all, $20 million is being offered...

Wearables
Fitbit Versa Smartwatch Shipments Top 1M
June 05, 2018

Fitbit announced that it has shipped more than one million Fitbit Versa devices since they went on sale on April 16. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

Mobile Payments
Xoom Bumps Limits For X-Border Payments To 25K
June 05, 2018

The PayPal service Xoom announced that it has increased its send limits to $25,000 USD per transaction for over 50 countries, including India, Canada, the United Kingdom and the Philippines. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

IPO
Adyen Shoots For A $1 Billion IPO
June 05, 2018

There is an official price for Adyen’s IPO scheduled for the Euronext stock market in Amsterdam.  According to reports in the Financial Times, with the pricing of Adyen’s initial public offering, the Dutch payments group has an equity valuation of between €6.5 billion and €7.1...

Artificial Intelligence
How Financial Services Can Prevent Bias In AI
June 05, 2018

It won’t be medicine — or manufacturing, human resources, commerce or logistics. No, when it comes to the biggest immediate impact that artificial intelligence (AI) will have upon the world, financial services will likely take that honor — a looming prize that provides fresh opportunity...

Social Commerce
Snap Sends Signals That A Sale Might Be In The Offing
June 04, 2018

Beloved by younger millennials and up-and-coming Generation Z members, Snapchat is the little social media engine that could in an era when it seemed the social media die had all been cast (and where Facebook won most of the rolls). However, beloved and profitable are...

Europe
Lendix Notches $37M Amid European Expansion
June 04, 2018

After raising $37 million in a funding round backed by investors such as Idinvest and Allianz, French lending platform Lendix is eyeing expansion in Europe. The backing will provide a boost to its growth plans in countries such as Germany, TechCrunch reported. Get the Full...

Banking
Revolut Plans To Apply For Banking License In The US
June 04, 2018

After applying for a banking license in Europe, Revolut plans to apply for one in United States in the near future. Chief Executive Officer Nikolay Storonsky said the startup could apply for a license in California by the end of 2018, Reuters reported. Get the...

Banking
Jamie Dimon Says It’s The ‘Golden Age’ Of US Banking
June 04, 2018

Pointing to “disappearing” regulatory issues and satisfaction scores up across the banking industry, JPMorgan Chase chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon said at a conference that the U.S. is in a “golden age of banking,” American Banker reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...