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Startup EarnUp Steps Up On Consumer Debt Paydowns
November 10, 2016

With the latest data coming in from our Investment Tracker, overall fund flow proved anemic for the week that ended November 4, at just under $140 million. Only $35 million of that was earmarked for B2B firms. The U.S. and Europe dominated the fund flows,...

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Job Gains From Startups At Lowest Level In Twenty Years
November 10, 2016

Entrepreneurship was once the backbone of the U.S. economy, but another sign its role in the economy is diminishing comes from the Labor Department, which showed job gains from startups are at the lowest level in the past 20 years. According to a report by The Wall...

Startup DNA: Rooam, Close Your Bar & Restaurant Tab Remotely
November 03, 2016

Most people aren’t thinking about mobile payment when they head out for a night on the town. But that’s changing. “Every time I tried to close a check or tab at a bar or restaurant, I always wondered why this process could not be seamless...

Startup DNA: FreedomPop Helps Consumers Ditch Their Data Diets
October 27, 2016

Too many consumers are on a data diet. Each month, they allot themselves or their families a certain amount of data usage, and they make tradeoffs on the basis of how close they are to being tapped out. And it’s getting harder to stay on...

Startup DNA: Apruve Seeking To Streamline B2B Payment Through Platform
October 20, 2016

Businesses certainly purchase differently than consumers do. And, as the growth of B2B cCommerce grows, each business prefers to pay on its own terms, which can cause some upset in doing business. Startup Apruve began its own business by trying to solve that issue. “For sellers to...

Obama Calls On Startups To Bridge Global Economy
June 27, 2016

While all the chatter around Brexit is sending a wave of fear across the world about what global markets will look like in the upcoming days, weeks and months, there’s one group of entrepreneurs that the President of the United States is calling upon to...

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Mobile Commerce Security is the Name of the Game
May 20, 2014

Coupons, rewards, and data oh my! These startups are in the business of keeping customers and other businesses secure while they enjoy the benefits of mobile commerce. Find out who got what and how much.

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Point And Click With No Schtick
May 13, 2014

XX Startups promise to make payments life a breeze. EMV. eCommerce. OpenStack. All at the click of a mouse.

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Standing with the Startups
May 06, 2014

This week, the funding gods smiled on innovators who are reinventing the ways in which consumers borrow, merchants acquire customers, and issuers keep cardholder data safe. Find out who got what and how much.