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ArtLifting Bags $1.1M To Build An Unusual Art Marketplace
October 28, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When long-time homeless advocate and serial entrepreneur Liz Powers first told people about her plan to combine her two passions and build the first online art marketplace for homeless, disabled and otherwise disadvantaged people, people continually congratulated her on founding such a noble charity. Get...

FireLayers And A Better Strategy For Securing The Cloud
October 21, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A few years ago tech writers nationwide more or less ran their thesauruses dry trying to find adjectives worthy enough to describe the wonders of a cloud-enabled future. These days the ecstatic prose has died down some — or moved on to the innovations that...

How Moven Helps Keep A Lid On Online Spending
October 14, 2015

In a world where buying online is as simple as clicking a buy button, Moven just closed a $12M round to help shoppers stop before they drop (too much money). Meanwhile, on the VC spending front, our Investment Tracker shows that the top five players...

In Depth
How ZestFinance Used Big Data Lending To Secure $150M From Fortress
October 07, 2015

[vc_row full_width=”” parallax=”” parallax_image=””][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Giving money away is very easy, almost anyone can do it. However, unless one has a neverending supply of funds, giving money away is not something any human or company can afford to do for very long. Get the Full Story...

Though Small, International Deals Dominate
September 30, 2015

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B2B Payments
What Do $225M and $3.4B Have In Common?
September 23, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Rome wasn’t built in a day and neither are payments businesses. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing...

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FinTech (And Compass’) Big Data Direction
September 16, 2015

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Is The Mobile Bubble Getting Ready To Burst (For Real This Time)
September 09, 2015

[vc_row full_width=”” parallax=”” parallax_image=””][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]It’s hard to imagine what exactly it was about tulips that drove the sort of mania where a single prime bulb was worth 10 times the annual salary of a skilled craftsmen. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Investments
August Investment Activity Gets a Bit Cooler
August 26, 2015

After a tough start to the week, the second day story on the U.S. stock market initially seemed to be one about improvement. While the Chinese market remains something closely resembling turmoil, the U.S. market at one point in the day jumped about 400 points...