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Kreditech Closes $103M Funding Round
Kreditech Closes $103M Funding Round
March 25, 2016  |  International

German startup Kreditech — which extends loans and financial services to consumers sporting limited credit histories, using 20,000 online data points to “score” their attractiveness as...

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GoCardless Secures $13M To Expand Recurring Payments Platform
GoCardless Secures $13M To Expand Recurring Payments Platform
March 24, 2016  |  Investments

The United Kingdom-based FinTech firm GoCardless — which, as its name implies, offers technology to enable payments without, well, cards — has snagged a fresh...

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Europe’s Data Watchdog Eyes US Tech Giants
Europe’s Data Watchdog Eyes US Tech Giants
January 26, 2016  |  Safety and Security

Europe is gearing up to keep American tech companies at a tighter leash for being lax at implementing rigid policies for European consumer data protection....

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HSBC Outage Leaves Customers In The Dark
HSBC Outage Leaves Customers In The Dark
January 05, 2016  |  International

HSBC customers received a big apology from the bank on Tuesday (Jan. 5) after its online personal banking service was knocked offline for a second...

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