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NatWest Newest Member Of Blockchain Trade Finance Outfit Marco Polo

NatWest Newest Member Of Blockchain Trade Finance Outfit Marco Polo
NatWest Newest Member Of Blockchain Trade Finance Outfit Marco Polo
July 18, 2018  |  B2B Payments

RBS-owned NatWest is the newest financial institution to join Marco Polo, the blockchain-powered trade finance solution developed by R3. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Certify Shrinks T&E Market With Abacus Buy
Certify Shrinks T&E Market With Abacus Buy
July 18, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Expense report management software firm Certify announced its acquisition of Abacus, the leading real-time expense reporting solution. Financial terms of the deal are not being disclosed. The...

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Finlyte Wields Oracle Tech For Finance-as-a-Service Tool
Finlyte Wields Oracle Tech For Finance-as-a-Service Tool
July 18, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Finlyte Partners has launched a new central office services platform that will provide Finance-as-a-Service (FaaS), consulting and capital for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). In...

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Goldman Says It Has 1.5M Marcus Customers
Goldman Says It Has 1.5M Marcus Customers
July 18, 2018  |  Earnings

Goldman Sach reported a surge in profit during the second quarter that overall exceeded Wall Street estimates, while also announcing that CEO Lloyd Blankfein will — after...

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Acorns’ Micro-Investment Video Game Startup Snags $7M
Acorns’ Micro-Investment Video Game Startup Snags $7M
July 18, 2018  |  Investments

Video game startup Blast has raised another $7 million in funding. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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Bitcoin Daily: Mastercard Gets Crypto Patent, BitPay Receives ‘BitLicense’ In NY
Bitcoin Daily: Mastercard Gets Crypto Patent, BitPay Receives ‘BitLicense’ In NY
July 18, 2018  |  Bitcoin

SBI Holdings’ own crypto trading platform, VCTRADE, has gone live, according to Cryptovest. At launch, the platform will reportedly support trading of the Japanese yen with Ripple’s...

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Apple iPhone Activations On The Rise In Q2
Apple iPhone Activations On The Rise In Q2
July 18, 2018  |  Apple

New data shows that more customers are choosing iPhone over Samsung devices this year, with iPhones accounting for 36 percent of total U.S. smartphone activations...

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UPS, Latch Pair On Last-Mile Delivery Security
UPS, Latch Pair On Last-Mile Delivery Security
July 18, 2018  |  Delivery

UPS is providing increased security to its customers through a pilot with Latch smart access devices that will allow its drivers to make in-building deliveries...

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Google Hit With $5.1B EU Android Fine
Google Hit With $5.1B EU Android Fine
July 18, 2018  |  Google

Alphabet’s Google was slapped with a $5.1 billion antitrust fine from the European Union over what the EU calls an abuse of the Android operating system....

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