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Quant Taps JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley For U.S. IPO
Quant Taps JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley For U.S. IPO
August 30, 2017  |  Fintech Investments

Quant, a FinTech that has backing from movie stars in China, has tapped JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley to serve as advisors to...

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Consumer Confidence Hits Its Highest Level In Five Months
Consumer Confidence Hits Its Highest Level In Five Months
August 30, 2017  |  News

Some good news on the U.S. economic front — according to reports out of D.C., consumer confidence has hit its highest level in five months,...

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CFPB Complaints About Bitcoin Increase Along With Its Price
CFPB Complaints About Bitcoin Increase Along With Its Price
August 30, 2017  |  Bitcoin

Complaints to the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau about bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are increasing as the prices of both are on the rise. As of...

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Man Plus Machine: Better Together In The Fight Against Fraud
Man Plus Machine: Better Together In The Fight Against Fraud
August 30, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Fraudsters are like those wanton drivers running red lights while they text or granting themselves the right of way in a rotary when the law...

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The Call List: The Squarespace Of Video Chat
The Call List: The Squarespace Of Video Chat
August 30, 2017  |  Matchmakers

Most of the entrepreneurs we talk to start out trying to solve their own problem only to end up discovering that there is no solution...

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Tantalum CEO On Cars As Commerce Ecosystems
Tantalum CEO On Cars As Commerce Ecosystems
August 30, 2017  |  Intelligence of Things

Written language had been around for a long time by the year 1440 — 4,400 years, give or take a century or two. But in 1440,...

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FinTechs Give Banks A Wake-Up Call With Loan Disbursements
FinTechs Give Banks A Wake-Up Call With Loan Disbursements
August 30, 2017  |  Disbursements

Will SMBs seeking loans for expansion and growth dump traditional banks for alternative lending services that can quickly approve applications and disburse funds? For the...

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Could Amazon’s Bots Be The Next Hot Fashion Designers?
Could Amazon’s Bots Be The Next Hot Fashion Designers?
August 29, 2017  |  Amazon Innovations

Michael Kors, Calvin Klein, Vera Wang and … Amazon? That could be the list of hot designers creating the latest fashions someday — if Amazon is...

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Google Tracker: Challenging The Champions
Google Tracker: Challenging The Champions
August 29, 2017  |  Retail

Google seems to want a slice of everybody else’s pie this week. Some of the search engine giant’s latest moves are strikingly similar to what...

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