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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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