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Sallie Mae-Backed Deserve Snags $17M To Help Millennials Build Credit

Sallie Mae-Backed Deserve Snags $17M To Help Millennials Build Credit
Sallie Mae-Backed Deserve Snags $17M To Help Millennials Build Credit
August 28, 2018  |  Investments

FinTech startup Deserve announced it has raised $17 million in Series C funding. The company uses machine learning (ML) and alternative data to help 40...

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Tech Companies Step Up Data Privacy Lobbying Efforts
Tech Companies Step Up Data Privacy Lobbying Efforts
August 28, 2018  |  Data

When it comes to new privacy rules that technology companies are expecting to face, the likes of Facebook, Google, IBM and Microsoft have become more...

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Mitek CEO, CFO Both Step Down
Mitek CEO, CFO Both Step Down
August 28, 2018  |  Personnel

Mitek Systems announced that its CEO and Chairman of the Board Jim DeBello will departing his roles at the company, effective Jan. 1, 2019. As...

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Toyota Invests $500 Million In Uber As Part Of New Partnership
Toyota Invests $500 Million In Uber As Part Of New Partnership
August 28, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Toyota Motor is gearing up to invest $500 million in ride-hailing company Uber Technologies as part of a deal to work on self-driving vehicles with...

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Jumio AI Labs Expands To Montreal
Jumio AI Labs Expands To Montreal
August 28, 2018  |  Innovation

Jumio, the creator of the Netverify Trusted-Identity-as-a-Service (TIaaS), announced the launch of Jumio AI Labs in Montreal, which will focus on the creation, experimentation and deployment...

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CFPB Ombudsman Quits, Says Bureau ‘Abandoned’ Consumers
CFPB Ombudsman Quits, Says Bureau ‘Abandoned’ Consumers
August 28, 2018  |  CFPB

Seth Frotman, an assistant director and student loan ombudsman for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), had some harsh words for acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney...

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Why Digital Marketplaces Still Struggle To Make Digital Payments To Gig Workers
Why Digital Marketplaces Still Struggle To Make Digital Payments To Gig Workers
August 28, 2018  |  Gig Economy

Gig workers are increasingly embracing ad hoc project work by choice — not because due to need. Hyperwallet's Michael Ting goes behind the numbers in...

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The Threat Intelligence Gateway Waging War On 100M Threat Vectors
The Threat Intelligence Gateway Waging War On 100M Threat Vectors
August 28, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Firewalls, from the biggest to the smallest, are under assault all day, every day from the staggering number of cybersecurity threats floating around the digital...

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izo: The Sweet Sound Of Automated Payables
izo: The Sweet Sound Of Automated Payables
August 28, 2018  |  Digital Payments

When watching dance in videos, chances are good that those videos are from media company DanceOn, owned and operated by music platform izo. The story of...

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