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Impact Roadshow | Meriden, CT

Filene

Local Host: Credit Union League of Connecticut. Innovation Immersion - Filene’s Innovation Immersion program helps credit unions execute on innovation, ideas, and cultural change. We'll walk through some of Filene's latest programs, and the research and innovation behind them. 2:00 p.m. -

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Senate Panel Eyes Algorithms, Social Media and ‘Persuasive Technology’

PYMNTS

Senate panel examined the ways social media giants — marquee names among them such as Google and Facebook — interact with users. The hearing, held by the Senate Commerce subcommittee on Communications, Technology and Innovation, queried researchers and others who were critical of using AI to suggest content to end users.

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11 New Restaurant Concepts Reimagining Fast Food & Casual Dining

CB Insights

Market share is simply shifting away from big chains that haven’t successfully innovated, flowing instead to new models for creating and selling food to customers. An enormous part of By Chloe’s success is that its dishes and restaurants are optimized for social media. Photo credit: Tasting Table. Today, just 2,877 remain.

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55 US Companies That Became Unicorns In 2018

CB Insights

Select Investors: New Enterprise Associates, Goldman Sachs, General Atlantic, World Innovation Lab, SoftBank Group, Workday Ventures. Its analytics program scans social media platforms for signifiers of breaking news and events. Valuation: $2.5B. Total Funding: $250M. Total Funding: $569M. Valuation: $1.4B. Total Funding: $77M.

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FinovateSpring 2015 Sneak Peek: Part 8

Fintech Labs Insights

Register today to see and meet these innovators in person on May 12 and 13 at our upcoming conference in San Jose, California. Finicity helps developers build powerful apps to drive financial software innovation. Our platform brings innovation to mobile card services. HQ: Westport, Connecticut. Founded: 2015.