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FinTech Cloud Technology Fuels Banking Innovation

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As cloud technologies emerge to help financial institutions (FIs) drive digital innovation, Finastra has introduced its Fusion Payments To Go offering for small and medium-sized banks. Alacriti, a FinTech that was started in 2003, works with banks and other customers on making the migration to digital payments. Europe and South Africa.

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eBay Snags Former Amazon Alexa Executive

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In addition, eBay appointed Mazen Rawashdeh senior vice president and chief technology officer, the company announced in a press release. Thompson has more than 20 years of experience building new products and services across a range of industries and technologies.

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Deep Dive: The Latest Initiatives To Expand Mobile IDs

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Technology giant Google is looking to change that with its recently announced initiative to bring digital IDs to its Android devices. Samsung also recently made a significant investment in SentinelOne, a developer that specializes in endpoint detection and response (EDR) technology. Governmental Mobile ID Initiatives. Teething Issues.

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The Top 20 Venture Capitalists

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For the third consecutive year, we worked with The New York Times to identify and rank the top 100 venture capital professionals from around the globe. We used CB Insights data gathered via our machine learning technology (dubbed The Cruncher ) and from thousands of submissions we received from VC partners and firms via The Editor.

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Where Big Tech Is Placing Bets In Healthcare

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Notably, the company participated in Alector ’s recent $133M Series E to fund the company’s investigation of new drugs for Alzheimer’s Disease — no new drugs have been approved to treat the disease since 2003. Intel: All of Intel’s investments in healthcare startups have gone through their venture arm, Intel Capital.

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Fools Rush In: 37 Of The Worst Corporate M&A Flops

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in 2005, the thinking was that enhanced communications technology would help buyers and sellers better connect. The companies served different user bases: Nextel was more of a business brand, with customers often drawn to its signature walkie-talkie technology. Date: March 20, 2003. Toshiba was forced to write off $6.3B

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Should Facebook Buy eBay?

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That’s where Reid Hoffman hatched the idea for LinkedIn in 2003 after inviting hundreds of his friends to create online profiles to get his idea for a professional online networking site off the ground. million from Benchmark Capital and changed its name to eBay. It’s also where Airbnb , quite literally, got its start.

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