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Amazon HQ2, JPM Coin And The Weird, Wild Week Of Payments’ Left Turns

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Fintech Fundings: $110 Million Raised by 13 Companies Week Ending Dec 4

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Blockchain-based bitcoin analytics. College fraternity and sorority financial management platform. HQ: Columbus, Georgia. ExpenseBot. Latest round: $150,000. Total raised: $325,000. HQ: North Ridgeville, Ohio. Source: WhoGotFunded. Zize (formerly Tete). Latest round: $100,000 Angel. Total raised: $100,000. HQ: Genova, Italy.