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Bitcoin Daily: Ripple’s $29M Charity Donation, Bitcoin’s ‘Death Cross’

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In investment news, Boston-based Flipside Crypto notched $3.4 The company plans to use the funding to develop tools and algorithms that scan the online crypto market and serve as the basis of its investment recommendations. The company made the donation through DonorsChoose.org. million in equity funding, BostInno reported. In the U.S.,

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Five At Five: Mastercard Makes A Biometric Bet

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Mastercard Introduces Remote Biometric Card Enrollment. As biometrics have begun to represent the next generation in securing payments, Mastercard has unveiled a technological advancement for its own biometric cards. Amazon Expands Boston Tech Hub; Adds 2,000 New Tech Roles. Regulators in the U.S.

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Facebook And Google Payments Efforts Top Week’s News

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Users of Facebook Pay , which the company said is not related to its proposed cryptocurrency Libra, will be able to enter a preferred payment method and then use the option to eventually pay throughout all of the related apps. Goldman Denies Discriminatory Apple Card Practices, Says It Will Reassess Limits. Deutsche Bank told U.K.

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Amazon Sizzles, Plenti Fizzles And Goldman Gets Its Consumer Banking Groove

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In recent years, its core trading business has slowed, and its capital market and merger businesses have been fairly flat. According to reports in The Wall Street Journal in early April, the bank has hired away a senior engineer at JPMorgan to develop cash management tools as it eyes an entrance into the commercial banking market.

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Mobile Payments: What’s In It For Me?

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NanoPay is finding that for mobile payments to take off, even among early adopters, using a phone to pay must be much more rewarding and convenient than tapping a card. “You want to get into as many use cases as possible,” said Greg Weed, director of card performance research at Phoenix Marketing International.

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The PYMNTS 2018 Summer Top 10 List

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Cryptocurrencies suffered through a rough day in mid-June, when prices plummeted fast during a few hours and wiped out a total of $15 billion in value. All of this was coincident with reports of widespread app outages, with MoviePass running out of money and taking a short-term, high-interest loan just to fund member purchasing cards.

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Fintech Fundings: 15 Companies Raise $125 Million Week Ending May 1

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There were two jumbo rounds: $50 million to cryptocurrency startup Circle and $30 million to multiple Finovate Best of Show winner MX (formerly Money Desktop). HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic gift card platform. Tags: Prepaid, gift card, non-profits, mobile. Digital currency provider. Total raised: $76 million.