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What Serving The Internet’s ‘Underserved’ Means For Payments

PYMNTS

Think of access to reliable internet service, perhaps, as roughly similar to access to reliable and secure financial services — without both, the larger worlds of payment and commerce can indeed suffer. “In communities. Expensive Cities.

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55 US Companies That Became Unicorns In 2018

CB Insights

New York, Boston, Chicago, and Nashville, among other cities, all played host to newly minted unicorns last year. Company Description: Based in Nashville, Tennessee, SmileDirectClub provides at-home teeth-straightening kits. The solutions are designed to serve developers, operators, and security professionals. SmileDirectClub.

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Fintech Fundings: 186 Companies Raised $1.6 Billion in June

Fintech Labs Insights

HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. HQ: Nashville, Tennessee. Tags: Consumer, blockchain, financial inclusion, unbanked, underbanked, banking, security, identity. Source: Crunchbase , Finovate. Goji (formerly Consumers United). Consumer insurance portal. Latest round: $19 million. Total raised: $89 million. Source: FT Partners.

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