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Swift Prepaid, Bitty Pair Up For Virtual Merchant Cash Advances

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Payments company Swift Prepaid Solutions and small business financier Bitty Advance are collaborating on technology to accelerate small businesses’ access to merchant cash advances. The funds can then be uploaded to a mobile wallet, including Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and Google Pay.

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US Ban Forces Huawei To Scrap Laptop Launch

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Chinese technology company Huawei will not launch its new laptop due to restrictions put on the purchasing of U.S. Huawei is the second ranked smartphone brand in the world, but its computer business is fairly new. Huawei has also invested a great deal of capital in a company that makes chips for smartphones.

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eyeQ Raises $3.5 Million In Series A

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million in a Series A funding round to further develop its in-store display technology. More resources will enable us to continue serving the growing needs of our current customer base, who want to expand their use of eyeQ technologies,” said CEO Michael Garel. Shopper intelligence platform eyeQ announced that it has secured $3.5

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The Most Active Corporate VC Firms Globally

CB Insights

The corporate venture capital ecosystem is expanding far beyond the likes of Google Ventures and Intel Capital. According to our 2017 CB Insights Corporate Venture Capital Report , the number of new corporate venture capital firms making first-time investments reached record levels in 2017. Intel Capital.

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Wells Fargo Wallet Goes Live on Android (Sorry, iPhone Users!)

Bank Innovation

joins JPMorgan Chase and Capital One in launching a bank-branded mobile payment platform, or digital wallet. Another bank is live with a digital wallet. Wells Fargo & Co. These instruments for making transactions via mobile phone are meant to compete with PayPal, which has been abuzz lately with rumors of a possible Read More.

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Voice-Activated Tracker: Just Say No (To Ads?)

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Amazon recently made technology behind its voice assistant Alexa, Lex, available to all developers, just a week after doling out key Echo hardware specs. Amazon made Lex available to a few organizations — like Capital One, Hubspot, Liberty Mutual and Vonage, among others — last year as part of a preview test.

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Girl Scouts Are Bringing mPOS To The Cookie Booth

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The cookies are popular enough to even inspire Thin Mint-flavored coffees from major brands like Dunkin’ – but sales often hit a stumbling block at the point of sale: Many troops only accept cash. The cookies may be popular, but Girl Scouts can’t capitalize on that if passersby aren’t carrying a payment method they accept.

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