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New Big Tech Attacks, Uber Subscriptions Dominate Week’s News

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Nevada Marijuana Dispensary Uses Food Trucks to Sidestep Cards Regs. No one would ever mistake a marijuana dispensary for a food truck, but that is what one shop in Reno, NV calls itself when charging customers’ credit cards. Amazon Go Has Spawned Imitators, But Also Innovation. PayPal’s Q2 Rattles Investors.

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MoneyAmigo Delivers Traditional Banking Products in a Non-Traditional Way

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Then, MoneyAmigo showed how its serves underserved markets: “MoneyAmigo fuses a simple user experience, with innovative and sophisticated “in-chat” peer-to-peer payments – crossing any boarder in 3 clicks; 3 seconds. Team part of design:success – international innovation firm. HQ: Las Vegas, NV. Product Launch: May 2015.

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Where are they now? A look at FinovateSpring 2015 Best of Show Winner Successes

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May 2015 demo: Avoka showed Transact for Financial Services , which combines social, cloud services, and crowdsourcing into the world’s fastest credit card application. HQ: Las Vegas, NV. May 2015: Won “Top Innovation, Best User Experience” in Citi Mobile Challenge. April 2015: Stratos Card began shipping. Demo video ).