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On Demand Pay Finds A Home In Financial Services

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He pointed to advancements in technology that allow people to tap into wages as they are earned to help alleviate financial stresses. Yet, in neighboring Connecticut, the top income tax rate is 7 percent. While finances may balance at month’s end, there is often some unevenness with timing for when earnings come in and expenses go out.

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CardX CEO: Ban On Card Surcharge Ban May Lead to Lower Interchange Fees

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Yet now the ban on the surcharge ban – made possible by regulatory changes – means that companies must be in full compliance with the rules. The sea change may have the impact of lowering interchange fees, boosting credit card acceptance and even benefiting payments service providers with new revenue streams, Razi said. population.

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The Digital Evolution Of The Online Gaming Ecosystem

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And New Hampshire is far from unique: According to the Monitor’s reports, both Connecticut and Rhode Island have seen similar results with their online gambling platforms. “Clearly, it has not taken long for sports fans to embrace the excitement of sports betting here in the Granite State.”.

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Data privacy: How to keep customer data safe

Independent Banker

But as the prevalence of security breaches grows, so do the opportunities for community banks to position themselves as guardians of their customers’ personal data through compliance, technology and relationship building. By Katie Kuehner-Hebert. Data privacy and security is a hot topic and is only getting hotter.

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Fintech Fundings: 21 Companies Raise $440 Million Week Ending July 23

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The biggest equity round ($50 million) went to Remedy Partners , a Connecticut-based health tech company. HQ: Darien, Connecticut. Payment acceptance technology. HQ: South Glastonbury, Connecticut. Risk & compliance management for financial institutions. Tags: Compliance. government. Total raised: $86.2

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FinovateSpring 2015 Sneak Peek: Part 8

Fintech Labs Insights

Finaeos automates the back-office and capital raise compliance. Slice’s technology provides item-level purchase data across the largest base of online consumers (two million and counting). Slice’s one-of-a-kind Purchase Graph technology. HQ: Westport, Connecticut. See you in San Jose! Why it’s great.

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Fintech Fundings: 186 Companies Raised $1.6 Billion in June

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Blockchain technology. HQ: Hartford, Connecticut. Tags: SMB, entreprise, leasing, accounting, managment, compliance. Equipment lease management software. Latest round: $1.2 million Series. Total raised: $7.1 HQ: Great Falls, Virginia. Source: Crunchbase. Tribe Insurance. Social insurance. Latest round: $1 million Seed.

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