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CADFPI announces hiring of Christina Tetreault to lead Office of Financial Technology and Innovation

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The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation announced earlier this month that it has hired Christina Tetreault to lead the new Office of Financial Technology and Innovation. Tetreault most recently served as Manager of Financial Policy for Consumer Reports.

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How Real-Time Data Recharges The Monthly Financial Close

PYMNTS

Financial technology innovation has opened the doors to massive transformation of corporate finance departments. While flashy corporate FinTech is exciting, innovation efforts have rarely focused on a mainstay of corporate finance teams: the financial close process, a crucial, but continually outdated function.

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How Cannabis Can Become A B2B Payments Innovation Influencer

PYMNTS

Speaking with PYMNTS, Muller highlighted the opportunity that the cannabis space has to adopt payments and other financial technologies that have leapfrogged over legacy solutions. According to Muller, data is often at the heart of this issue. “It’s a bit of an inverted model,” he said.

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Equifax Buys Commercial Credit Data Company Ansonia

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Equifax , the Atlanta-based financial technology company, has purchased Ansonia Credit Data , a commercial credit data firm. trillion in accounts receivable data from industries in North America. In contrast, the credit data company’s international revenues in Q2 fell during that time, according to a statement.

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The Fiserv-First Data Merger Is Complete

PYMNTS

The big deal is now complete: Fiserv announced this morning (July 29) that it has completed its acquisition of First Data Corporation. The two massive firms first inked the deal earlier this year, which will see Fiserv purchase First Data for $22 billion in an all-stock transaction. He also noted that outside the U.S.,

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The Financial Technologies SMEs Aren’t Using

PYMNTS

The average small business considers itself a “moderate” user of technology, according to the PYMNTS.com SMB Technology Adoption Index. Only 13 percent say they’re willing to jump on the innovation bandwagon. Viewpost CEO Max Eliscu said these figures aren’t surprising, though, but still called the data “staggering.”.

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Envestnet | Yodlee Enters Data Sharing Agreement With JPMorgan Chase

PYMNTS

Data aggregation and analytics platform Envestnet | Yodlee announced that it has signed a data sharing agreement with JPMorgan Chase. Envestnet | Yodlee has already partnered with more than 1,200 financial institutions and FinTech innovators, including most of the top 20 U.S. CEO Zach Perret said at the time.

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