Sat.Jul 29, 2017

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The Lighter Side Of Commerce Crime

PYMNTS

Crime doesn’t pay. It’s a lesson that kids learn from their parents at an early age. And it’s a concept that an entire comic book series was built around in the 1940s and ’50s – called, appropriately enough – Crime Does Not Pay. Its narrator, Mr. Crime, always reminded the reader of that in each and every issue. But though crime doesn’t pay, as the comic book series proved a few decades ago, it can surely be quite entertaining, particularly when the perpetrators manage to get caught.

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This Is What It Takes for a FinTech Startup to Take Off, According to the CEO of the ‘Best Latin American Accelerator’

Let's Talk Payments

Do you know what a FinTech needs for success in Brazil? The CEO of ACE, Latin American startup accelerator, Pedro Waengertner, answers in this interview.

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The Most Active Smart Home Investors And Their Companies In One Infographic

CB Insights

Deal count to smart home startups reached an all-time high in 2015, with 111 deals across over $500M in funding to smart home startups. Using CB Insights data, we ranked the most active investors into unique smart home technology companies since 2012, including venture capital and corporate venture investors. We define the smart home category as companies producing consumer-facing products that replace or augment existing home products such as appliances.

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