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The Financial Technologies SMEs Aren’t Using

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24 percent of SMEs don’t use social media for their businesses , found the latest analysis from B2B ratings and reviews company Clutch. Another social media expert, Sociallyin founder and CEO Keith Kakadia, said that social media empowers small businesses with access to data on the performance and impact of a marketing campaign.

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Gamification in Fintech: How Startup Greenlight Financial Intends to Use It

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Besides the obvious social media channels, another social phenomenon which seems to be advancing is gamification. One such fintech is Greenlight Financial Technology. EXCLUSIVE – One thing is clear: more and more fintechs are looking to create better interaction to engage users.

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Facebook Can Now Use Visa Token Service for Payments

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Continuing its development of financial technologies on its platform, social media firm Facebook has joined a Visa program that enables the network to access its Token Service for payments, Visa announced today.

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Rakuten Dumps $1.4B In Tech Holdings, Including Pinterest Stake

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The shares were from the company’s technology holdings, according to Rakuten, and the sheer amount of them raised concerns among analysts about overvaluation in the sector. Though it saw some gains in the financial technology business, it had losses when it came to ride-hailing investments, like the one it had in Spain’s Cabify.

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Rakuten Dumps $1.4B In Tech Holdings Including Pinterest Stake

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The shares were from the company’s technology holdings, according to Rakuten, and the sheer amount of them raised concerns among analysts about overvaluation in the sector. Though it saw some gains in the financial technology business, it had losses when it came to ride-hailing investments, like the one it had in Spain’s Cabify.

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Robinhood Faces Another Service Interruption Due To Technical Issue

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The financial technology company is regarded for helping to make trading in vogue with millennials, Reuters reported. “We And users of the online trading platform voiced their disappointment on social media regarding outages preventing them from harnessing the stock market rally on May 18.

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Bitcoin Daily: Ping An’s FinTech Arm Teams Up To Launch Blockchain Solution; CFTC Calls For Default Ruling For Alleged Ponzi Scheme Founder

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OneConnect Financial Technology and China Merchants Port Group ( CMPort ) will work to create a blockchain-based system with Shenzhen customs to serve the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The firm claimed it would return customer funds, but allegedly was in the process of liquidating the bitcoin for around $147 million.

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