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12 Startups Showed Their Latest and Greatest at INV Fintech Demo Day

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EXCLUSIVE - On March 6 in San Francisco, 12 impressive startups demoed their latest in fintech technology at INV Fitnech's 2nd annual demo day. INV Fintech, the sister accelerator to Bank Innovation, is partnered with Fiserv and eight banking partners with over $3 trillion dollars in assets.

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Checkout.com Buys Australian Startup Pin Payments

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Checkout.com faces competition from Stripe, a San Francisco technology company that allows businesses to make and receive payments over the internet, and Adyen, a Dutch payment company that provides businesses a way to accept eCommerce, mobile and point-of-sale payments.

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Pixlee Lets Retailers Market Using Real Customers’ Photos

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Pixlee , a San Francisco-based startup, allows retailers or brands to market directly to customers by using their own photos through curating them from social media or having the customer directly submit them for use, which the company says leads to a more authentic and engaging shopping experience for consumers.

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Visa Opens Its Developer Sandbox To Startups

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As part of its second annual Everywhere Initiative , Visa is inviting startups to compete in creating “innovative solutions that solve Visa business problems and drive the future of commerce,” the company announced on Thursday (April 28).

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Personalizing Travel Planning With Artificial Intelligence Chatbots

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Some entrepreneurs come across an emerging technology and find a new way to apply to it to everyday problems. ikonis then saw an opportunity with the new technology for machine learning and language processing, which powers personalization. These consumers use social media heavily and are chat app users. Social Media.

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Fast-Casual Brands Make Their Mark, Right On The Burger

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San Francisco chef Anthony Strong launches his new restaurant, Young Fava, today, June 14. Strong believes his ghost restaurant can succeed where others failed (see: Maple, Sprig) because of his 11 years of experience in the San Francisco restaurant market. It doesn’t have a dining room.

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Can Digital Privacy Go Too Far?

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Using facial recognition technology and other biometric data is still controversial, but privacy concerns can also swing in the other direction. Attorney General William Barr because the social media platform’s plans to encrypt messages on Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram might be too private. Biometric Innovations.