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The 11 Companies Announced for the Bank Innovation 2018 DEMOvation Challenge

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This morning, Bank Innovation officially announced the 11 companies that will be participating in its 2018 DEMOvation Challenge. These 11 companies will present technologies and products in front of an attentive audience of fintech professionals during Bank Innovation 2018, which will take place this March in San Francisco.

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FitPay Founder & COO Michael Orlando Joins Bank Innovation 2018

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EXCLUSIVE- Michael Orlando, founder of FitPay, a provider of payment technology for wearables, has joined the speaker faculty for Bank Innovation 2018, which takes place March 5-6 in San Francisco. The company went on to be acquired by security technology company Next-ID Inc., Orlando founded FitPay in 2014.

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Local Insights On Airbnb In San Francisco

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Twenty, 10, even six years ago, most (if any) had neither the technological capability nor the foresight to imagine the future of the homeshare and vacation rental industry. Airbnb eventually sort of settled with San Francisco back in 2015 — though it turned out to not be enough — and said it would better police its platform.

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Afresh Raises $13M For Fresh Food Management Technology

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Afresh Technologies has raised $13 million in a Series A extension round to expand its fresh food management technology that helps grocers reduce food waste. The round was led by Food Retail Ventures and joined by existing investors Innovation Endeavors , Maersk Growth , and Baseline Ventures.

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Wells Fargo’s Shari Van Cleave Joins Bank Innovation 2018

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EXCLUSIVE – Shari Van Cleave, who manages Wells Fargo’s Digital Labs, has joined the speaker faculty for Bank Innovation 2018 Bank Innovation 2018 will take place March 5-6 in San Francisco. Within Wells Fargo’s Digital Labs, Van Cleave manages a team of technology leaders to pilot various endeavors in consumer banking.

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Cryptocurrency Is an Asset Class, Chain CEO Adam Ludwin, says

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EXCLUSIVE – Cryptocurrency is an asset class that enables a new kind of software, Adam Ludwin, co-founder and CEO of blockchain technology platform Chain said at the Bank Innovation 2018 conference in San Francisco. At Bank Innovation 2018 in San Francisco, Ludwin spoke on the topic.

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Banks Are ‘Dipping Their Toe’ into Public Blockchains, Says Chain CEO [VIDEO]

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Blockchain technology has been talked about in banking for so long that readers here can be excused for being a bit jaded on the subject. The technology has been touted as solving just about every problem bankers face, but as Adam Ludwin, CEO of Chain, told us in San Francisco at Bank Innovation 2018 earlier.Read More.