Around the web

• Xero’s new feature helps businesses manage their data with a new dashboard that displays a variety of benchmarking metrics.

• Pymnts talks with Eric Remer, founder and CEO of PaySimple, about its holistic payments solution.

• Taulia launches mentorship program for women.

• iSignthis inks agreement with SolidTrustPay to provide identity and authentication services.

• MasterCard acquires Applied Predictive Technologies (APT) for $600 million.

• Business Solutions profiles security specialist, Arxan Technologies.

• The Economist features MaxMyInterest, a solution for “yield-hungry savers.”

• Nasdaq’s Street Authority contrasts Vanguard with “robo-advisers” including Betterment, FutureAdvisor, Motif Investing, and Wealthfront. Join Vanguard in San Jose in May for FinovateSpring 2015.

• Place2Give launches Nepal Relief Fund.

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