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New PFM App Hip Money Comes to Market

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Nebraska-based software Read More. In the long list of startup finalists competing at South by Southwest 2017 hides a brand new personal finance management app. Hip Money – a new app by Hip Pocket – adapts the millennial habit of “swiping” to help them save and pay down debt through a mobile app.

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DC Bar: Lawyers Allowed To Take Digital Currency As Payment

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The District of Columbia Bar’s opinion stated that digital currencies are “simply a relatively new means of transferring economic value, and the Rules are flexible enough to provide for the protection of clients’ interests and property without rejecting advances in technologies.”

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TD Ameritrade Integrates With Tencent’s WeChat

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TD Ameritrade, the Omaha, Nebraska online brokerage, announced Monday (December 3) that it is the first U.S.-based In a press release issued Monday (December 3), TD Ameritrade said that users can do research, access the markets and get support through WeChat, which recently reached 1 billion in monthly active users. “We

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TD Ameritrade Enables Voice Trading Via Alexa

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TD Ameritrade, the Omaha, Nebraska online brokerage, announced Wednesday (Oct. In a press release , TD Ameritrade said enabling clients to learn about the markets and place trades on Alexa -enabled devices via voice is a first for the industry.

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The Blockchain Wave Isn’t Always Smooth Sailing

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Hype over distributed ledger technology (DLT) has certainly led to a bump in shares for companies operating in the space — and even for some companies with seemingly no connection to the tool. The publication said recent financial reports from the firm say it has $429,000 in available cash; bitcoin mining technology could cost millions.

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Youth Sports: Don’t Wink At The Ref — Just Pay Them Faster

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Faster payment schemes are advancing worldwide, with the global real-time payments market expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 32 percent between 2019 and 2025. including one from TD Ameritrade , a Nebraska-based brokerage firm. Elsewhere in the U.K., SafeCharge partnered with U.S.-based

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Office Depot Is Working To Keep Phones Out Of The Classroom

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“Office Depot’s exclusive partnership with Pocket Points furthers our commitment to finding new and innovative ways to help students utilize technology to succeed in the classroom,” Diane Nick, senior vice president of marketing for Office Depot, said in a statement.

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