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Getaround Car Sharing Platform Raises $200M At $1.7B Valuation

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“As a matter of policy, we do not provide comment on funding speculation until we have news to announce,” said Allison Van Houten, Getaround vice president of marketing, according to Yahoo Finance. In April, Getaround announced its acquisition of Drivy , a Paris-headquartered car sharing startup that operates in 170 European cities.

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Tempo And The Home Fitness Gold Rush

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The San Francisco company just raised $60 million in venture funding that the firm plans to use to boost production to meet surging demand as consumer fitness relocates from gyms to people’s living rooms. We’ve been able to connect instructors and participants in different global markets around the world.

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Even with Fair’s Job Cuts, Car-Sharing Keeps Racing Forward

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Kirk has a decade of experience running treasury and capital markets for large fleet companies, and is well known on the capital markets side. Its Getaround Connect device now operates in the United States, as well as in seven European countries: Norway, France, Germany, Spain, Austria, Belgium and the U.K.

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Even With Fair’s Job Cuts, Car-Sharing Keeps Racing Forward

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Kirk has a decade of experience running treasury and capital markets for large fleet companies, and is well-known on the capital markets side. Its Getaround Connect device now operates in the United States, as well as in seven European countries: Norway, France, Germany, Spain, Austria, Belgium and the U.K.

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As Sharing Services Face Backlash, Payments Takes A Bigger Role

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New Orleans is the site of one of the most significant and ongoing backlashes against the sharing economy, a global trend that probably won’t kill off Airbnb and other major players, but could create more hassles and pressures for some companies struggling to make it in this big, crowded market.

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FinDEVr Live: Mitek’s MiSnap SDK Helps Developers Build Mobile Capture Apps

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This innovative technology is licensed by more than 4,000 organizations and used by tens of millions of consumers enabling increased customer acquisition, retention and operational efficiency. How to add an amazing mobile capture user experience to your app while minimizing development efforts.

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Finovate Talks Payment API Security with John Canfield, VP of Risk for WePay

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What rarely gets mentioned in the coverage is just how complicated platform payments can be, given myriad operational, regulatory, and risk prevention requirements. The company provides payments services with flexibility and user experience control that platforms seek. WePay focuses on helping platforms with their payments.