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Banking on customer experience and security via technology-based innovation

CIO

Customer experience and security But as in most industries, customer expectations and security challenges continue to grow along with technological advances. Banks continue investing in technologies that make the customer experience seamless, including mobile apps and peer-to-peer payments.

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Why fintechs are buying up legacy financial services companies

TechCrunch

The deal closed in February 2021 , leading to a very quick and surprising second-quarter profit. Earlier this month, blockchain-based lender Figure Technologies agreed to merge with mortgage firm Homebridge Financial Services, which has 180 retail branches and funded more than $25 billion in home loans in 2020.

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FlexID gets Algorand funding to offer self-sovereign IDs to Africa’s unbanked

TechCrunch

Much of the world’s attention around blockchain is on the highs and lows of cryptocurrency values. Startups like FlexID remind us that distributed ledger technology has the potential to play other roles, including offering trusted records of identities without the need for a centralized authority. million in 2016.

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Pitch Deck Teardown: Simba Chain’s $25M Series A deck

TechCrunch

This is a blockchain pitch. The pitch deck is for Simba Chain , a blockchain company that raised $25 million in a Series A. If you follow me on Twitter , you’ve probably noticed that of every three or four tweets, one has me making fun of blockchain tech. Supported blockchains slide. seed deck. Moat slide.

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Filevine raises $108 million for tools that streamline legal workflows

TechCrunch

.” The large tranche is a sign of the strength of the legal tech market, whose growth accelerated as the pandemic led to record demand for legal services and a shortage of qualified talent. For example, according to a report published by the American Bar Association, nearly 10% of lawyers now use some form of AI-based legal tech.

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Top 7 Gaming Trends and Technologies in 2024

Openxcell

Technology trends in the gaming industry are growing rapidly due to robust digital transformations. It’s all thanks to the newest gaming technologies shaping the future of gaming. Crypto-based gaming The gaming industry in 2024 will increasingly focus on cryptocurrency-based games due to the use of real money as rewards.

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Kaszek earmarks nearly $1B in new funds for Latin American startups

TechCrunch

The region’s startup scene saw a boom, with a large spike of fundraises in 2021 with VC capital deployed totaling $15.9 billion in 2021, (up from $2 billion in 2018) according to LAVCA. We seek out exceptional founding teams whose business plan is centered on the strategic utilization of technology to gain a competitive advantage.