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Steal This 5-Step Banking Innovation Playbook from Gentle Monster

South State Correspondent

Gentle Monster Background Founded in 2011 by Kim, Gentle Monster initially struggled to break through against large brands like Luxottica which controls an estimated 30% of the US market, and is behind almost every single designer eyeglass brand you can think of, including Ray-Ban, Oakley, Armani, Ralph Lauren, Chanel, Prada and many more.

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Instagram Invites Security Experts To Hack Its Checkout Feature

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Instagram is a place for people to treat themselves with inspiration, not a place to tax themselves with errands. Instagram’s parent company Facebook launched its bug bounty program in 2011. Checkout by Instagram includes participation by PayPal and its retail partnership program. The rewards can go up to $40,000 per case.

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Can Mobile Payments Improve Healthcare Access in Africa?

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Recent news indicates the path of mobile development there: Kenya’s Safaricom has launched a new Bonga platform , a product designed to combine payments, messaging and online social activities. Tax Hurdle? The country’s finance minister recently proposed a tax increase that would fund “ free healthcare for all.”.

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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Facebook Hints At EU Pullout Over Data Transfers Laws; Appeal Filed Over Apple’s $15B Tax Bill On Ireland Operations; In-App Billing Battle Rages On

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With the fate of TikTok grabbing all the press, you may have missed the news that Facebook is talking about denying itself and its sister social platform Instagram to the European Union (EU) over new proposals that would stop the social media giant from transferring data on EU users back to Facebook headquarters in Silicon Valley.

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How Have the Finovate Best of Show Winners Fared?

Fintech Labs Insights

Wysh: Emerging player in the wish-list market, innovative features attracting young demographics, growth driven by effective social media use. Wink: Social media startup, innovative interaction features, struggling with user acquisition despite good initial reception. Finovate is currently an advertiser on this site.

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Zopa Partners with Equifax, Boosting its Risk Profiling Capabilities

Fintech Labs Insights

” For all the innovative methods for risk profiling – from Big Data to Social Media – the information available from credit reference agencies like Equifax remains as critical for online lenders as it is for offline lenders. A few metrics from Zopa: Over £1 billion lent to U.K. More than 50,000 active lenders.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Bitcoin Busts, Payments Get Faster And The Eyes Have It

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Visa also announced that it had extended the real-time, ubiquitous capability to other disbursement types as well including insurance claims, contractor payments, tax refunds and even merchant account real-time funds settlement. Today, the country’s coffers have about ~$12B in reserves, down from $30B since 2011.

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