- Alliance Data teams up with Locaid to provide opt-in geofence pilot program for branded cards.
- Blippy launches Tophatter iPhone app.
- Currensee announces Trade Leaders Investment Program.
- Leaf announces Quick Serve POS solution for restaurants. See Leaf in action at FinovateSpring in May.
- Credit Sesame reports growth figures.
- Banno creates 15 responsive design websites in Q1 2013.
- HelloWallet hires 6, bringing total number of employees to 40.
- LG now offers the convenience of purchasing via PayPal on their 2013 line of Smart TVs.
- American Banker reports Fiserv updates its Unified Wealth Management platform.
- Money Marketing features Rplan, Nutmeg, and LoveMoney as startups that appeal to the under-30 crowd.
- Dropbox offers single sign on through partnership with Ping Identity.
- CMO.com interviews Yandex CEO Bernard Lukey is the director of sales and business development.
- GigaOM reports PayPal offers 2 new extensions for Magneto merchants.
- The Economist takes a look at the bitcoin boom, including alternatives like OpenCoin. See OpenCoin demo Ripple at FinovateSpring in May.
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