• Business Standard looks at the partnership between TradeHero and OANDA.

• P2Binvestor reaches $50 million invoices-funded milestone.

• Ripple Labs adds former State Department policy official, Anja Manuel, as advisor.

• peerTransfer picks Digital River to provide payment processing.

• Trustev Wins Most Disruptive Technology Award at SXSW.

• WattzOn to participate in Georgetown University Energy Prize competition to help communities reduce energy consumption.

• Toopher raises $200,000 of planned $300k financing round.

• Fifth Third Bank launches online money movement solution from CashEdge.

• Finovate Debuts: How Bitbond Leverages Bitcoin to Benefit Borrowers and Lenders.

• Madrid-based Banco Mare Nostrum implements MicroStrategy as its analytics standard to drive analysis and insight for its employees.

• American Banker features David Pinski’s move from a bank to a startup, Zumigo.

• Check out MX’s free User Experience webinar on April 2.

• Payment Week interviews Cardlytics on how big data is changing consumer engagement.

• American Banker: Ripple Labs hires Anja Manuel, a former U.S. State Department official, as company adviser.

• Ovum names Kony a leader, recognizes it for its comprehensive cloud-based mobile solution.

• ThreatMetrix enhances TrustDefender Mobile to help businesses meet new payment card industry data security standards.

• Spring and All: FinovateSpring 2015 Presenters Revealed!

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