On Finovate.com

• “Cardlytics Launches Syndicated Audiences”

• Check out this week’s sneak peeks:
  • Fiserv 
  • Chip Shield 
  • Earnix 
  • Cyberfend 
  • Finovera 
  • Payment Data Systems/ Akimbo 

On FinDEVr.com

• Chain Launches Open Source Blockchain Protocol.

Around the web

• ReadWrite features Tyfone’s launch of a new challenge at MIT focused on Internet of Things (IoT) security.

• “Lending Club CEO Renaud Laplanche Receives Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Award”

• Cointelegraph interviews Alexander Vityaz, founder of Corezoid and head of e-commerce at PrivatBank.

• PayPal’s Venmo processed $3.2 billion in total payments volume in Q1 2016, an increase of 154% year-over-year.

• Infosys Finacle teams up with Samsung SDS to give mobile banking customers better authentication technology.

• A look at APIs in the robo-adviser industry by Bank Innovation underscores the role played by Xignite.

• “Kasasa Wins Multiple Hermes Creative Awards”

• Pendo Systems unveils version 3.1 of its data exploration, discovery, and analysis platform.

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