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- Expensify grows from 24 employees in January to 45 employees in July.
- Cachet Financial Solutions receives allowance for patent that covers aspects of its RDC platform to deposit bank checks using their Apple desktop, laptop or mobile device.
- PlayMoolah’s WhyMoolah launches Act 2 to enable gamers who completed Act 1 to play out their lives from age 35 to 55.
- ZipZap raises $1.1 million in new funding.
- Your Mark on the World interviews AdaPia d’Errico, Chief Marketing Officer for Patch of Land. See Patch of Land demo at FinovateFall 2014 in New York.
- defi Solutions CEO Stephanie Alsbrooks talks loan origination in Non-Prime Times.
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