Internet Retailer looks at the relationship between product reviews and revenue courtesy of a new report from Baazarvoice.
- Xero highlighted as “our best purchase of 2014” by Business Betties.
- MakeMoneyYourWay profiles EZBOB and its new business loan promotion, the New Year’s Revolution.
- Zee News’ Money Guru interviews Abhishek Dwivedi, vice president operations at BankBazaar.com.
- Liverpool Echo features Toshl Finance in its list of must-have apps for busy moms.
- Investopedia’s guide to choosing roboadvisors spotlights nine Finovate alums: Betterment, FutureAdvisor, Jemstep, LearnVest, Motif Investing, Personal Capital, SigFig, TradeKing, and Wealthfront.
- Benzinga Fintech Awards publishes its video interview with Gary Zimmerman, CEO of MaxMyInterest.
- American Banker covers OnDeck’s small business loan marketplace for institutional investors.
- Pymnts interviews René Lacerte, CEO and Founder of Bill.com about how to simplify B2B payments.
- Mifos welcomes new partners: SkooliLabs and iSystems
- Google Cloud Platform releases beta of Google Container Registry for secure hosting, sharing, and management of private container repositories.
- BlueVine Grabs $18.5 Million to Increase Small-Business Lending.
- Encap Security CEO Thomas Bostrom Jorgensen asks if biometrics provide a “false sense of security” in a column for Bob’s Guide.
- Akimbo Financial acquired by Payment Data Systems.
- Kreditech Secures $200 Million Line of Credit.
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