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• “Tuition.io Raises $5 Million in Series A”

• “Banking Technology Awards Recognize Finovate Alums”

Around the web

• Bitbond launches bitcoin purchasing power index.

• Hyperwallet Launches Loyalty Program for Independent Workers.

• Pymnts chats with Nymi founder and CEO Karl Martin.

• Avoka introduces digital account opening from within Salesforce.

• Kabbage to power Sage’s small-business loan offering.

• Market intelligence provider Ipreo selects Xignite to provide real-time, and delayed, equity prices to its investor-relations platform, BD Corporate.

• Deccan Herald features Cloud Lending Solutions.

• Nexmo announces partnership with Netherlands KLM.

• The Paypers interviews Nilesh Dusane, Ripple VP of global sales and client relations.

• PYMNTS.com talks about the future of the prepaid market with Larry Blaney, EVP of sales for Cachet Financial Solutions.

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