On Finovate.com

• “American Express Launching Small Business Loans with Lendio”

• “Finovate Debuts: Featurespace’s ARIC Sandbox Offers a Safe Environment to Test Fraud Models”

Around the web

• SMART Awards Asia honors Fastacash for the Best P2P Payment Initiative.

• CNBC Africa interviews Schalk Nolte, CEO of Entersekt.

• Check Point Software Technologies and ElevenPaths partner to provide Joint Mobile Protection Services Globally.

• Finaeos to sell its platform-as-a-service offering on Microsoft Azure.

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