On Finovate.com

• Fintech Trending: Alt Lending Woes, Asia Grows, and Everbank Exits

• FinDEVr Alum UpGuard Raises $17 Million Series B

• vaamo Partners with N26 (Formerly Number26)

Around the web

• ayondo launches simulated trading app, the ayondo academy.

• Chain announces new partnership with Initiative for Cryptocurrency and Contracts (IC3).

• BizEquity integrates with Xero.

• Shoeboxed launches Direct Downloads for reports.

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