On Finovate.com

• Vera Hires First Chief Financial Officer and Adds Technical Talent.

• Akamai Appoints Former Verizon CIO as Chief Information Officer.

• Wealthfront Rakes in $75 Million.

• Daon Forges Strategic Partnership with North African Technology Innovator GEMADEC.

• Ghana Government to Leverage Entrust Datacard to Issue National ID Cards.

Around the web

• Fintech News names Flywire 1 of 8 promising fintechs in Singapore to watch.

• IDology listed among 50 fastest growing tech companies in 2017.

• Fiserv VP of Product Strategy for Card Services, Jon Rosner talks about the pace of digital wallet adoption.

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