On Finovate.com

• Microsoft, Nationwide Invest $12 Million in SME Lender BlueVine.

• Gusto Brings in $140 Million, Doubling Valuation to $2 Billion.

• Tavant Technologies Powers New Personalized Mortgage POS System from Ditech.

Around the web

• Coinbase taps Jeff Horowitz as its next Chief Compliance Officer.

• Thomson Reuters announces strategic partnership with global cryptocurrency market data aggregator, CryptoCompare.

• FIS and blockchain platform Billon sign letter of intent to pursue joint product development.

• Prosper surpasses 1 million loans have been originated, totaling about $13 billion.

• Kofax enters sales agreement with JIEC to deliver RPA and digital transformation solutions.

• CurrencyFair surpasses milestone: €7 billion traded.

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