• PYMNTS looks at how Ripple hopes to build a global payments network.

• Android Headlines reviews TradeHero.

• FIS acquires CMSI, provider of consumer loan origination and portfolio management software.

• CNBC’s Squawk on the Street interviews Dashlane CEO Emmanuel Schalit on Heartbleed.

• SeedInvest raises $2 million in crowd funded investment campaign.

• Ignite Sales wins 2014 Monarch Award for its Profitability Dashboard for OmniChannel Measurement.

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