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The latest from FinDEVr 2015 presenters

• Pinterest turns to Braintree to power PayPal payment option for browsing consumers.

• FinDEVr 2015: First Round of Presenting Companies Revealed.

• Backbase set to launch its first hackathon, 19/20 June 2015.

• Spreedly now supports third-party tokens to help merchants continue to process transactions using their existing gateway-specific tokens from within Spreedly.

• Thinking Capital announces new name, visual identity and tagline.

• SandHill mentions SnoopWall as 1 of 5 Cool, Pre-VC, Cybersecurity Startups.

• Avalara acquires Belgium-based VAT Applications.

• UPS Capital Partners integrates with Kabbage to offer more SMBs access to a loan through UPS.

Alumni updates

• Xero developed business apps that Apple is using to help market the iPad’s use in business.

• Tech.co looks at how Trulioo’s API defends startups against credit-card fraud.

• Xero reaches 500,000 customers for its cloud accounting service, sets sights on 1 million customer milestone.

• Expensify announces V2 Xero integration.

• Verizon Ventures welcomes SimplyTapp to its portfolio of investments.

• Dunkin’ Donuts, Fandango, Sundance Catalog and Williams-Sonoma have all integrated Visa Checkout into their apps.

• Slice API now available on Mashape.

• NerdWallet turns to Trulioo CEO Stepehn Ufford who offers 5 steps to protect against cyberthreats.

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