Interview with Vice President, TCV – David Zhang
November 27, 201914 min
Visa Inc. Announces Appointment of Ramon L. Laguarta to its Board of Directors
November 14, 20193 min
Visa Inc.’s (NYSE: V) board of directors announced today that on November 13, 2019, it appointed Ramon L. Laguarta to the Board, effective November 20, 2019, for a term that will expire at the Company’s 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Mr. Laguarta has served as PepsiCo, Inc.’s CEO and a director since October 2018, and assumed the role of chairman of the board in February 2019. Mr. Laguarta is a strong global leader with extensive...
Andy Gill Joins Cetera as Chief Strategy and Execution Officer
November 7, 20194 min
Cetera announced today that Andy Gill, industry executive most recently with Charles Schwab, has joined the company with oversight for the Strategy, Marketing, Advisor Training and Education and Business Consulting teams. Gill will be a member of the executive leadership team, with a dual reporting line to Cetera President, Adam Antoniades, and Interim CEO and Chairman of the Board, Ben Brigeman. Adam Antoniades said, “Andy Gill is an extremely accomplished industry veteran, skilled at driving...
The Trouble With Travel Spend: Unpacking A CFO’s Perennial Puzzle
November 5, 201915 min
There’s nothing like meeting with customers and business partners face to face. The opportunity to capture their attention, engage them in the conversation, and drive productive collaboration is unmatched when it comes to nurturing strong, lasting, and, in most cases, loyal relationships. Most importantly, a partnership of trust is built through a mutual understanding of what’s at stake and a sense of a shared mission. Even after the biggest wins, the afterglow of accomplishment quickly...
L3COS front runner as TON, Libra drop out
October 25, 20198 min
As high-profile startups from Telegram and Facebook stumble or run afoul of regulation, L3COS [pronounced as lecos] can now deliver accessible blockchain solutions for government at the city, state/province, national and transnational level. A three-level blockchain with separate consensus algorithms lets L3COS provide the most relevant functionality for each user set: individuals, businesses and governments. Many platforms have promised to bring the power of distributed ledger to governments, or to create interlocking relationships open to...
Dwolla and Middesk Partner To Offer Payments & Business Verification
October 23, 20194 min
New partnership allows customers of both companies to access a powerful money moving system and a business verification toolset. A pair of emerging technology companies are partnering to make their services available to each other’s clients. Financial technology company Dwolla, Inc. announced a partnership with Middesk to make the latter’s business verification tool a part of the Dwolla Partner Ecosystem. The Middesk Identity product increases business verification rates while also serving risk and compliance teams, flagging for “high-risk”...
Huobi Unveils Plans for Fiat Gateway
October 18, 20197 min
Huobi Global announced ambitious plans for Turkey at the Eurasia Blockchain Summit, starting with the launch of a Turkish Lira (TRY) fiat gateway. Huobi reveals the fiat gateway is the first to be launched by a global exchange, providing Turkish users an accessible gateway to trade more assets with greater liquidity. During its opening remarks, the leading exchange platform and host of the inaugural event in Istanbul also unveiled the successful formation of a local team, localized language option on...
OpenClose and MGIC Announce Technology Integration Partnership
October 16, 20192 min
MGIC Mortgage Insurance Now Available through the OpenClose LenderAssist™ LOS OpenClose, an industry-leading multi-channel loan origination system (LOS) and digital mortgage fintech provider, and Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation (MGIC), the nation’s first private mortgage insurer, jointly announced today the availability of MGIC’s rate quote and mortgage insurance workflows for both delegated and non-delegated MI, through the OpenClose LenderAssist™ LOS. Through this MISMO-based integration, our mutual customers can order MGIC rate quotes and delegated MI or...
FiO brings AI and big data to the Block 3.0 party
October 16, 20194 min
Blockchain technology’s incoming third wave promises to radically alter the digital economy by incorporating Artificial Intelligence and big data. One of the companies leading the way is FiO, an innovative new “middleware” ecosystem that has partnered with IBM and is set to help businesses take advantage of the latest blockchain technology. Following Blockchain 1.0 (digital assets) and 2.0 (smart contracts), the approaching Blockchain 3.0 era promises to create compliant independent financial markets and economies that...
Lu Wang Joins General Atlantic as Operating Partner
October 15, 20196 min
Brings two decades of experience in internet and technology sectors in China