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Insurance

Insurance is a means of protection from financial loss. It is a form of risk management, primarily used to hedge against the risk of a contingent or uncertain loss.

Payroll, Workers’ Comp Find Link Through Real-Time Data
Payroll, Workers’ Comp Find Link Through Real-Time Data
December 20, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Payroll and insurance are two areas in which technology startups have brought disruption to the fold, but challenges in these markets are rarely tackled simultaneously....

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Why Main Street SMBs Are A Greenfield For InsurTech
Why Main Street SMBs Are A Greenfield For InsurTech
December 19, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Insurance may not be the most flashy or exciting of industries, but its continued reliance on paper and inefficient underwriting processes makes the market a...

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Payroll Startup Hourly Raises $7.15M In Seed Round
Payroll Startup Hourly Raises $7.15M In Seed Round
December 18, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Hourly — a FinTech startup that helps with workers’ comp insurance, time-tracking and payroll for small businesses — has raised $7.15 million in a Seed...

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Huckleberry Raises $18M To Expand SMB Insurance Offerings
Huckleberry Raises $18M To Expand SMB Insurance Offerings
December 18, 2019  |  Investments

Insurance purchasing and management platform Huckleberry has raised $18 million in a Series A funding round led by Tribe Capital, with participation from Amaranthine, Crosslink...

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PayPal: Taking On Corporates’ B2C Payment Pain Points With Digital Wallets
PayPal: Taking On Corporates’ B2C Payment Pain Points With Digital Wallets
December 18, 2019  |  B2B Payments

For corporates, moving money across borders is linked to no shortage of friction points, particularly as businesses elevate their demands for speed, visibility and predictability...

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Insurance And Other Services Get Smarter Via Connected Vehicles
Insurance And Other Services Get Smarter Via Connected Vehicles
December 10, 2019  |  Innovation

It’s not just cars and trucks that are undergoing historic changes thanks to digital and mobile technology, and the drive toward the connected vehicle and...

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Trucking Payments Tools That Are In It For The Long Haul
Trucking Payments Tools That Are In It For The Long Haul
December 06, 2019  |  Accounts Payable

The growing significance of the gig economy is changing how businesses handle their payments. Corporations recognize that paying freelancers for ad hoc projects is a...

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Bitcoin Daily: Speedy Crypto Exchange Launched By Former Morgan Stanley Developers; Starling Bank Co-founder Joins Winklevoss’ Gemini Trust
Bitcoin Daily: Speedy Crypto Exchange Launched By Former Morgan Stanley Developers; Starling Bank Co-founder Joins...
December 05, 2019  |  Bitcoin

A group of former software developers from Morgan Stanley have created a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange that will reportedly execute trades in less than a millisecond...

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The Latest Retail Upsell: Insurance At The Point Of Sale
The Latest Retail Upsell: Insurance At The Point Of Sale
December 02, 2019  |  Retail

Every merchant is looking for an edge – a way not only to make more money, but also to hit on fresh methods for building...

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