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Rapunzl Awarded $500,000 To Scale Financial Education, Break 'Cycle Of Generational Poverty'

When Chicago-based investment-education program provider Rapunzl won the STOP Award at the annual Yass Prize competition, the company was acknowledged as one of the nation’s leading producers of education programs and given funds, $500,000, to continue it.

5 Connecticut Blockchain Startups To Watch

A blockchain is a decentralized, shared ledger that records transactions and tracks assets in a business network. The goal of a blockchain is to allow digital information to be distributed and recorded, but not edited. Blockchain platforms create and manage an array of Web3 functions, including NFTs.

10 Connecticut Fintechs To Watch

Fintech has not only changed the way we do business, but how we lead our daily lives. Millions of times every day, Americans use fintech apps like Venmo and Zelle to send money straight from their phones, or Paypal and TorFx to conduct business transactions.

10 Washington, D.C. Fintech Startups To Watch

If you’re nuts about fintech, are new to the industry or even a seasoned pro, you’ll want to join the more than 1,000 attendees expected at this year’s Benzinga Fintech Deal Day & Awards.

3 Baltimore Blockchain Startups To Watch

A blockchain is a decentralized peer-to-peer network utilizing distributed ledger technology (DLT). Blockchains are made up of an ever-expanding, trackable list of records, also known as blocks, which are linked together in a chain.

10 Maryland Fintechs Aiming To Make Your Financial Life Easier

If you’re into fintech, you’ll want to join the more than 1,000 attendees expected at this year’s Benzinga Fintech Deal Day & Awards. Make critical connections with successful fintech leaders, and meet more fintech business leaders in one day than you would in a year.

5 Baltimore Fintechs To Watch

Fintech has changed the way people do business. People all over the world today use fintech apps like Venmo and Zelle to send money, or PayPal and TorFX to conduct business transactions.

These 8 Massachusetts Blockchain Startups Are Changing Crypto Industry

Blockchain companies maintain a decentralized and secure record of financial transactions for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH).

Check Out 5 Boston Blockchain Startups That Are Revolutionizing Crypto

A blockchain is a decentralized peer-to-peer network used to facilitate asset transactions without the need for a clearing authority. Assets that can be tracked include tangible items like a car or property, or intangible items like patents and copyrights.

5 Boston Fintechs Aiming To Make Your Financial Life Easier

Financial technology, or fintech, is cutting-edge technology used to help improve and automate the delivery of financial services. Fintech companies are not financial institutions, but instead financial applications like Zelle and Venmo that help both businesses and individuals send money faster and easier.

5 New Jersey Fintechs Aiming To Make Your Financial Life Easier

While San Francisco and New York City may be the fintech capitals of America, New Jersey is quickly on the rise. According to the website Billtrust.com, many fintech companies are making the exodus from the Big Apple to the Garden State.

These 5 New York Fintechs Aim To Make Your Financial Life Easier

Fintech is the coming together of finance and technology. It is the application of technological advancements to expedite the use and transfer of financial services like traditional tender and cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum.

10 New York City Blockchain Startups To Watch

Blockchain is technology that literally enables the existence of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin.

5 Philadelphia Blockchain Startups To Watch

A blockchain is a decentralized, shared ledger that records transactions and tracks assets in a business network.

FTV Capital Backs ConnexPay In $110M VC Round, Readies Startup For EU Expansion

ConnexPay, a technology company that combines card acceptance and card issuing into one single platform, confirmed a $110-million growth equity investment led by FTV Capital. By combining card acceptance and card issuing, ConnexPay aims to remove risk and bring marked benefits to marketplace companies.

5 Philadelphia Fintech Companies To Watch: Venmo, InstaMed And More

Fintech has not only changed the way we do business, but how we lead our daily lives. Millions of times every day, Americans use fintech apps like Venmo and Zelle to send money straight from their phones, or Paypal and TorFx, to conduct business transactions.

5 New York City Fintech Startups To Watch

Fintech is the newest and fastest way to process and deliver financial services. Whether you know it or not, you probably use some kind of fintech application right now, like Zelle or Venmo.

Y Combinator Companies To Launch On Wefunder: What This Means To Everyday Investors

Y Combinator announced more than 20 companies from its summer 2022 batch will be launching on Wefunder, a crowdfunding platform connecting startups with investors online.

Sterling Trading Tech Names New CEO, Plans Continued Investment In Next-Generation Platform

Sterling Trading Tech (STT), a leading provider of order management system solutions and trading platforms to global capital markets, has named Jennifer Nayar as its new president and CEO.