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Fintech Firm Ripple Gets $55 Million In Funding

(As featured in The Wall Street Journal- September 15, 2016) Written by: Paul Vigna Ripple, the San Francisco-based startup building a bitcoin-like payments platform aimed at banks, announced a $55 million Series B funding round on Tuesday, bringing its [...]

By |2018-12-17T10:18:39-05:00September 15th, 2016|Press Releases|Comments Off on Fintech Firm Ripple Gets $55 Million In Funding

With the attention of 85 million men per month, Woven is quietly building the next digital media giant

(As featured in Pando- August 13, 2014) Written by: Michael Carney Don’t look now, but content is sexy again. After nearly a decade of being discounted by investors and entrepreneurs as a dying category, digital media companies are finally [...]

By |2018-12-17T10:20:37-05:00August 17th, 2016|Press Releases|Comments Off on With the attention of 85 million men per month, Woven is quietly building the next digital media giant

Male-Oriented Web Publisher Woven Digital Raises $18.5 Million

(As featured in The Wall Street Journal- June 30, 2016) Written by: Mike Shields Woven Digital, which owns a stable of young male-focused websites like BroBible andUproxx, has raised $18.5 million in series B funding to invest in more [...]

By |2018-12-17T10:22:09-05:00June 30th, 2016|Press Releases|Comments Off on Male-Oriented Web Publisher Woven Digital Raises $18.5 Million

Canada to Germany Ripple bank transfer breakthrough for banking industry

(As featured in Banking Technology- June 27, 2016) Written by: Tanya Andreasyan Canada’s ATB Financial sent €666.67 to ReiseBank in Germany using Ripple technology, with the transaction completing in eight seconds. The participants say this is the world’s first [...]

By |2018-12-17T10:23:56-05:00June 27th, 2016|Press Releases|Comments Off on Canada to Germany Ripple bank transfer breakthrough for banking industry

More Banks Are Trying Out Blockchains For Fund Transfers

(As featured in Banking Technology- June 27, 2016) Written by: Tanya Andreasyan Canada’s ATB Financial sent €666.67 to ReiseBank in Germany using Ripple technology, with the transaction completing in eight seconds. The participants say this is the world’s first [...]

By |2018-12-17T10:25:20-05:00June 23rd, 2016|Press Releases|Comments Off on More Banks Are Trying Out Blockchains For Fund Transfers

Banks trial Ripple blockchain to make money transfers ‘like sending an iMessage’

(As featured in CNBC’s “Tech Transformers”- June 22, 2016) Written by: Arjun Kharpal Several global banks including Santander and UBS are conducting real-world trials using blockchain technology for international cross-border payments, a move that could make the process faster [...]

By |2018-12-17T10:27:07-05:00June 22nd, 2016|Press Releases|Comments Off on Banks trial Ripple blockchain to make money transfers ‘like sending an iMessage’

Ripple Gains More Global Financial Partners

(As featured in Blockchain News- June 22, 2016) Written by: Richard Kastelein Ripple, the global provider of Blockchain settlement solutions, today announced the addition of seven financial institutions to its growing network. Santander, UniCredit, UBS, ReiseBank, CIBC, National Bank [...]

By |2018-12-17T10:28:52-05:00June 22nd, 2016|Press Releases|Comments Off on Ripple Gains More Global Financial Partners

21 Inc. Creates Open Source Library Machine-Payable Web

(As featured in CoinDesk- June 13, 2016) Written by: Daniel Palmer Bitcoin startup 21 Inc announced it had open-sourced its software this weekend, a move that finds it following through on statements by the firm’s co-founder and CEO, Balaji [...]

By |2018-12-17T10:35:21-05:00June 13th, 2016|Press Releases|Comments Off on 21 Inc. Creates Open Source Library Machine-Payable Web
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