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ACLU, public defenders push back against Google giving police your mobile data

Computerworld Vertical IT

The ACLU and eight federal public defenders are asking the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to exclude mobile device location data obtained from Google via a so-called geofence warrant that helped law enforcement catch a bank robbery suspect.

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Publicly traded cannabis fintech POSaBIT acquires three compliance software firms

GeekWire

A mobile payment device, part of POSaBIT’s point-of-sale system. Many credit card companies and national banks refuse to work with cannabis retailers because it is still not federally legal. Lawmakers tried to loosen these barriers through the Secure and Fair Banking Act (SAFE), but it failed to pass in Congress last month.

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Remitly revenue climbs 69% to $121M in first earnings report as public company

GeekWire

Remitly offers a mobile platform for sending money internationally, used heavily by immigrants and their families. Remitly’s net loss widened to $13 million for the quarter, from a $2.4 Seattle-based financial services company Remitly issued its first earnings report since its initial public offering, reporting revenue of $121.2

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Money transfer startup Remitly reveals financial results in preparation for upcoming IPO

GeekWire

million net loss in 2020, doubling its annual revenue and cutting its loss nearly in half. million net loss in the first six months of this year. Founded in 2011, Remitly’s mobile technology lets people send and receive money across borders, including immigrants in the U.S. Remitly generated $257 million in revenue and a $32.5

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10 Mobile Apps to Manage Your Finance Wisely

Galido

You have no more to go to the bank to pay the bill. There are several mobile applications which allow us for the effective finance management at once with ease. Personal mobile apps have made us carry on certain responsibilities of paying bills in time as well as be within our budget. After that, all the difficulties are over.

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Video Helps Your Customers In Their Moment Of Need

Forrester IT

A UK-based bank deployed video chat for its advisors to use with high net worth clients. UK footwear retailer Schuh expanded video chat by deploying it to mobile and increasing the number of video agents by 20% in two years. The cultural and technology barriers to easy video chat have come down in recent years.

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Remitly aims to raise up to $332M at $6.5B valuation in IPO for Seattle fintech giant

GeekWire

Founded in 2011, Remitly’s mobile technology lets people send and receive money across borders, including immigrants in the U.S. million net loss in the first six months of this year. million net loss in 2020, doubling its annual revenue and cutting its loss nearly in half. billion at the midpoint of the price range.

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