FINOVATE: Runa Capital has announced its participation in a $20.5M funding round of the American

THE NEXT WEB: With Apple Pay coming out, it seems as if there is a

THE NEXT WEB: Stripe, the payment company that’s quietly building the best way to pay people

VENTUREBEAT: Android users can now pick up the check for dinner with a little extra

FOREXMAGNATES:  Optimal Payments Plc (LSE: OPAY), the group behind the popular NETELLER payment solution, has just revealed

THE NEXT WEB: Square introduced Square Cash in 2013 to go against Venmo as an

THE NEXT WEB: This year, the crown for digital currency novelty could go to a development

DEALSTREETASIA: Early-stage fund Golden Gate Ventures (GGV) has upped its game in the venture capital space

E27.CO: Echelon Indonesia to discuss measures needed to boost e-commerce in the island nation. Here’s what

CB Insights: Traditional banks are under attack from a number of emerging specialist startups. Here

TECHCRUNCH: The rise of companies like Flipkart, Snapdeal and Ola have put a spotlight on the e-commerce opportunity in India, where the growth of

TECHCRUNCH: Online lending platform Avant has acquired ReadyForZero, a Y Combinator-backed startup that helps consumers better

THE NEXT WEB: While Amazon has worked hard to promote its Android app store, let’s

DEALSTREETASIA: Russia’s economic slump is set to boost the fledgling financial services technology (Fintech) startup ecosystem

TECHCRUNCH: Amazon’s VP and General Manager of Payments, Matt Swann, who most recently oversaw initiatives including Amazon’s Square

E27.CO: China’s iMaibo, a stock market app, has grown from 10,000 to 100,000 active daily

BITCOIN MAGAZINE: IBM and Intel establish departments on blockchain technology behind Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies  

TECHCRUNCH: Fundbox, a company that loans businesses money for outstanding invoice payments, has raised $40 million to

IT WORLD CANADA: Due to skills mismatch, demand-supply imbalances, an aging workforce and other factors, Canada

TECHINASIA: Messaging app WeChat now has 500 million monthly active users (MAUs), parent company Tencent

TECHCRUNCH: When you chat with friends about settling debts or splitting the bill, Facebook doesn’t

E27.CO: Global online ticketing platform Peatix has raised US$5 million in Series B funding led by DG

TECHCRUNCH: Rakuten, Japan’s largest online retail firm, has announced that it will soon accept bitcoin across

Channel NewsAsia: Xiaomi has added a function that allows users to buy money market fund

FAST COMPANY: Think you’re not creative? The innovation gurus at Ideo beg to differ. The

TECHCRUNCH: Thanks to startups like Simple, which was acquired by financial services organization BBVA last year,

TECHINASIA: Yesterday at Cebit in Hanover, Alibaba founder Jack Ma took the stage to wax philosophical

TECHCRUNCH: Wiper, a chat application designed to provide users with control over their sent and received

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TECHCRUNCH: The Pebble Time Kickstarter gained some momentum thanks to Apple’s special Watch event Monday.