eMoney Advisor Launches New 'Lead Capture' Feature

8 years ago0551 eMoney Advisor launched today a new, interactive feature that enables financial advisors to streamline lead management, drive revenue, and digitally grow their businesses. Named Lead Capture, the online workflow is designed to specifically help financial advisors attract, engage, and qualify leads through their online marketing...

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Snapchat: Mark Zuckerberg Is Beating What He Once Couldn't Buy

8 years ago0571 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg couldn't buy Snapchat - so now he's beating it. Back in 2013, Snapchat's CEO Evan Spiegel turned down a $3 billion takeover offer from Zuckerberg, but lately the image messaging and multimedia app company has been struggling to keep up with its biggest competitor. No, not Facebook. Instagram. After...

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Best Buy Shares Slide Amid News Amazon Is Planning to Launch a Geek Squad-Like Service of Its Own

8 years ago0398 On Monday, Best Buy shares slid more than 7.5 percent after Recode first reported that Amazon is planning to launch a Geek Squad service of its own. Best Buy's Geek Squad is made up of technology experts who help customers install, protect, or repair products ranging from smart home gadgets to appliances and cell phones. The Geek...

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Todd A. McDonald Rejoins Horizon Technology Finance as Managing Director

8 years ago0592 Horizon Technology Finance Corporation, a leading specialty finance company that provides capital in the form of secured loans to venture capital backed companies in the technology, life science, healthcare information and services, and cleantech industries, announced today the hiring of Todd A. McDonald by its Advisor, Horizon...

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AT&T Investing Up to $200 Million In Venture Capital Fund In Effort to Solve Technology Challenges

8 years ago0530 AT&T announced today that it has committed to investing up to $200 million in a venture capital fund as part of the telecommunications company's ongoing effort to solve some of technology's toughest challenges. In collaboration with Coral Group, AT&T will launch or invest in start-up companies focused on connected services and...

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Study Finds 50% of Mid-Level Executives In Finance Considering Departure From Current Employer, Far Fewer Want to Leave Finance Industry

8 years ago0533 Joint study from Toigo Foundation and Russell Reynolds Associates examines talent trends in finance and technology sectors Russell Reynolds Associates, a leading global search and leadership advisory firm, and the Toigo Foundation, an organization dedicated to growing the talent pool of diverse finance professionals across all...

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Sean Glithero Leaves Auto Trader Group plc, Joins Funding Circle as CFO

8 years ago0591 Sean Glithero is stepping down as CFO of Auto Trader Group plc to become CFO of Funding Circle, the world's leading lending platform for small businesses. The announcement follows a record-breaking start to 2017 for Funding Circle with millions being lent by the company to 8,000 businesses across the U.K., U.S., Germany, and the...

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Diversity In Tech Won't Change Until Money's at Risk, Dan Lyons Says

8 years ago0490 Google recently released its third diversity report since it began publishing such data in 2014. The latest report shows little has changed since then and reveals the tech giant still employs mostly white men with just 2% of its employees being Black and just 20% of its tech employees being women. Here's the summary of the current ethnic...

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Bank of America Selects Oracle Cloud for ERP, Financial Applications

8 years ago0622 Bank of America has selected Oracle's cloud-based ERP and financial applications for both its international general ledger and its broker-dealer systems. As the world leader in Cloud ERP systems, Oracle has more than 5,000 Fusion Financial cloud applications customers installed worldwide. In a press release announcing the selection,...

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Synthio Inc. Announces $10.5 Million Financing Round

8 years ago0367 With a major new financing round complete, Synthio Inc. is expected to add 50 employees and invest heavily in an enterprise-focused end-to-end customer data platform. The Atlanta-based B2B marketing data innovator announced today that it raised a total of $10.5 million. Investors who participated in the round included Fulcrum Equity...

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Will Amazon Grab GrubHub Next?

8 years ago0480 After Amazon's nearly $14 billion proposed merger of Whole Foods, the retail giant may have its sights set on Grubhub next. In a note Monday (June 19), Wedbush senior tech analyst Aaron Turner proposed that Grubhub's delivery networks could help Amazon solidify its desire to get food deliveries to customers in a matter of hours. Since...

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MarTech to Host Great Line Up of CMOs and Visionary Marketers, October 2-4

8 years ago0408 The MarTech Conference, a hub for discussion of ideas and practices at the intersection of marketing, technology, and management, is all set this year in Boston, Massachusetts from October 2-4. MarTech is an "inspiring, cross-pollinating" experience that celebrates the integration of technology and marketing and is among the most...

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