Despite the many forms of authentication put in place to protect your devices and accounts these days — biometric (face or fingerprint identification), knowledge-based (a password or security question) or contextual information like your environment — hackers still find ways to get into your devices. Entersekt, a South African security company that recently put its […]
Qoins, an Atlanta-based startup that rounds up users’ spare change to help them pay off their debt, took home the largest equity-free cash prize for startups in the country as the winner of the Fintech Innovation Award Challenge at this week’s FinTech South conference. The audience was able to vote on which of four finalists […]
Last week, fintech unicorn Kabbage announced the hiring of a new CTO, their first since 2016. James Chou, formerly of Shutterstock and WorkMarket, has a long history of growing scaling technology companies’ product portfolio and capabilities. Chou most recently served as CTO at WorkMarket, a cloud-based workforce management solution provider that sold to software giant ADP […]
By the end of 2017, the education debt in the U.S. rose to nearly $1.38 trillion, with 11 percent of borrowers 90 days or more delinquent. Many borrowers are having a hard time finding effective resources that will help them deal with the financial burden of their student loans. Anik Khan, formerly of Accenture and Capital […]
GreenSky, an Atlanta-based online lending technology provider, has filed documents to go public with an initial offering of $100 million in shares. The fintech company is currently the third most valuable in the U.S. after Stripe and SoFi. GreenSky last took in outside capital in 2016, raising $50 million at a $3.6 billion valuation. That […]