Friction

Bank Shot Revolutionizes Earnest Money Management with Latest Release of New Features, including Web-Based Receivables, Payment Requests, and New Payment Types

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Thursday, April 4, 2024
Bank Shot, Friction, Customer experience, Online shopping

The latest update introduces three key features designed to provide a seamless and efficient payment experience for Bank Shot users:

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  • The latest update introduces three key features designed to provide a seamless and efficient payment experience for Bank Shot users:
    Web-Based Receivables: Bank Shot's web-based receivables feature enables businesses to manage and track incoming payments effortlessly.
  • With an intuitive interface, users can access real-time data, monitor payment statuses, and enhance overall visibility into their receivables.
  • Payment Requests: Simplifying the payment collection process, Bank Shot now offers a robust payment request feature.
  • New Payment Types: Bank Shot is expanding its payment options with the introduction of two new payment types – Survey Fees and Invoice Collections.

Hello Alice Announces Series C Funding Round and Expands Community to 1.5 Million Small Businesses

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Thursday, April 4, 2024
Equitable, Mastercard, SMB, Friction, Software as a service, Face, Woman, Ninja, History, Small business, QED, Hello, American Dream, Ecosystem, New Majority, Access, LP

HOUSTON, April 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Hello Alice, the fintech platform connecting 1.5 million small businesses to capital, connections and opportunities, announced today the close of a Series C funding round with QED Investors, as well as Mastercard and others, bringing their total company valuation to $130 million. This new funding will continue to fuel Hello Alice's expansion of its capital offerings and AI-driven financial health tools for small businesses. Additional investors in this round of funding included Backstage Capital, Guy Fieri, Golden Seeds, Harbert Growth Partners Fund, How Women Invest I, LP, Lovell Limited Partnership, Tyler "Ninja" and Jessica Blevins, and Tamera Mowry and Adam Housley.

Key Points: 
  • This new funding will continue to fuel Hello Alice's expansion of its capital offerings and AI-driven financial health tools for small businesses.
  • This year, the platform has significantly expanded its community and now supports 1.5 million small business owners, one of the largest SMB networks in the country.
  • The latest funding round will contribute to the expansion of the Hello Alice AI-driven financial health services and Small Business Funding Center.
  • "We are thrilled to hit the milestone of 1.5 million small businesses utilizing Hello Alice to elevate the American dream.

Casa Acquires Cryptography Team Chamber, Names New COO and CTO

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Freedom, Friction, Ether, Acquisition, Engineering, Content Authenticity Initiative, Adobe, API, Chamber, Cryptocurrency

DENVER, April 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Casa , the leading provider of self-custodial vaults, today announced it has acquired Chamber, a team of experts in applied cryptography and passkeys.

Key Points: 
  • DENVER, April 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Casa , the leading provider of self-custodial vaults, today announced it has acquired Chamber, a team of experts in applied cryptography and passkeys.
  • Casa helps individuals hold the private keys to their bitcoin, ether, and other assets in their own secure multi-key vaults managed in the Casa app.
  • The Chamber team will accelerate Casa's roadmap in reducing friction and improving security in storing private keys.
  • Both Chamber co-founders have joined the executive team at Casa: William Allen as COO and Bryan Latten as CTO.

Ceramic Packaging Market Projected to Reach $7.41 billion by 2030 - Exclusive Report by 360iResearch

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Glass-ceramic, Form factor, Friction, Growth, Kyocera, Intelligence, Electronics, Thermal conductivity, Silicon, Semiconductor, Ceramic, NGK Insulators, Schott AG, Telecommunications, Table, Printed circuit board

PUNE, India, April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The report titled " Ceramic Packaging Market by Type (High-Temperature Co-Fired Ceramic, Low-Temperature Co-Fired Ceramic, Thick Film Ceramic Substrate), Material Composition (Glass Ceramic Packaging, Non-Glass Ceramic Packaging), Material, Form Factor, End-User - Global Forecast 2024-2030 " is now available on 360iResearch.com's offering, presents an analysis indicating that the market projected to grow from a size of $4.65 billion in 2023 to reach $7.41 billion by 2030, at a CAGR of 6.86% over the forecast period.

Key Points: 
  • PUNE, India, April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The report titled " Ceramic Packaging Market by Type (High-Temperature Co-Fired Ceramic, Low-Temperature Co-Fired Ceramic, Thick Film Ceramic Substrate), Material Composition (Glass Ceramic Packaging, Non-Glass Ceramic Packaging), Material, Form Factor, End-User - Global Forecast 2024-2030 " is now available on 360iResearch.com's offering, presents an analysis indicating that the market projected to grow from a size of $4.65 billion in 2023 to reach $7.41 billion by 2030, at a CAGR of 6.86% over the forecast period.
  • This market growth is propelled by the escalating use of semiconductors in electronic devices and supportive government policies across the globe.
  • We proudly unveil ThinkMi, a cutting-edge AI product designed to transform how businesses interact with the Ceramic Packaging Market.
  • "Dive into the Ceramic Packaging Market Landscape: Explore 198 Pages of Insights, 480 Tables, and 26 Figures"

Ceramic Packaging Market Projected to Reach $7.41 billion by 2030 - Exclusive Report by 360iResearch

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Glass-ceramic, Form factor, Friction, Growth, Kyocera, Intelligence, Electronics, Thermal conductivity, Silicon, Semiconductor, Ceramic, NGK Insulators, Schott AG, Telecommunications, Table, Printed circuit board

PUNE, India, April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The report titled " Ceramic Packaging Market by Type (High-Temperature Co-Fired Ceramic, Low-Temperature Co-Fired Ceramic, Thick Film Ceramic Substrate), Material Composition (Glass Ceramic Packaging, Non-Glass Ceramic Packaging), Material, Form Factor, End-User - Global Forecast 2024-2030 " is now available on 360iResearch.com's offering, presents an analysis indicating that the market projected to grow from a size of $4.65 billion in 2023 to reach $7.41 billion by 2030, at a CAGR of 6.86% over the forecast period.

Key Points: 
  • PUNE, India, April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The report titled " Ceramic Packaging Market by Type (High-Temperature Co-Fired Ceramic, Low-Temperature Co-Fired Ceramic, Thick Film Ceramic Substrate), Material Composition (Glass Ceramic Packaging, Non-Glass Ceramic Packaging), Material, Form Factor, End-User - Global Forecast 2024-2030 " is now available on 360iResearch.com's offering, presents an analysis indicating that the market projected to grow from a size of $4.65 billion in 2023 to reach $7.41 billion by 2030, at a CAGR of 6.86% over the forecast period.
  • This market growth is propelled by the escalating use of semiconductors in electronic devices and supportive government policies across the globe.
  • We proudly unveil ThinkMi, a cutting-edge AI product designed to transform how businesses interact with the Ceramic Packaging Market.
  • "Dive into the Ceramic Packaging Market Landscape: Explore 198 Pages of Insights, 480 Tables, and 26 Figures"

HOERBIGER's Rotary Business Unit Expands into Maintenance-free Slip Rings

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Diamond, Culture, Friction, Growth, Acquisition, Workforce, Vacuum, Electric motor

WAUKEGAN, Ill. and LITTLETON, Mass., April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- HOERBIGER, a global technology company with 6,000 employees in 43 countries announces the acquisition of Diamond-Roltran, LLC. Diamond-Roltran is the world's leading manufacturer of maintenance-free slip rings, known as Roll-Rings®. HOERBIGER, in connection with its subsidiary Deublin Company, expands its world-leading position in rotary unions and slip rings. The acquisition is expected to be completed on March 31, 2024.

Key Points: 
  • Diamond-Roltran is the world's leading manufacturer of maintenance-free slip rings, known as Roll-Rings®.
  • HOERBIGER, in connection with its subsidiary Deublin Company, expands its world-leading position in rotary unions and slip rings.
  • HOERBIGER, in connection with its subsidiary Deublin Company, expands its world-leading position in rotary unions and slip rings.
  • Deublin provides rotary unions and slip rings for a wide variety of industrial applications and manufacturing processes.

Canopy Connect Announces New Integration with HawkSoft to Capture and Import Insurance Data

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Insurance, CMO, Friction, Policy, Satellite navigation device

CANBY, Ore., April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Canopy Connect, a leading insurance data intake platform, and HawkSoft, a leading management system for independent insurance agencies, today announced a new integration. It enables insurance agents to collect verified insurance data through Canopy Connect and import it into HawkSoft to eliminate data entry.

Key Points: 
  • CANBY, Ore., April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Canopy Connect, a leading insurance data intake platform, and HawkSoft, a leading management system for independent insurance agencies, today announced a new integration.
  • It enables insurance agents to collect verified insurance data through Canopy Connect and import it into HawkSoft to eliminate data entry.
  • With this new integration, HawkSoft agencies can use Canopy Connect to have their clients securely share their insurance information.
  • "Getting that data into the system an agent lives in during their business day, without data entry, is what this new integration between Canopy Connect and HawkSoft accomplishes."

CHIPS Liquidity Algorithm Saves Financial Industry Billions

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Risk, Senior, Leg, USD, Friction, The Clearing House, Citigroup, New product development, Barclays, Private sector, Clearing house, Bank

NEW YORK, April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Participants on CHIPS®, the largest private sector high-value clearing and settlement system in the world, receive significant economic benefits due to its patented liquidity savings algorithm. In 2023 this algorithm generated an economic value for CHIPS participants and the financial system of $4.99 billion, or $13.8 million per day, estimates The Clearing House, the operator of CHIPS and the leading innovator and operator of U.S. payments networks.

Key Points: 
  • Financial institution participants on CHIPS benefit from enhanced liquidity efficiency that saves the industry almost $14 million per day.
  • In 2023 this algorithm generated an economic value for CHIPS participants and the financial system of $4.99 billion.
  • The economic value to participants and the industry from the liquidity efficiency of CHIPS can be approximated by considering the opportunity cost of routing CHIPS payments, which in 2023 averaged $1.8 trillion per day, through less liquidity efficient payment channels.
  • Beyond this economic value, the liquidity efficiency of the CHIPS network allows CHIPS participants and their customers to deploy scarce liquidity more flexibly and contributes to a more nimble and less risky financial system.

AdVon Commerce Releases AI Tool on Google Cloud Marketplace

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Monday, April 1, 2024
Cloud, Dai, E-commerce, Google Cloud, Friction, Software as a service, ISV, Commerce, Cloud computing, VMS, Catalog, API, Flywheel, Network equipment provider

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- AdVon Commerce launched their retail-focused AI tool, AdVonAI, on Google Cloud Marketplace. Leveraging Google Cloud's Vertex AI platform, AdVon has developed a tool that scales product content while optimizing for conversion.

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  • COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- AdVon Commerce launched their retail-focused AI tool, AdVonAI , on Google Cloud Marketplace.
  • Google Cloud Marketplace is a procurement platform for Google Cloud customers to find, deploy, and manage production-ready SaaS and Kubernetes solutions, VMs, and datasets built by Google Cloud and its partner ecosystem.
  • Here's how customers benefit from the service:
    Billing is done through Google Cloud Marketplace, allowing customers to centralize procurement in one place
    "Bringing AdVonAI to Google Cloud Marketplace will help customers quickly deploy, manage, and grow the solution on Google Cloud's trusted, global infrastructure," said Dai Vu, Managing Director, Marketplace & ISV GTM Programs at Google Cloud.
  • "Having our solution on Google Cloud Marketplace is only a starting point for customers," Vlad Barshai, AdVon CTO said.

RapidVerify Becomes E-Verify Employer Agent, Simplifies Hiring with Enhanced I-9 Automation

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Thursday, March 28, 2024
HR, Employment, Automation, Friction, Risk, QuickBooks, I-9, Form I-9, Audit

AUSTIN, Texas, March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- RapidVerify, a provider of identity verification solutions, today announced it has become an authorized E-Verify Employer Agent.

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  • AUSTIN, Texas, March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- RapidVerify, a provider of identity verification solutions, today announced it has become an authorized E-Verify Employer Agent.
  • Integrated with top HR solutions including Greenhouse and QuickBooks, RapidVerify's platform offers robust I-9 automation, simplifying the often-complex Form I-9 completion process.
  • Now, as an E-Verify Employer Agent, RapidVerify directly handles E-Verify submissions on behalf of businesses, ensuring compliance and reducing the administrative burden for HR professionals.
  • "We are thrilled to add E-Verify Employer Agent authorization to our suite of solutions," said Jeff Flynt, Founder of RapidVerify.