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Des Moines’s Raising Capital Seminar targets Midwest startups
A startup might have a great pitch, business plan and product, but if they run out of money, things will come to a screeching halt. The Greater Des Moines Partnership is hosting a Raising Capital Seminar to help Midwest companies navigate the ins and outs of attracting investors. The seminar features presentations by Charise Flynn…
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Hip Pocket, Dwolla will present at Finovate
Hip Pocket, Dwolla, Prairie Cloudware and CBW Bank with be presenting this week in San Jose at Finovate, the nation’s premiere FinTech conference. The event draws industry leaders and experts, as well as senior financial and banking executives. Hip Pocket will be demoing a new version of their mortgage peer comparison web application. The new…
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Dwolla teams up with BBVA Compass to move money in real time
DES MOINES—As of Thursday, Dwolla is one step closer to helping people across the country move money a bit faster.…
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Dwolla announces strategic $9.7M investment led by CME Group
Dwolla founder and CEO Ben Milne took the stage at Sibos in Boston Tuesday morning and announced that the company has raised $9.7 million in funding led by strategic investor, the CME Group.
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Weekly Recap: Double demo days, Uber in DSM, KC gov’t site wins award
Every Monday Silicon Prairie News’ editorial team will share some of the interesting regional content we’ve read as well as SPN’s most-read stories over the last week…
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Fox Business gets Dwolla CEO Ben Milne’s take on Apple’s big reveal
Dwolla CEO Ben Milne is well known around these parts as a leader in the Prairie, but his knowledge of mobile payments and security lent well to a discussion on Fox Business about Apple’s big event, where the tech giant announced the iPhone 6, iPhone 6+ and Apple Watch.
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Ben Milne shares hard lessons learned building Dwolla in 2013
(Guest post by Ben Milne) 2013 was one of the hardest years of my life. It wasn’t the hardest but it was challenging. The hardest, was one year as a kid when my dad got Parkinson’s, my mom got sick, my mom’s best friend died and the grandparent who helped raise me withered away like…
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Using Dwolla, TMG makes first Google Glass app to move hard currency
Now with only a few swipes, and a tap or two, Google Glass wearers around the country can pay merchants using Dwolla. But the Des Moines-based payments startup isn’t the one behind the development. The Members Group (TMG), a Des Moines-based financial services company that provides payments processing solutions, announced the Google Glass app—called See2Pay—during…
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Dwolla improves on guest checkout feature, launches Dwolla Direct
On Wednesday Dwolla announced the latest update to its services: Dwolla Direct, which will allow users to send money over Dwolla’s network without fully registering for an account.
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Dwolla launches next day bank transfers, speeds up payments
Transfering money from Dwolla account to Dwolla account has always been instantaneous, but now the Des Moines-based financial startup is making the process more seamless for bank transfers and small businesses…