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Walmart To Create Fintech Start-Up For Employees, Customers

DETROIT - Walmart said this week that it’s creating a fintech start-up with Ribbit Capital, one of the venture capital firms behind Robinhood. The big-box retailer did not share the name of the new company or say when its services will be available. It said it will develop unique and affordable financial products for Walmart

NVCA Supports House Efforts to Bolster Growth Of Innovative Startups

WASHINGTON DC – The National Venture Capital Association Thursday testified before the U.S. House in support of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS Act), the passage of which was supported by the NVCA in 2012. Before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises, Chairman Scott Garrett (R-NJ), NVCA CEO Bobby