Here are the news headlines we posted this week on Twitter (follow it here).
Acculynk Provides Debit Service to Sun Country Airlines – Sun Country Airlines has partnered with Acculynk to provide its customers PIN debit service. Acculynk’s service allows users to make online purchases using their current debit card and PIN numbers without requiring any additional enrollment with the merchant. http://bit.ly/97u9EE
AlphaClone Adds Funds, History-Viewing Features, and Alerts – AlphaClone, which develops investment portfolios by duplicating the patterns of successful investors, has added 18 new funds to its investment options. The company also added a feature that allows members to view a manager’s holdings back to 1999. Finally, AlphaClone is now providing email alerts when fund managers file a Form 13G or 13D with the SEC, indicating that the manager has purchased more than 5% of a public company. http://bit.ly/aKCsIE; http://bit.ly/9Pj1As; http://bit.ly/9q9QB2
DebtGoal Gains Board Member and New COO – Ed Ojdana, the founder of FreeCreditReport.com, has joined DebtGoal’s board of directors. Igor Vaks, former CIO of Experian Consumer Direct, has joined as the company’s chief operating officer. http://bit.ly/93UWux
Fiserv Launches Bill Payment Widget – Fiserv launched a new bill payment widget that enables consumers to pay bills from within their online banking homepage. The widget is available to financial institutions using Fiserv’s online banking solutions. http://bit.ly/aYNFb2
mFoundry Provides Platform to Nassau Educators Federal Credit Union – Nassau Educators Federal Credit Union will offer its 140,000 members mobile banking services supported by mFoundry’s mobile platform. Services will include bill payments, fund transfers, and balance checking. http://bit.ly/9k4Q9N
moneyStrands Celebrates First Anniversary of PFM launch – moneyStrands is celebrating the first anniversary of launching its PFM. Highlights of the year include acquiring Expensr and partnering with Savings.com and SouthPointe Digital Technologies. The company also passed 100,000 users in its first seven months. http://bit.ly/aVDXCp
Outright.com Opens Blog for Developers – Online bookkeeping service Outright.com has added a new blog for developers. Outright already hosts a support blog for its users. http://community.outright.com/
Prosper Raising Fourth Round of Funding – Prosper is finalizing its fourth round of funding, seeking to raise $13.3 million to $15.8 million. The company signed a letter of intent with new and existing investors to raise the round, which is expected to close by April 15. http://bit.ly/cqiRr6
ThreatMetrix Provides Fraud Protection to iReel.com – ThreatMetrix is providing fraud detection and prevention services to online movie rental company iReel.com. iReel offers digital movies through an automated process. ThreatMetrix adds a layer of credit card authentication to the system. http://bit.ly/9uFTDI
TradeKing Deploys Recognia’s Strategy Builder – TradeKing is making Recognia’s Strategy Builder stock-research tools available free to its clients. Strategy Builder allows users to compare the performance of various investment strategies. http://bit.ly/bVzF1z
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