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True Link raises $35 million Series B led by Khosla Ventures and Centana Growth Partners

True Link raises $35 million Series B led by Khosla Ventures and Centana Growth Partners

Business Wire — True Link Financial, a mission-driven financial technology company, announced today that it has raised a total of $35 million in two Series B tranches, the first led by Khosla Ventures and the second preemptively led by Centana Growth Partners.
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Challenges in real property title systems in the US

Challenges in real property title systems in the US

CA Blockchain Working Group — Property Ownership Is Complicated Figuring out who owns property is surprisingly complicated. For one thing, real property itself is complicated - it's not just an invisible square on the ground, but might include water rights, mineral rights, air rights, easements that allow other people to access the property, liens for taxes, mortgages, loans, or other improvements, and so on.
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5 Common Money Mistakes Retirees Make

5 Common Money Mistakes Retirees Make

Forbes — Since launching my company's investment advisory service for retirees, True Link Financial, my colleagues and I have spent a lot of time talking to people about their financial plans. Here are five of the most common mistakes we've seen and how retirees can avoid them: Even professional traders who buy and sell individual stocks rarely outperform the market over the long term.
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Bank On It: Episode 249 Kai Stinchcombe from True Link

Bank On It: Episode 249 Kai Stinchcombe from True Link

bankonitpodcast.com — Every week the show host talks with impressive fintech leaders and entrepreneurs, through conversation uncovers the remarkable stories behind them, their creations and the most important topics in fintech. You can subscribe to this podcast and stay up to date on all the stories here on…
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‎The Innovation Podcast: Episode 17: Elder Tech and More, Part 1 on Apple Podcasts

‎The Innovation Podcast: Episode 17: Elder Tech and More, Part 1 on Apple Podcasts

apple.com — ‎Kai Stinchcombe, founder and CEO of True Link Financial, joins us to discuss elder tech, blockchain and surviving in Silicon Valley. He came to our attention because of the focus of True Link--mainly helping older adults remain independent while protecting them from scams, then people with special n...
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Elder Tech, made for tech-challenged seniors

Elder Tech, made for tech-challenged seniors

CNBC — Kai Stinchcombe, True Link Financial CEO, joins 'The Exchange' to discuss how his company is improving the lives of seniors through technology designed specially for the age group.
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The Wrenching Financial Costs Of Addiction

The Wrenching Financial Costs Of Addiction

Forbes — If you've seen the recent movies Beautiful Boy or Ben Is Back, you've learned about the pain parents experience when their grown child becomes an addict. But what the films don't talk much about, and what's rarely discussed, is the devastation addiction can do to the finances of the people with substance abuse disorders - and their loved ones.
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National Survey: Financial Challenges Jeopardize Recovery From Addiction and Substance Use Disord...

National Survey: Financial Challenges Jeopardize Recovery From Addiction and Substance Use Disord...

Business Wire — SAN FRANCISCO--With drug overdose the leading cause of death among Americans under 50, 1 addiction is not only one of the most daunting health crises facing America today - it can be a financial nightmare, too. True Link releases a new study today, which is among the first to quantify the relationship between money and substance use disorder (SUD).
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True Link Partners With STABLE, the Nation's Leading ABLE Act Program, to Offer High-Quality Paym...

True Link Partners With STABLE, the Nation's Leading ABLE Act Program, to Offer High-Quality Paym...

Business Wire — SAN FRANCISCO--True Link Financial is announcing its new partnership to provide True Link payment cards to STABLE Account holders. STABLE is the leading national ABLE Act program, launched in 2016 by the Ohio Treasurer's Office, and now the official ABLE program of twelve states. The STABLE Account program is used by customers in all fifty states.
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Blockchain is crappy technology and a bad vision for the future

Blockchain is crappy technology and a bad vision for the future

The Next Web — This December I wrote a wi de ly- ci rc ul at ed articleon the inapplicability of blockchain to any actual problem. People objected mostly not to the technology argument, but rather hoped that decentralization could produce integrity. Let's start with this: Venmo is a free service to transfer dollars, and bitcoin transfers are not free.
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Blockchain: Bad Tech, Worse Vision - Insurance Thought Leadership

Blockchain: Bad Tech, Worse Vision - Insurance Thought Leadership

Insurance Thought Leadership — Even the most prominent blockchain company, Ripple, doesn't use blockchain in its product. You read that right. Blockchain is not only lousy technology but a bad vision for the future. Its failure to achieve adoption to date is because systems built on trust, norms and institutions inherently function better than the type of no-need-for-trusted-parties systems blockchain envisions.
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Kai Stinchcombe CoFounder/CEO True Link Financial

Kai Stinchcombe CoFounder/CEO True Link Financial

youtube.com — Kai Stinchcombe CoFounder/CEO True Link Financial, a financial services firm focused on the diverse needs of today's retirees - addressing longevity, long te...
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Blockchain is a crappy, useless technology

Blockchain is a crappy, useless technology

Grant's Interest Rate Observer — Ten years in, nobody has come up with a use for blockchain
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"אחרי שנים של מאמצים והשקעה של מיליארדים, אף אחד לא הצליח למצוא שום שימוש לבלוקצ'יין"

"אחרי שנים של מאמצים והשקעה של מיליארדים, אף אחד לא הצליח למצוא שום שימוש לבלוקצ'יין"

Calcalist — כולם אוהבים להגיד שאמנם הביטקוין הוא בועה, אבל טכנולוגיית הבלוקצ'יין שמאחוריו היא הדבר הבא. אבל בשטח מתברר שהיא לא ממש נחוצה, הרבה יותר מסובכת ואפילו יותר ריכוזית מהבנקים. קאי סטינצ'קומב, מנכ"ל חברת טכנולוגיה פיננסית מעמק הסיליקון, כתב טקסט מכה גלים שנועד לפוצץ את בועת הבלוקצ'יין.
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America Has a Major Misconception On Aging

America Has a Major Misconception On Aging

seniorcare.com — A Third Think They Will Two-Thirds Actually Will "Don't wait until the crisis happens before putting on the seatbelt. Be proactive and enjoy the ride!" "People who are not prepared get care that is chosen by someone else."
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Digital natives will get old, too

Digital natives will get old, too

POLITICO — Technology can divide Americans as well as connect them, and older Americans face not one but two of these digital divides. Seniors are more likely to have lower incomes and live in rural areas-the traditional "digital divide" that cuts some people off from the fast internet hookups increasingly necessary to connect with work, services and friends.
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Don't believe the hype: There are no good uses for blockchain

Don't believe the hype: There are no good uses for blockchain

American Banker — Everyone says the blockchain, the technology underpinning cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, is going to change everything. And yet, after years of tireless effort and billions of dollars invested, nobody has actually come up with a use for the blockchain - besides currency speculation and illegal transactions.
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発明から10年もたったのに、誰もブロックチェーンを有効活用できていない

発明から10年もたったのに、誰もブロックチェーンを有効活用できていない

Medium — 先週公開され、既にMedium上で2万4千回いいねされた仮想通貨の記事をゆるく翻訳します。(A loose translation of a cryptocurrency article that was published last week and has already been liked 24,000 times on Medium.)
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Blockchain heeft geen toegevoegde waarde

Blockchain heeft geen toegevoegde waarde

RTL Nieuws — 2017 was het jaar van de blockchain. Tal van bedrijven en sectoren omarmden de technologie. Verzekeraars, banken, de voedselsector, diamanthandelaren, exploitanten van laadpalen: allemaal startten zij projecten met behulp van de technologie die bij het grote publiek vooral bekend is geworden dankzij de bitcoin. Maar is al dat enthousiasme over de blockchain wel terecht?
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观点：区块链是个"假风口"，还没有人想出来该怎么利用它

观点：区块链是个"假风口"，还没有人想出来该怎么利用它

Sohu — 编者按：所有人都在说，区块链技术将改变一切。然而，经过多年的不懈努力和数十亿美元的投资，除了货币投机和非法交易外，还没有人真正想出区块链的用途。Kai ...
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Analytik: Revoluce se nekoná, blockchain stále čeká na větší využití mimo bitcoin - E15.cz

Analytik: Revoluce se nekoná, blockchain stále čeká na větší využití mimo bitcoin - E15.cz

E15.cz — Technologie blockchainu jakožto decentralizované účetní knihy pro digitální finanční operace už je známá několik let. Proslavila ji zejména nejrozšířenější kryptoměna bitcoin, která funguje od roku 2009. Jenže technologie, na které je bitcoin založen, měla podle vizionářů proniknout i do mnoha dalších aspektů života, kromě běžného bankovnictví také třeba do státní správy.
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[더,오래] 할머니 우울증이 사업아이디어, 시니어에 꽂힌 실리콘 밸리

[더,오래] 할머니 우울증이 사업아이디어, 시니어에 꽂힌 실리콘 밸리

Korea JoongAng Daily — 세계적인 인구 고령화는 미국 실리콘밸리 스타트업들로 하여금 시니어 비즈니스에 뛰어들게 했다. 실리콘밸리의 젊은 사업가들은 어떤 사업 아이템으로 도전장을 내밀었을까? 그들은 아이디어를 멀리서 찾지 않았다. 나와 내 주변에서 시니어가 경험하는 다양한 개인적 어려움과 불편함에서 아이디어를 찾아보는 것은 어떨 - 비즈 프리즘,시니어비즈,실리콘벨리 시니어비즈니스,트루 링크 파이낸셜,카이 스틴치콤베,스티치,마시 로그,홈히어로,요양보호사,카일힐,알츠하이머
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How charging for our product originally hurt - but ultimately saved - our startup

How charging for our product originally hurt - but ultimately saved - our startup

Medium — Five years ago, my co-founder Claire McDonnell and I founded True Link Financial, and did two things that that were totally unorthodox for the time. First, we didn't build a startup for teenagers. We built it for seniors. (We're a financial services firm that offers debit and Visa cards and investments management for aging Americans.)
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Kai Stinchcombe on Your Money by Wharton Business Radio Highlights

Kai Stinchcombe on Your Money by Wharton Business Radio Highlights

soundcloud.com — Kai Stinchcombe, CEO of True Link Financial, joins host Kent Smetters to discuss protecting your elderly loved ones from financial abuse on Your Money.
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