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Mom Enlisted Son to Murder Husband, Daughter for Insurance Money: Prosecutors

March 1, 2020March 1, 2020 NewsEditorAsbury Park, cold case, Gun Control, Health insurance, insurance, Motherhood, Murder, New Jersey

A New Jersey woman faces murder charges after allegedly enlisting her son and his friend to brutally kill her daughter and husband 25 years ago by promising them a cut of his life-insurance policy. Dolores Morgan, 66, and her 47-year-old son, Ted Connors, collected a $200,000 life-insurance policy and moved to Florida with her son. Killing for money and drugs, the states position, you cannot get more violent, prosecutor Meghan Doyle Asbury Park Press. The 48-year-old admitted he held Mejia down and covered her face with his hand, while Connors…

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FintechOS raises $14M to help banks launch products as fast as fintech startups

January 4, 2020January 4, 2020 NewsEditorCapgemini, deloitte, Earlybird Venture Capital, economy, Europe, financial services, financial technology, insurance, Microsoft, Money, monzo, N26, partner, plug and play, south east asia, United States

Over the last few years, we’ve seen the rise of fintech startups like N26 and Monzo to challenge the incumbents with new products like challenger banks. But what if the big banks wanted to compete in that game themselves? This is the aim of FintechOS, a Romanian startup that actually aims to help incumbents compete in this brave new, competitive, world. FintechOS allows banks and insurance companies to act and react faster than the new upstarts on the scene with plug and play products. It’s announcing today that it has secured $14 million (£10.7 million)…