Mobile banking startup Varo Money recently debuted “MoneyDiaries,” a series of videos that looks at the lives and financialissues of its core customers—ambitious, professional millennials.The short, documentary-style videos will explore their passions andhow their relationship with money shapes their life decisions. Theseries will launch with short episodes about Bella Livingstone, apastry chef who has created the life she wants to live with littlehelp from anyone. Bella’s story debuts on Varo’s YouTube channel on January 31, 2018, and newepisodes will be released twice a month.

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Capital Preferences, a behavioral economics, decision scienceand financial technology firm, announced the launch ofTrueProfile.com – and its first product, TrueProfile RiskEssentials. The product helps financial advisors see whatclients do with their money using the power of gamification andbehavioral economics. It can calculate an individual’s tolerance ofrisk, loss aversion and decision-making consistency withstatistical confidence, and then rank an advisor’s range of assetallocation models using a FitScore. See TrueProfile.

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TimerCap is launching a new Bluetooth enabled 7-day pill boxcalled the iSort that will send you reminders toyour phone to take your medication using our Free app on theAppStore. The pillbox can also send reminders to patients andcaregivers when medication is missed. See TimerCap.

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Managed vision care company Superior Vision Services, Inc.announced that its new Superior Vision mobile appfor commercial members is now available. The Superior Vision applets commercial members search for an in-network provider andsecurely access their vision benefit details and ID card on theirmobile phone. The Superior Vision app is available for downloadon the Apple App Store and Google Play.

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Investment performance analytics and reporting solutionsprovider Investment Metrics has announced that itsplatform will be deployed across Mercer’s Wealth business in theU.S. Mercer will use the Investment Metrics solution to power itsinstitutional client reporting, investment analytics and researchcapabilities to serve client needs. See InvestmentMetrics.

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iOFFICE announced the release of the new HummingbirdApp, a comprehensive set of Employee Experience (EX)solutions for the mobile workforce. With the Hummingbird App,employees will be able to Find, Request, Reserve and Receive on thego. It connects with any IWMS platform to give employees theneed to work effectively in their spaces while automaticallycollecting critical business intelligence on how they use theworkplace. The Hummingbird App is available for Apple andAndroid devices.

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Global advisory Willis Towers Watson announced itsFamily and Fertility Solution that combinesintegrated digital tools and personalized high-touch supportservices from Ovia Health and Progyny. Ovia Health offers servicesthat start with guidance and coaching for conceiving naturally andcontinue with pregnancy, postpartum and return-to-work support.

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Progyny offers a comprehensive fertility benefit that givesaccess to the latest artificial reproductive technology, fertilitypreservation, adoption and surrogacy counseling and reimbursementadministration, and emotional and clinical guidance from adedicated patient care advocate. See WillisTowers Watson.

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Compensation data provider and consultant Compdata Surveys &Consulting is introducing Compdata Edge forcompensation professionals. Compdata Edge provides continuallyupdated survey data from more than 30,000 organizations, nowupdated continually. Compdata Edge customers will be able to viewtrending reports on the data points most important to them. Compdata customers will also gain access to a new online userinterface with simplified navigation and easily exportable customreports. See Compdata Edge.

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Redi2 Technologies has introduced two major enhancements to itsBillFin billing solution, which will debut throughits integration with Blueleaf, an automated reporting and clientcommunication platform. With Single Sign-On (SSO), Blueleaf userscan seamlessly access BillFin from the Blueleaf's advisor dashboardwithout the need to separately log into BillFin. The otherenhancement lets Blueleaf customers automatically push anyBillFin invoice into the Blueleaf client portal for client viewing,eliminating the need for manual transfers and disjointed workflow.See the Redi2 site.

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ArmadaCare has launched the ArmadaCare SupplementalProduct Suite. Each product is a fully insuredreimbursement plan that supplements a company’s primary plan andprovides additional coverage for everyday health expenses, as wellas the more unexpected health expenses, without specific disease orother restrictions for coverage to kick in. ArmadaCare’s productsalso qualify as excepted benefits, which means ACA reforms do notapply. See ArmadaCare.

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AdvicePay, the first compliant paymentprocessing solution built specifically for financial advisorsoffering fee-for-service financial planning, has been launched.AdvicePay gives advisors the ability to bill and receive financialplanning fees directly from a client’s credit card or bank account(via ACH). To ensure compliance with RIA custody regulations,AdvicePay also provides a portal for clients to directly entertheir payment information, review invoices and payments, andconfirm any billing changes. Financial information is fullencrypted. See AdvicePay.

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