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

Capital Preferences, a behavioral economics, decision science and financial technology firm, announced the launch of TrueProfile.com – and its first product, TrueProfile Risk Essentials. The product helps financial advisors see what clients do with their money using the power of gamification and behavioral economics. It can calculate an individual’s tolerance of risk, loss aversion and decision-making consistency with statistical confidence, and then rank an advisor’s range of asset allocation models using a FitScore. See TrueProfile.

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

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

Investment performance analytics and reporting solutions provider Investment Metrics has announced that its platform will be deployed across Mercer’s Wealth business in the U.S. Mercer will use the Investment Metrics solution to power its institutional client reporting, investment analytics and research capabilities to serve client needs. See Investment Metrics.

iOFFICE announced the release of the new Hummingbird App, 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 the go. It connects with any IWMS platform to give employees the need to work effectively in their spaces while automatically collecting critical business intelligence on how they use the workplace. The Hummingbird App is available for Apple and Android devices.

Global advisory Willis Towers Watson announced its Family and Fertility Solution that combines integrated digital tools and personalized high-touch support services from Ovia Health and Progyny. Ovia Health offers services that start with guidance and coaching for conceiving naturally and continue with pregnancy, postpartum and return-to-work support.

Progyny offers a comprehensive fertility benefit that gives access to the latest artificial reproductive technology, fertility preservation, adoption and surrogacy counseling and reimbursement administration, and emotional and clinical guidance from a dedicated patient care advocate. See Willis Towers Watson.

Compensation data provider and consultant Compdata Surveys & Consulting is introducing Compdata Edge for compensation professionals. Compdata Edge provides continually updated survey data from more than 30,000 organizations, now updated continually. Compdata Edge customers will be able to view trending reports on the data points most important to them. Compdata customers will also gain access to a new online user interface with simplified navigation and easily exportable custom reports. See Compdata Edge.

Redi2 Technologies has introduced two major enhancements to its BillFin billing solution, which will debut through its integration with Blueleaf, an automated reporting and client communication platform. With Single Sign-On (SSO), Blueleaf users can seamlessly access BillFin from the Blueleaf's advisor dashboard without the need to separately log into BillFin. The other enhancement lets Blueleaf customers automatically push any BillFin invoice into the Blueleaf client portal for client viewing, eliminating the need for manual transfers and disjointed workflow. See the Redi2 site.

ArmadaCare has launched the ArmadaCare Supplemental Product Suite. Each product is a fully insured reimbursement plan that supplements a company’s primary plan and provides additional coverage for everyday health expenses, as well as the more unexpected health expenses, without specific disease or other restrictions for coverage to kick in. ArmadaCare’s products also qualify as excepted benefits, which means ACA reforms do not apply. See ArmadaCare.

AdvicePay, the first compliant payment processing solution built specifically for financial advisors offering fee-for-service financial planning, has been launched. AdvicePay gives advisors the ability to bill and receive financial planning 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 enter their payment information, review invoices and payments, and confirm any billing changes. Financial information is full encrypted. See AdvicePay.

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