The large distribution online promised by crowd funding technology will empower broker dealers to differentiate and use the crowdfunding as a tool for their clients.

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But Dave Aitel, chief technology officer of another vulnerabilities broker called Immunity, says that security professionals will never be able to offer hackers as much money for software bugs as the bad guys.

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It was presented to the National Investment Banker Association Spring 2012 and today we have seen recent movements of SoMoLend and CrowdFunder, which signed up with the leading broker dealer Gate Technology whose back end crowd funding platform is run by visionary CEO Vince Molinari.

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The deal presentation (since sites allow entrepreneurs to attractively supply background, documentation, images, videos, presentations and FAQs) and large online distribution capacity promised by crowdfunding technology is what will empower broker dealers, funds and asset managers to differentiate and use crowdfunding as a tool for their clients.

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We act as a technology provider rather than as a broker.

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Private Equity, funds, angel networks and broker dealers are embracing the technology underpinning crowdfunding with its standards of deal presentation and distribution channels to potential investors.

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When you call to automatically buy stocks from your broker, you are using a telephony technology invented by Ronald Katz.

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Advances in technology and the growing reach of the Internet, including the appearance of online broker E-Trade, begged for the creation of new financial products.

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"It's not easy for a young compliance officer to take on a star broker or banker, " says Robert Iati, a research director at TowerGroup, a technology research firm.

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