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Here's your daily crunch. If you've started using Snapchat more regularly this year, you're not alone.

At a recent Q2 earnings call, Snap CEO Evan Speiegel announced that the platform

grew both revenue and daily active users at the highest rates it has achieved in the last four years.

Snapchat now has 293. it has

293 million daily active users

growing 23 percent since last year.

Let's see what's going on in the world of startups.

Want to send a block of cash as a company?

The process can suck.

Happily, Paystand just raised $50 million for its work on the matter.

Monarch, a subscription-based platform that aims to help consumers plan and manage their financial

lives has raised $4.8 million in seed funding.

And wrapping up news from the biggest tech players.

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