Bitcoin Daily: Japan Banks Launch Digital Wallet; Canadian Court Will Hear First-Ever Bitcoin Expert Witness
Bitcoin Daily: Japan Banks Launch Digital Wallet; Canadian Court Will Hear First-Ever Bitcoin Expert Witness
March 07, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Japanese bank Mizuho, as well as around 60 other financial institutions (FIs), have launched a new digital wallet called J-Coin Pay. According to Quartz, the...

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What ATMs And Open Source Have To Do With Payments Innovation
What ATMs And Open Source Have To Do With Payments Innovation
March 07, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

It might be the case that 2019 takes shape as a watershed year for payments regulation, marked by PSD2 and GDPR. Stakeholders in the financial services...

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A New Way To Gain Ground On Fraud
A New Way To Gain Ground On Fraud
March 07, 2019  |  Fraud Prevention

New technologies keep emerging in the fight against fraud — biometrics, for instance — but they are not the only part of pushing back against criminals...

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How PSD2 Will Change Lending
How PSD2 Will Change Lending
March 07, 2019  |  Regulation

Merchants and customers are now transacting under PSD2 and GDPR in the European Union (EU) — regulations that allow a greater window into how customer...

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Zuckerberg Says Facebook To Embrace Private Messaging
Zuckerberg Says Facebook To Embrace Private Messaging
March 06, 2019  |  Facebook

Social media giant Facebook will embrace what CEO Mark Zuckerberg has termed “privacy-focused” communications marked by encrypted services, the executive said in a blog post...

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Amazon To Shutter US Pop-Up Stores
Amazon To Shutter US Pop-Up Stores
March 06, 2019  |  Retail

Amazon will shutter all 87 of its pop-up stores in the United states by the end of next month, according to a report in The...

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T.J.Maxx Launches Multi-City Interactive Game
T.J.Maxx Launches Multi-City Interactive Game
March 06, 2019  |  Retail

Discount retailer T.J.Maxx is partnering with Instagram tastemakers to promote a new term called “Maxximizing,” which the company says means not needing to sacrifice on...

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Sasfin And Hello Paisa Team Up For South African Banking Venture
Sasfin And Hello Paisa Team Up For South African Banking Venture
March 06, 2019  |  Financial Inclusion

Two South African FinTech companies, Sasfin, a banking group, and Hello Paisa, a money transfer startup, are teaming up to start a bank with a...

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Walmart CFO Sounds Off On India’s eCommerce Rule Changes
Walmart CFO Sounds Off On India’s eCommerce Rule Changes
March 06, 2019  |  Regulation

Walmart CFO Brett Briggs said that even though the retail giant anticipated the regulatory changes in India regarding foreign eCommerce companies, it was disappointing that...

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