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PayRange’s Mobile Payment Solution Coming To Japanese Vending Machines
PayRange’s Mobile Payment Solution Coming To Japanese Vending Machines
April 20, 2017  |  Mobile Payments

PayRange Inc., creator of the world’s simplest mobile payment solution for machines, announced in a press release that it has signed an agreement with Sumitomo Mitsui Card...

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Mizuho, Metaps, WiL And Mizuho Bank Rolling Out Digital Wallet Company
Mizuho, Metaps, WiL And Mizuho Bank Rolling Out Digital Wallet Company
April 20, 2017  |  Payment Methods

Mizuho Financial Group is teaming up with Mizuho Bank, Metaps and WiL to create a new service settlement using FinTech. According to a report, the four...

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Hackers Tricking Japan’s Mobile Gamers With Offers Of Fake Fantasy Cash
Hackers Tricking Japan’s Mobile Gamers With Offers Of Fake Fantasy Cash
April 18, 2017  |  Cybersecurity

In Japan, gamers may be at risk of being played, by hackers. Bloomberg News reports that hackers are luring gamers with “virtual trinkets” that help them...

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Bitcoin Tracker: Miner’s Delight
Bitcoin Tracker: Miner’s Delight
April 14, 2017  |  Bitcoin

The past week saw bitcoin (BTC) rise to near-record highs above $1,230, only to fall sharply during Thursday afternoon trading. At the time of writing,...

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Hyperwallet Partners Up With SoftBank for Asia-Pacific Region Expansion
Hyperwallet Partners Up With SoftBank for Asia-Pacific Region Expansion
April 12, 2017  |  Partnerships

Small businesses and freelancers just got a boost in the Asia-Pacific region. Global payouts provider Hyperwallet just announced its partnership with Japan-based SoftBank Payment Service...

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Rakuten Invests In Singapore Home Share For Business Travelers
Rakuten Invests In Singapore Home Share For Business Travelers
April 11, 2017  |  Innovation

There’s little doubt that the home share sector is beginning to boom globally among business travelers, with millennials adopting the practice at a greater rate...

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Data Dive: New Things Edition – Wells Fargo, Amazon And Bitcoin
Data Dive: New Things Edition – Wells Fargo, Amazon And Bitcoin
April 10, 2017  |  Today In Data

As always, those keeping up with the mainstream news cycle are likely feeling the normal Monday morning nervousness today — though perhaps given the rather militaristic...

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Bringing It All Back Home, 1980s-Style
Bringing It All Back Home, 1980s-Style
April 08, 2017  |  Consumer Insights

Trump. Trade wars and real wars, green screens and blue Smurfs. The more things change the more they stay the same, as the 1980s seem...

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Bitcoin Tracker: A Bitcoin In Spring
Bitcoin Tracker: A Bitcoin In Spring
April 07, 2017  |  Bitcoin

A beacon of hope has emerged for bitcoin just in time for spring — and it’s brought up prices with it. While the world’s most...

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