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How Iris Scans Win When Facial Recognition Fails
How Iris Scans Win When Facial Recognition Fails
April 27, 2018  |  Authentication

Is facial recognition tech up to the identical twin challenge? Not exactly, says University of Notre Dame computer science and engineering professor Kevin Bowyer. It’s...

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MoviePass Forgoes Ticket-A-Day Subscription For Bundled Plan
MoviePass Forgoes Ticket-A-Day Subscription For Bundled Plan
April 27, 2018  |  Subscriptions

MoviePass might be saying a permanent goodbye to its monthly $9.95 subscription for one movie ticket per day. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Analyst Continues To Cut Apple Estimates Due To iPhone Sales
Analyst Continues To Cut Apple Estimates Due To iPhone Sales
April 27, 2018  |  Apple

An analyst believes that Apple’s fiscal third-quarter financial results will disappoint Wall Street, according to CNBC. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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EVO Files To Go Public
EVO Files To Go Public
April 27, 2018  |  IPO

EVO Payments International announced that it has filed paperwork for an initial public offering (IPO). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Square Invests In Website Building With Weebly Acquisition
Square Invests In Website Building With Weebly Acquisition
April 27, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Square has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Weebly, a San Francisco–based technology company that provides tools to easily build a professional website...

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With Surging Profits (And Creeping Costs), Amazon Ups The Price Of Prime
With Surging Profits (And Creeping Costs), Amazon Ups The Price Of Prime
April 27, 2018  |  Amazon

There are good earnings days, there are great earnings days and there are astonishing earnings days. Amazon’s earnings day yesterday floated someplace between great and astonishing...

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Mastercard: Serving The Financial Needs Of The ‘New Middle Class’
Mastercard: Serving The Financial Needs Of The ‘New Middle Class’
April 27, 2018  |  Financial Inclusion

Welcome to the middle class! Congratulations, you made it! Good luck getting approved for a credit card with that low or nonexistent credit score, though....

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How To Future-Proof A Financial Institution
How To Future-Proof A Financial Institution
April 27, 2018  |  Innovation

As Muhammad Ali once said, “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” Translated for the financial services sector, this idiom might read thus: “Act...

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NEW DATA: Solving Retail’s $236B Mobile Checkout Conundrum
NEW DATA: Solving Retail’s $236B Mobile Checkout Conundrum
April 27, 2018  |  Checkout Conversion

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