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Indian Bank Heist Bears A Resemblance To 2016 Bangladeshi Hack
Indian Bank Heist Bears A Resemblance To 2016 Bangladeshi Hack
February 20, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Hackers that attempted to lift about $2 million from India’s City Union Bank earlier this month used similar tactics to those observed during the $81...

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Too Much Cashless Now Concerns Swedish Authorities
Too Much Cashless Now Concerns Swedish Authorities
February 20, 2018  |  Cash

Authorities in Sweden are starting to get worried about the speed in which cash is going away as a preferred payment method. Get the Full...

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25 Percent Of Customer Services Handled By Chatbots In Two Years
25 Percent Of Customer Services Handled By Chatbots In Two Years
February 20, 2018  |  Chatbots

Chatbots, or virtual customer assistants (VCAs), will be used in 25 percent of customer service and support operations by 2020, up from just 2 percent...

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Bitcoin Daily: Citi Invests In UK Blockchain, BoE’s Carney Gives Bitcoin An ‘F’
Bitcoin Daily: Citi Invests In UK Blockchain, BoE’s Carney Gives Bitcoin An ‘F’
February 20, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Just about three weeks after Credit Agricole became a minority shareholder in blockchain startup SETL, Citi is investing in the company, too, Coindesk reported. SETL...

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Congress Eyes Federal Cryptocurrency Regulation
Congress Eyes Federal Cryptocurrency Regulation
February 20, 2018  |  Bitcoin

With an international bitcoin craze up and running, Congress is taking a closer look at how it can gain better oversight procedures for an asset...

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Why Shopify Wants To Kill The Checkout
Why Shopify Wants To Kill The Checkout
February 20, 2018  |  Merchant Innovation

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Google Pay’s Play For Payments Ubiquity
Google Pay’s Play For Payments Ubiquity
February 20, 2018  |  Google

Google Pay doesn’t begin or end with a mobile app, but the next stage of its universal rollout does. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Mastercard, UAE Exchange: Building A Cashless Middle East
Mastercard, UAE Exchange: Building A Cashless Middle East
February 20, 2018  |  Digital Payments

Carrying wads of hard currency in an overstuffed wallet has ceased to be fashionable, thanks to the advent and proliferation of plastic money and cashless...

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Unfriending The Friendly Fraudster
Unfriending The Friendly Fraudster
February 20, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

When most people hear about online fraud, they tend to think about what Noa Kalechstain, Riskified’s head of chargeback recovery, calls “classic fraud,” she explained in a...

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