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Electric Scooter Startup Bird Looking To Raise $150M

Electric Scooter Startup Bird Looking To Raise $150M
Electric Scooter Startup Bird Looking To Raise $150M
May 31, 2018  |  Investments

Bird, an electric scooter-sharing startup, is trying to raise $150 million in a funding round that will bring its valuation to $1 billion to become...

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Bitcoin Daily: Bank Hackers Demand $1M in XRP, South Korea Confiscates $1.4M Bitcoins
Bitcoin Daily: Bank Hackers Demand $1M in XRP, South Korea Confiscates $1.4M Bitcoins
May 31, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Investors who thought they would get stock in a blockchain project were bilked out of approximately 300 million yuan – or nearly $47 million – through...

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NEW DATA: Why Top FI Innovators Play In The Sand(box)
NEW DATA: Why Top FI Innovators Play In The Sand(box)
May 31, 2018  |  Innovation

Who are the top-performing financial institutions (FIs)? Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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Fraudsters Go Omnichannel
Fraudsters Go Omnichannel
May 31, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

As commerce goes increasingly digital, the bad guys are going omnichannel. More and more, according to Luke Reynolds, CPO at Featurespace, fraudsters are "going back...

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Boloro Takes An ATM Approach To Consumer IDV
Boloro Takes An ATM Approach To Consumer IDV
May 31, 2018  |  Data

GDPR has organizations worried about how they handle personal data – but what if consumer authentication and security could be achieved without any data at...

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How ISO 20022 Can Boost Interoperability, Intelligence
How ISO 20022 Can Boost Interoperability, Intelligence
May 31, 2018  |  Smarter Payments

Legacy infrastructure used by traditional banks and innovations offered by FinTechs don’t often speak the same language. To get the two working in harmony, says...

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Are Private Labels The Key To Cracking The Profitability Of Indian eCommerce?
Are Private Labels The Key To Cracking The Profitability Of Indian eCommerce?
May 31, 2018  |  South Asia

In 2016, 95 percent of transactions in India were done in cash and there were approximately 60 million online shoppers, representing about 14 percent of...

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Latin America Enjoys A Boost In Its Digital Prospects
Latin America Enjoys A Boost In Its Digital Prospects
May 30, 2018  |  Markets

What will it take to make Latin America more digital — in payments, commerce, FinTech or even healthcare? That longstanding question gained some fresh attention...

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Internet Stunt Artist Lists His Facebook Data On eBay
Internet Stunt Artist Lists His Facebook Data On eBay
May 30, 2018  |  Data

If someone is going to profit off consumers’ Facebook data, it might as well be the consumer, right? That was Oli Frost’s thinking, which is...

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