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UK Parliament Committee Sees More Risks Than Benefits in CBDCs
UK Parliament Committee Sees More Risks Than Benefits in CBDCs
January 13, 2022  |  CBDC

The Economic Affairs Committee at the U.K. House of Lords published a report on January 13 casting doubts about the benefits of creating a retail...

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Visa Teams with ConsenSys for Central Bank Digital Currency Pilot
Visa Teams with ConsenSys for Central Bank Digital Currency Pilot
January 13, 2022  |  CBDC

Visa is collaborating with the blockchain software company ConsenSys to launch a central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot program to test retail applications like cards...

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Post-Lockdown Liberation and the End of ‘the Tyranny of Distance’
Post-Lockdown Liberation and the End of ‘the Tyranny of Distance’
January 13, 2022  |  Connected Economy

After a long career stalking and investing in Silicon Valley startups, David Blumberg says he used the pandemic lockdown to liberate himself, move to Miami...

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Paying Any Paper Bill Now As Easy As Taking a Picture of It
Paying Any Paper Bill Now As Easy As Taking a Picture of It
January 13, 2022  |  Payment Methods

Paying bills is a stubborn holdout in the digital shift, as bills come in paper form by snail mail or via email. Often, there aren’t...

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Open Banking and the Constant Threat of Big Tech
Open Banking and the Constant Threat of Big Tech
January 13, 2022  |  Digital-First Banking

Welcome to the sixth installment of TechREG’s series on open banking. In this series, you’ll find everything you need to know about how banks and...

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Sezzle Takes Aim at BNPL Fraud With AI, Machine Learning
Sezzle Takes Aim at BNPL Fraud With AI, Machine Learning
January 13, 2022  |  Fraud Prevention

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D2C Is Disrupting Dentistry With Subscription Model That Leaves ’em Smiling
D2C Is Disrupting Dentistry With Subscription Model That Leaves ’em Smiling
January 13, 2022  |  Subscriptions

The old saw goes like this: Dentists are depressed because no one likes dental work. Another theory is that dental insurance is so vexing it’s...

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Location Analytics Platform Placer.ai Raises $100M in Series C Round
Location Analytics Platform Placer.ai Raises $100M in Series C Round
January 12, 2022  |  Investments

Placer.ai, a location analytics platform serving companies with data around consumer foot traffic, has raised $100 million in a Series C round, VentureBeat reported Wednesday...

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Maryland’s Department of Health Faces Ransomware Attack
Maryland’s Department of Health Faces Ransomware Attack
January 12, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

Maryland’s state Department of Health (MDH) is in the throes of a ransomware attack, which has only compounded on issues from the staggering COVID-19 hospitalization...

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