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Cryptocurrency Exchanges Turn To Mobile Verification To Stop AML

Cryptocurrency Exchanges Turn To Mobile Verification To Stop AML
Cryptocurrency Exchanges Turn To Mobile Verification To Stop AML
December 08, 2020  |  AML

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Report: Digital ID and Video-Based KYC Help Lenders Onboard SMBs
Report: Digital ID and Video-Based KYC Help Lenders Onboard SMBs
December 08, 2020  |  Authentication

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Digital-First Economy Values Personalized Video For Consumer Engagement
Digital-First Economy Values Personalized Video For Consumer Engagement
December 08, 2020  |  Retail

A picture, the old expression goes, is worth a thousand words. Expanding on that adage, a video must be worth a thousand pictures. It’s a...

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Dispute Resolution Set To Fight Expected Pandemic-Driven Fraud
Dispute Resolution Set To Fight Expected Pandemic-Driven Fraud
December 08, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

As the holiday shopping season kicks into high gear amid an unprecedented pandemic-era surge in online shopping, banks and merchants are bracing for an associated...

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Five Fast Facts: The Australian Vs American Consumer
Five Fast Facts: The Australian Vs American Consumer
December 07, 2020  |  Retail

The pandemic has changed global consumer dynamics, perhaps forever. But that doesn’t mean everyone has changed in the same way or to the same degree....

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Uber Sells Self-Driving Car Unit
Uber Sells Self-Driving Car Unit
December 07, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Self-driving car company Aurora is going to be buying Uber‘s self-driving technology unit, Advanced Technologies Group (ATG), according to a press release. Get the Full...

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SPACs Sparkled In 2020, But What Lies Ahead For Them?
SPACs Sparkled In 2020, But What Lies Ahead For Them?
December 07, 2020  |  IPO

It might be hard in the midst of roaring markets and headlines trumpeting Dow 30,000 to remember that one of 2020’s highest high-flyers has been...

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Bitcoin Daily: Standard Chartered CEO: Widespread Digital Currencies ‘Inevitable’; Abra Expands To More Than 150 Countries
Bitcoin Daily: Standard Chartered CEO: Widespread Digital Currencies ‘Inevitable’; Abra Expands To More Than 150...
December 07, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Bill Winters, CEO of Standard Chartered, said he sees the adoption of digital currencies on a widespread scale as inevitable, CNBC reported. Get the Full...

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Report: Digital Lender SoFi Eyes IPO Via SPAC
Report: Digital Lender SoFi Eyes IPO Via SPAC
December 07, 2020  |  IPO

Social Finance (SoFi), a San Francisco-based online lending startup, is holding talks about selling to a blank-check acquisition company, Reuters reported, to help it debut...

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