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Swiss Startup Liquineq Transfers Money Via The Blockchain
Swiss Startup Liquineq Transfers Money Via The Blockchain
August 08, 2018  |  Blockchain

Swiss startup Liquineq believes it can disrupt banking by safely and securely processing transactions within seconds using blockchain. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Cash Remains Central To India’s Economy, But Competition Is Growing
Cash Remains Central To India’s Economy, But Competition Is Growing
August 08, 2018  |  Cash

Two years in, India is seemingly undergoing “remonetization,” with cash usage growing 10.5 percent and returning to pre-demonetization levels. In fact, use of cash is...

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Bitcoin Daily: Coinbase Raises Buying Limit To $25K, West Virginia Launches Blockchain-Based Voting App
Bitcoin Daily: Coinbase Raises Buying Limit To $25K, West Virginia Launches Blockchain-Based Voting App
August 08, 2018  |  Bitcoin

A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration official said that criminal activity no longer dominates cryptocurrency transactions, Bloomberg reported. The official noted that 90 percent of crypto...

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Venmo Critics Cite Ongoing Privacy Concerns
Venmo Critics Cite Ongoing Privacy Concerns
August 08, 2018  |  Mobile Payments

As PayPal tries to turn Venmo into a mainstream payments app, there are concerns over consumer privacy. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Samsung To Invest $22B In New Growth Areas Including AI
Samsung To Invest $22B In New Growth Areas Including AI
August 08, 2018  |  Artificial Intelligence

Samsung Group, the South Korean consumer electronics company, is gearing up to spend $22 billion on advanced technologies as it seeks new avenues of growth....

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WePay’s Aberman: It’s Time For POS Dinosaurs To Die Out
WePay’s Aberman: It’s Time For POS Dinosaurs To Die Out
August 08, 2018  |  Retail

When it comes to the topic of future proofing, WePay Co-founder Rich Aberman told Karen Webster for this week’s edition of Unscripted Podcast, one should...

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UL: The Trucking Industry, Aided By Digital Tech, Is About To Get Smarter
UL: The Trucking Industry, Aided By Digital Tech, Is About To Get Smarter
August 08, 2018  |  Innovation

Less than a year from now, more data — and the “smart” gear that collects and transmits it — will come to European roadways, part...

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Entersekt Finds Trust Can Help Banks Get Ahead In Mobile FinTech
Entersekt Finds Trust Can Help Banks Get Ahead In Mobile FinTech
August 08, 2018  |  Banking

As mobile commerce and apps become more sophisticated (cooler, perhaps), it can be easy to look down on the contribution of banks to this expanding...

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NEW REPORT: How FIs’ Top Performers Scale And Monetize Innovation
NEW REPORT: How FIs’ Top Performers Scale And Monetize Innovation
August 08, 2018  |  Innovation

Successful innovation is all about operationalization. The good news is that the path to operationalizing innovation looks remarkably similar for all financial institutions (FIs). Get...

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