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Alibaba Introduces “Smile to Pay” Facial Recognition Technology

Bank Innovation

Jack Ma, Alibaba’s founder, has long planned on launching facial recognition technology for the company’s payment app, Alipay. He first revealed his commitment to the development of this technology at a CeBit Conference in 2015, when […].

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Asian Fintech Deal Sizes Dwarfed Those of U.S. in 2015

Bank Innovation

deal sizes in 2015, a new report from KPMG and CB Insights shows. Global fintech funding skyrocketed in 2014 and 2015, but tapered off in the fourth quarter of 2015, with the implication that 2016 won’t be so sweet, according to the report. Asian fintech deal sizes dwarfed U.S. But yesterday’s Ant Read More.

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What 2015 holds for banking

Abrigo

The IBM Institute for Business Value released its 2015 report, “ The paradox of Banking ”, which analyzes the existing market and makes predictions about how the landscape will evolve, what will make banks succeed or fail and how institutions can use the market trends to their advantage.

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Amazon Testing Drones In UK Since 2015

PYMNTS

It has recently come to light via a chain of email correspondences that Amazon has been testing its drone technology in U.K. airspace since summer 2015. Amazon’s plans to deliver via drone were first announced in late 2013, but it has hit some barriers to rolling out the technology across the U.S. in summer of 2016.

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Customer-Facing Technologies Spice Up The QSR Space

PYMNTS

Three words are driving dramatic technological changes in the fast food space: quality, convenience and speed. This month’s Deep Dive explores some of the most effective public-facing technologies that drive speed in the industry, particularly kiosks, which allow diners to customize, place and pay for orders without waiting in line.

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SMB Growth Stumbles Over Technology

PYMNTS

Technology can “level the playing field” for small businesses to compete, Priest added, though another recent survey revealed that SMBs often struggle to use technology to its full advantage. trillion in 2015, the report said. percent, though SMBs’ own GDP increased by about 25 percent.

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Online Lending To Small Business Increases 50 Percent Between 2015 And 2017

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Between 2015 and 2017, the amount of lending to small businesses by the five leading online lending providers increased 50 percent, according to a new report from NDP Analytics, a Washington, D.C.-based billion in 2015. based economic research firm. Collectively, the amount of those loans reached $3.9 billion in 2017 from $2.6

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