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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Facebook, Online Lending, Cash – And The Twilio Surge

PYMNTS

Last week , Walmart Pay rolled out in Alabama and Georgia. Online to offline coming to Walmart near you, and we mean that sincerely. Online lending . The venture capital backers are no doubt smiling. . Slam dunk sizzle. Is payment enabling those storefronts next? . Walmart Pay. A pretty clear-cut sizzle.

Lending 101
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Fintech Fundings: 13 Companies Raise $900 Million Week Ending Nov 12

Fintech Labs Insights

Other than Blackstone’s $820 million bet on what is likely the oldest financial technology company on the planet, NCR founded in 1884 as National Cash Register, just $82 million flowed to the under-100-year-old crowd. HQ: Duluth, Georgia. HQ: National, Maryland. It was a quieter week in fintech fundings. million this week.

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Tech Center: Greece Sets Its Sights On The Tech Industry

PYMNTS

In this week’s Tech Center tracker, Mary Gavala, Online Marketing and Promos Manager of Viva Wallet , spoke with PYMNTS on how Greece is becoming a hot spot for tech. Athens, Greece’s capital, has a population of just over 665,000. Its capital city of Athens is helping out Greece in particular with its various technology endeavors.

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Tackling The Frontiers, And War Fronts, Of Cyberspace

PYMNTS

He defined “three rings” of cybersecurity issues: One is hacktivism, along with insider-driven threats and terrorism; another is financial security and the third is national competition across cyberspace. Kitty Hawk and the Dawn of ‘Figuring All of This Out’. into the age of flight — the U.S. And in one highly publicized attack on U.S.

National 102
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Finovate Fall 2016 Live Blog – Day 2

William Mills

Working for the past 6 years with many banks to design their online experience. Showing two different types of customers and how one person sees his online experience. Companies such as Adidas, Carrefour, Cisco Systems, Danone, Fujitsu, Lufthansa Flight Training, Siemens, Société Générale and the United Nations use Liferay.

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The Real Hunger Games: A Battle Royale In The Grocery Aisles

PYMNTS

The easiest possible summary is that in a post-apocalyptic future, the United States has become the Kingdom of Panem, which consists of a rich, technologically vibrant capital city ringed by 12 impoverished agrarian or industrial districts that are exploited for their resources by wealthy residents of the capitol.

Branding 101
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The AI Industry Series: Top Healthcare AI Trends To Watch

CB Insights

But in the US, government agencies like the National Institute of Health (NIH) are promoting AI research. With $72M in funding and investors like Sequoia Capital China, Infervision is the most well-funded Chinese startup focused exclusively on AI solutions for the healthcare industry. More than 2,000 hospitals accept WeChat payment.