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WEX Extends Fuel Card Contract With Sheetz

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announced a 10-year extension of its fleet fuel card contract with convenience chain retailer Sheetz, Inc., WEX supports the Private Label, Universal and Tri-Brand fleet cards available at Sheetz, which can be used to purchase gasoline at store locations. On Wednesday (Oct. 18), payment solutions company WEX, Inc., billion range.

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Synchrony Says Erroneous Email Not Tied To Data Breach

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Synchrony Financial said a message was erroneously sent to customers about an Amazon.com card and that a data breach had not occurred, according to a report by Reuters. On Monday (Nov. 26), a notification was sent to some customers saying “a trial deposit has been successfully made to your Amazon credit builder.”

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Deep Dive: Digital ID Developments From Around The World

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A wide range of biometric solutions are being used to develop national identification systems around the world. The following Deep Dive examines the potential use cases for biometrics in national identification systems and the security pitfalls they could encounter. . Colorado, Idaho, Maryland, Wyoming and Washington, D.C.,

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Deep Dive: Contactless Payments And Touch-Free Ordering: How QSRs Are Reopening Their Storefronts

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restaurants have permanently shuttered operations, and more than 110,000 anticipated closing their doors in April, according to recent estimates from the National Restaurant Association. Similar worries extend to card-based payments, too, as the virus can remain active on plastic surfaces for up to three days. Approximately 30,000 U.S.

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Why Digital Driver’s Licenses Are the Future Of ID Verification

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State driver’s licenses are the de facto national ID of the United States, and yet they can only be effectively used for a limited number of face-to-face applications,” said Randy Vanderhoof, the STA’s executive director. It’s important to understand that DDLs are not meant to replace the physical plastic card,” he explained.

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Boosting Access To Financial Services In Brazil

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Identity Devices also formed a recent multi-year partnership with Fingerprint Cards (FPC) that aims to enhance the security of the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem with biometrics, increasing the use of biometrics in IoT and financial technology markets. Deep Dive: Making National IDs Biometric-Friendly.

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 The Hill Looks At Speeding DoD Vendor Payments

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Under the terms of legislation put forth by Senators Ben Cardin of Maryland and Mike Enzi of Wyoming, the DoD would be required to pay smaller contractors, as well as larger firms that deploy small contractors, within 15 days.

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