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Today In Payments Around The World: Checkout.com Lands $450 Million In Series C; Pakistan Rolls Out Instant Digital Payment System

PYMNTS

The system was created over years through an effort involving the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the State Bank of Pakistan, with help from the United Nations, the U.K. Mobileye Expands Self-Driving Vehicle Tests To Detroit, Tokyo, Paris, Shanghai. and the World Bank.

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Vaccine Provides Hope, But Sports And Concerts Keep Live Event Plans Flexible

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Current solutions range from no fans allowed in cities like New York, Detroit and Green Bay, to capacity caps of 12 to 20 percent in Tennessee and Miami, to hard headcount cutoffs of 4,200 in Arizona and 12,000 in Cleveland. 16), Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Sarah Spencer posted on her Twitter feed.

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Self-Driving Vehicles — And All Their Retail Benefits — Hit Speed Bumps

PYMNTS

It’s the societal part that’s the most challenging,” said Mark Rosekind, a head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration under President Barack Obama and now the chief safety innovation officer for Zoox, an autonomous vehicle developer, in a Times interview. Societal Issues.

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Ally to Pay $52M to Settle Subprime RMBS Investigation

American Banker

Ally Financial in Detroit has agreed to pay $52 million to settle probes and claims related to its role as the underwriter for subprime mortgage backed securities in 2006 and 2007.

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Quicken Loans to Fight Judge's Labor Ruling

American Banker

Quicken Loans plans to appeal a recent federal labor ruling that the Detroit lender and other companies owned by Dan Gilbert violated employees' rights.

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Welcome to New Orleans

Independent Banker

New inspirations, fresh experiences await at ICBA’s national convention. ICBA’s national convention offers an educational lineup this year of more than 60 workshops and networking sessions. Regulators Luncheon*. Welcome to the Crescent City, where the largest educational gathering of community bankers convenes this month.

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Bright Paths Students Demonstrate New Skills with Incredible Variety of Apps

Perficient

Within mere weeks, 22 women are in the final stages of completing a Perficient-sponsored coding bootcamp in Detroit; their final project includes designing their own apps, all of which serve the world in various ways and all certain to make an impact. Editor’s Note: This post will be updated when Christina’s video is available).

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