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The Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) model enables organizations to start using Kadena’s blockchain by quickly provisioning it online, significantly reducing the cost and time-to-market associated with the on-premise installation of other blockchain solutions.

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

The National Restaurant Association ’s initial 2020 outlook was bright, as it projected sales just shy of $900 billion. This revenue free fall could result in 100,000 restaurants nationwide closing either temporarily or permanently, with 40 percent of all restaurant operators unsure whether they can survive six months into the future.

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JANUARY 19, 2021

With more financial institutions (FIs) turning to external third-party FinTechs to strengthen their small- to medium-sized business (SMB) and corporate offerings, the collaboration model is proliferating across national borders. National Australia Bank Chooses Eedenbull. BNL Goes Live With Tink. ní banka Taps Temenos.

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MARCH 31, 2017

Global online discount apparel marketplace ZAFUL, based in China, recently announced new upgrades to its payment protocols and SSL checkouts to boost the security of its eCommerce system and grow confidentiality for its individual shoppers. These new upgrades make it easier to shop and also offer more payment options.”.

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AUGUST 7, 2020

India has seen a steady stream of digital payments since it locked down to prevent the spread of COVID-19 , but the nation of 1.3 To address grievances, the central bank will require payment system operators to introduce an online dispute resolution center. In July, the National Payments Corp.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Caesars Entertainment announced that it has reached an agreement to offer DraftKings , the leading sports-tech entertainment brand in the country, providing market access for its online gaming products. The access is exclusive to Caesars locations across select states where the company operates casino properties. and Australia.

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MARCH 21, 2019

It might not have been inevitable, perhaps, but it was certainly expected: a regulatory backlash concerning the booming trade (both online and in brick-and-mortar stores) of eCigarettes , with their different flavors attractive to younger consumers — including underaged ones. While the FDA decision shows that the U.S., Authentication Process.

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JUNE 24, 2016

India led the competition with the most funding rounds, as investors supported the nation’s efforts to develop the digitization and sophistication of more traditional business operations: eProcurement, eInvoicing, logistics and supply chain management. market struggles with investor doubt and regulatory scrutiny. But the U.S.

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We’ll then move to the federal level, seeking regulatory guidance as to whether digital tokens are securities under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or commodities contracts over which the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has regulatory jurisdiction. State Regulations.

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APRIL 23, 2020

More banks are therefore moving away from legacy core systems to embrace cloud-native architectures to power automation and meet the speed expected by consumers, securely. The partnerships are part of a larger plan by Lloyds Bank to enhance its online banking offerings, an initiative that began in 2018. The bank has designated $3.7

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APRIL 9, 2020

million ransom to get their systems back online, The Wall Street Journal reported. A Travelex spokesman told the WSJ that the firm got advice from security experts on how to proceed, and have kept its investors and regulators up to date on the recovery. Then another seven days and the sale of the entire base.”

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MARCH 7, 2019

Data privacy and security is becoming a popular political issue, and the latest proof of that came Thursday (March 7) on Capitol Hill. The hearing took place at a time of increasing scrutiny for online privacy and security. firms were falling victim to online attacks, noting that there were 1,200 data breaches in the U.S.

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JULY 3, 2018

As startups such as DadeSystems , FitPay and Jewel Paymentech expand across devices and functions, Tipalti , AvidXchange and Emailage announce new growth for their local, national and global footprints. Meanwhile, he said, consumers are getting over their initial fears around contactless payments usage and security. Chargehound.

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AUGUST 26, 2019

22) the Justice Department unsealed an indictment —spanning 252 counts — against 80 defendants for alleged online scams that bilked firms and individuals of tens of millions of dollars. As reported, many of those indicted are Nigerian nationals. Late this past week, on Thursday (Aug. The indictment was unsealed by the U.S.

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JANUARY 1, 2021

As reported in this space , the DSA and DMA cover online marketplaces, social media and other platforms. The proposal also mandates more disclosure on "online advertising and on the algorithms used to recommend content to users.". The seeming intent across the pond to reign in Big Tech’s scope also is echoed in the U.K.

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OCTOBER 14, 2016

The same premise holds true today and poses a knotty question in online commerce and FinTech: How do you know the person on the other end of a transaction is really who they say they are? Trust would be the operative word in the relationship between individuals and the firms with which they seek to do business.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2016

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is looking to help. With a guide developed for SMEs in need of cybersecurity direction, NIST’s latest paper, “ Small Business Information Security: The Fundamentals ,” released last week, aims to shed light on basic cybersecurity measures SMEs must take.

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JULY 30, 2020

Enova International intends to purchase online small business lender OnDeck for approximately $90 million in stock and cash. Report: India’s National Payments Corp Vulnerable To Security Breaches. National Payments Corp. of India (NPCI) discovered over three dozen security risks in 2019. National Payments Corp.

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AUGUST 17, 2020

California lawmakers are moving quickly to create a financial watchdog agency as a new department of their state government, as the coronavirus pandemic accelerates financial crime across the nation. At the center of it all: online gaming, and the way we access the latest popular diversions (or don’t).

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JULY 16, 2020

United Nations Federal Credit Union (UNFCU) has partnered with cross-border payment network Thunes in order to bring mobile wallet money transfers in local currencies to members, according to a press release. Chief Member Operations Officer Bill Thomas said UNFCU is “dedicated to providing our members with financial peace of mind.”

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When online shopping, if a retailer has a partnership with a BNPL platform, the customer can choose it as their payment method when placing their order at checkout. But, the reality was, even though I felt more financially secure, I wasn’t technically in any less debt than I would have been had I just bought the shoes outright.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

Invisible” is the operative word here, as the tsunami of remote onboarding triggered by COVID lockdowns has given fraudsters yet more cover to add to their anonymity. Speedy, secure onboarding is vital at a time when consumers have to use digital banking to prevent health risks,” per the Tracker. But that’s about to end.

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JULY 24, 2020

These marketplaces need to have strong security approaches in place, however, to ensure they do not accidentally onboard any fraudulent sellers or let other scams be perpetrated across their platforms. How Global Freelancing Marketplaces Can Maintai n Security And Regulatory Compliance. Around The eCommerce Payments W orld.

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MAY 22, 2019

Mastercard and Interac said National Bank will be the first bank to pilot the new service for its banking clients. Numerous businesses in Canada operate global marketplaces. With the firms partnering up, Canadians will be able to log in to their mobile or online banking services and send funds using the Interac e-Transfer brand.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The Equifax cyberattack exposed the financial data of almost 150 million Americans and British and Canadian nationals. They were charged with conspiring to steal data and company secrets by exploiting a software vulnerability used by Equifax’s online dispute portal. “There are exceptions, though.”

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JUNE 19, 2020

Merchants looking to expand their operations at home and abroad must be able to support their customers’ preferred payment methods, but doing so is no easy feat. The COVID-19 pandemic is driving consumers online to shop and pay, and their rapidly changing shopping habits are forcing merchants to rethink their digital strategies.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Anonymity is desirable for anyone online, as personal information like addresses, financial details, names and Social Security numbers can devastate in the hands of a fraudster, but tasks like conducting online banking and making purchases require identity verification as a prerequisite. Ethical digital ID success stories.

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JANUARY 17, 2019

According to a new report in The Washington Post , with the shutdown now dragging into its 27th day, a growing number of websites operated by the federal government are breaking down. That, in turn, is making it difficult for Americans to use online services and is causing their trust in the government to waver.

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APRIL 26, 2020

The site, coronaprevention.com, was posted on a hacker’s forum the day after the virus was declared a national pandemic by the President, according to a complaint. The owner of a site that wanted to sell fake coronavirus cures and accept payment in bitcoin has been seized by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colombia.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

With the two-headed Facebook-Instagram giant now bustling online marketplaces and not just social sharing platforms anymore, stakes are getting higher faster. billion phones with fingerprint scanning that will go to market at the same time, and you’ve got the makings of a serious online security upgrade. Add those to the 4.6

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JANUARY 3, 2019

That’s because those threats are relatively localized, and don’t take into account the risk of hackers (especially those backed by organized militaries and nation-states) taking down key infrastructures. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and other federal and state agencies, about cyberattacks against infrastructure.

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

The EBF represents the vast majority of the European banking sector through its membership, spanning 32 national banking associations from across Europe, which in turn encompass more than 3,500 banks. The great digital shift has spurred banks to examine even the most basic levels of services and bring them online.

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MARCH 15, 2019

The publication pointed to Goldman Sachs as the latest FI giant to grow operations in Mexico, after it provided a $100 million credit facility to Credijusto, a FinTech startup that makes three-year loans to small businesses. The nation’s FinTech landscape “is significantly less crowded in Mexico than it is in the U.S.,”

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

But it was a Bellevue, Washington-based beauty and wellness industry enterprise software firm that secured the largest funding this week, coming in at $160 million. Zenoti said it fuels over 12,000 companies in more than 50 nations. Online invoicing discounting company M1xchange has notched $4.5 landed funding rounds.

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

one of the biggest payments processors in the world, one of the top 3 banks in Brazil, one of the big four banks in Australia, the largest national card processor in Europe, and several others),” according to the release. The deals sometimes concerned big players, including “some of the largest and most innovative companies in the world (e.g.

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JUNE 18, 2020

The London-based trade group for Europe’s ePayments community is waiting for the European Banking Authority , the European Union (EU) banking regulator, to provide the 27-nation bloc with an update on Strong Customer Authentication (SCA). But this has not been true for online transactions.

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OCTOBER 13, 2020

Across the globe, terrorists and criminals are leveraging cryptos in what is gearing up to be a significant national security threat to the United States. That’s according to the U.S. and international sanctions, and decrease America’s influence in the global marketplace.

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