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Super Bowl Countdown Brings New Online Gambling Action From Barstool

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29), has Penn National Gaming Inc. spending some $163 million to buy a stake in Barstool Sports, founded in 2003 and described by the news source as a “controversial sports and pop-culture blog.” Penn National will be Barstool Sports’ exclusive gaming partner for as long as 40 years. Branding Power — and New Apps on the Way.

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American Dream Mega Mall Opens In Mega eCommerce Era

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Even with the mall under pressure due to the rise of online shopping, the American Dream’s first phase will come to life on Friday (Oct. million gallon water park, a beach kept at 87 degrees Fahrenheit year-round, a Sea Life aquarium, a regulation National Hockey League skating rink and an aviary featuring local birds, among other features.

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Deep Dive: The Latest Initiatives To Expand Mobile IDs

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The world’s population is expanding and many citizens — particularly those in developing nations — have no means of proving their identities, restricting their access to vital services like education and healthcare. Mobile devices enable fast and secure access to services, many of which are solely available online.

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Fintech Hall of Fame: The Top Digital Innovations in Financial Services

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Long before fintech was a thing (1995), I launched the first, and by most measures the biggest, newsletter during the first two decades of online/digital banking. It was called Online Banking Report and was read by a sizable portion of major industry players. And each January, we ranked all previous recipients into a master list.

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How Platform Payments Help The Games Go On

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Bureau of Labor Statistics found that both men and women were more likely to play sports in 2015 than they were in any other year after 2003. Greg Ludke, general manager of sports organizations at TeamSnap , a recreational athletics payments and management platform, believes online and mobile platforms can ease those pain points.

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Got $25 Million? Six Payments Execs Share Their Post-Pandemic Startup Ideas

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There are super apps that govern a lot of commerce, but [here in the states] I feel like I’m stuck in 2003. We've observed over the course of the pandemic that moving education online is a challenge for all grades, especially for younger kids,” he said.

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Taking A Pass On Passwords

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In 2003, Bill Burr was a midlevel manager at the National Institute of Standards and Technology where he authored, “NIST Special Publication 800-63. The original standards were written in 2003, Burr noted, and there wasn’t nearly as much data about building an effective password back then. That’s not hyperbole. Appendix A.”.

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