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Today In Payments Around The World: Lendify Secures $115M In Funding; Contour Teams With Mphasis On Trade Tech

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In today’s top payments news around the world, Swedish peer-to-peer (P2P) lending upstart Lendify has reportedly secured $115 million of funding, while international trade platform Contour has teamed with information technology (IT) solutions firm Mphasis. Swedish Startup Lendify Closes $115M Funding Deal.

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World Password Day Highlights (The Annoying) Endurance Of A Weak Security Tool

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After all, bad password habits can bring severe financial, security and reputational penalties (whereas failing to talk like a pirate merely confirms your status as a relatively normal adult, for better and/or worse). Among the most recent examples comes from Microsoft’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Bret Arsenault.

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Macy’s Leads The Pack As Top Online Apparel Retailer

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The think tank found a decline of 410 basis points in the retailer’s apparel share as its revenues declined by $3 billion from 2012 to 2017. According to SimilarWeb, more than half of online traffic for general merchandise originates from mobile platforms. The retailer has already tested the technology at a store in New Jersey.

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Deep Dive: Why Video-Based KYC Is Key To Seamless, Cost-Effective FI Onboarding

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identities took center stage in 2012 — the year HSBC, Europe?s The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, a private corporation that acts as a self-regulatory organization, adopted new KYC rules in 2012 requiring its broker members to use “reasonable diligence” to open and maintain every account. The London-based bank?s

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Enforcing AML/KYC Compliance When Legal Precedent Does Not Apply

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This is fueling a wave of interest and need for digital alternatives, many of which leverage biometric technology. The technology itself is not new — many consumers already use biometric authentication in their daily lives, with 80 percent of consumers using their fingerprints to unlock their smartphones, for example.

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24 Industries & Technologies That Will Shape The Post-Virus World

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From healthcare to education to entertainment to manufacturing, technology innovators are stepping forward to help answer that question. In the wake of the outbreak, everything from doctors appointments to schooling to workouts went online. Telehealth technology. Remote learning technology. Online courses & content.

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Visa Invests In LISNR To Boost Mobile Payments Growth

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LISNR uses ultrasound technology to provide a solution that lets merchants and payment providers accept mobile payment data anytime during the customer journey. The technology works with all types of purchase scenarios – including scan-and-go, store pickups and eCommerce – and can also be used for messages, authentication and identification.

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