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Digital Security 2016: At The Crossroads Of Biometrics, EMV And Mobility?

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Similarly, the continued steady global increase in the use of mobile devices helped fuel the development and release of new tools to security companies, as well as access to richer, deeper user data. The usability, the user experience benefits are just undeniable, and that is what’s driven the commercial interest in biometrics,” he said. “It

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Are Mobile Payments Finally Ready To Ignite In Japan?

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A pair of late 2016 studies indicated that Japanese consumers, despite being digitally enthused, vastly preferred to make their payments in cash , with 70 percent of consumers across demographic groups reflecting that preference. percent) and paying for orders with cash in convenience stores (17.5

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A Whole New Retail Virtual Reality

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Research published in The Harvard Business Review in September 2016 predicted that this ability to “reshape retail” would power as much as $30 billion in AR and VR investments from retailers by the end of the decade. AR for All.

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Can Fantasy Sports Change The Payments Game?

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percent between 2016 and 2020. The idea is to provide fantasy fans a more seamless, enjoyable user experience when using the platform, he said. Like any eCommerce experience, nobody wants friction [in terms of] being able to make a purchase,” Haas noted. “We DraftKings expanded into the U.K.

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Hollywood’s Newest Special Effect, Digital Banking?

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billion in 2016 to $9.59 Another Soul Machines avatar, Nadia, is currently being tested by the Australian government’s National Disability Insurance Scheme to help address the needs of roughly 500,000 disabled citizens. billion by 2021. Nadia was designed with input from people with disabilities to more effectively meet their needs.

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Google, Amazon, Facebook, And Apple Are Hiring To Defend Against The ‘Techlash’

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The job offers the opportunity to review, critique, and guide all engineering, user experience, and product plans to ensure privacy for Google customers. United Nations investigators even blamed the company for playing a leading role in possible genocide in Myanmar by aiding the spread of hate speech.

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Apple Pay’s Tough Twenty Months

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Source: PYMNTS.com/InfoScout 2016. More people own iPhone 6/6S phones now, so the pool of potential users is larger – as are the number of places that it can be used. That’s an insight that we first observed in March 2016, but it appears to be more than an aberrant data point. Let’s start with some good news, sort of.

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