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Today In Data: Digital Banking Cybersecurity

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With new risks come new solutions, and banks are taking this approach to data security: They are adopting technologies such as biometric authentication to protect sensitive information. billion: The projected size of the global banking cybersecurity market by 2026. Data: $248.26

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Apple Supplier Murata Anticipates 5G Phones To Top 500 Million

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Oppo and Vivo are vying to secure components for their devices, hoping to fill a void as Huawei’s mobile business shrinks under the weight of U.S. Swedish telecom equipment giant Ericsson said at the end of last year that the growth of 5G technology and uptake is accelerating beyond what anyone expected. Apple, Samsung Electronics Co.

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mPOS At 37,000 Feet

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With the global mobile point of sale (mPOS) market projected to experience a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18.8 percent from 2017 to 2026, many solution providers are looking to use partnerships as a boost to snag a bigger share of the growing market. In the January mPOS Tracker , PYMNTS charts the latest developments.

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Healthcare Looks To 5G For Cost Control

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The new 5G mobile network technology has started to make its initial foray into healthcare, and at a time when issues of cost, efficiency and accessibility are gaining even more focus than was the case before. Mobile technology and improved data analysis via machine learning and other methods will help fuel those improvements.

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Pride Vendors Look To Triple Sales With mPOS

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While some markets may be seeing relatively slower adoption of mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) than others, there’s no denying that the overall popularity of mobile and contactless payments are growing fast among consumers. percent between 2017 and 2026. Around the Mobile Point-of-Sale World.

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What’s The Reward For Early 5G Deployment? Asia Will Soon Find Out

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That could give the country an edge when it comes to showcasing payment and commerce uses of the mobile network technology — and provide the rest of the world with an example of what might not work so well with 5G-enabled features. That doesn’t mean consumers have widespread access to 5G, though. China and Japan. Asia Advantage?

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Ola Electric Reaches $1B Valuation With SoftBank Investment

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India recently set a goal to make 40 percent of its fleet electric by the year 2026. Ola coincidentally has been developing electric car technology for the past few years. Ola Electric ’s parent group raised $300 million in a Series J round with investments from Kia and Hyundai to grow mobility options in the country.