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Bitcoin Daily: Binance Acquires CoinMarketCap; SEC Seeks Comment On BSTX Rule Change Proposal

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CoinMarketCap, which is a source for digital currency prices and exchange trading volume, will be kept operating as an independent business entity. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is lengthening its timeframe to approve or reject operations by a tZERO-affiliated security token exchange, per a release.

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Mobile Order-Ahead Sector Goes All-In On AI

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The technology enables more intelligent decisions when it comes to identifying and predicting fraud by providing a meta analysis of attacks, allowing QSRs to create fraud profiles and determine where threats may be located.

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CEO Atul Gawande Takes New Role At Haven Heathcare Joint Venture

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Atul Gawande will resign as Haven’s CEO to serve as chairman of its board of directors, the Boston-based organization announced on Wednesday (May 13). The founders pledged to focus on how to reduce costs and improve customer satisfaction by using data analysis and said they were committed to being a part of the solution. s Optum unit.

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Digitization Could Halt Corporate Banks’ Shrinking Profits, Analysts Say

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The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has released a new report that suggests corporate bankers may be able to halt shrinking profits through digital transformation. According to the BCG’s “Corporate Banking Executive Survey,” “front-to-back digital transformations” are essential to halt this shrinkage.

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Madoff Whistleblower Has GE On The Defense

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Boston-based General Electric (GE) is defending itself against accounting fraud alleged by the same whistleblower who called out Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, Reuters reported on Monday (Aug. GE’s reported operating margins for the past three years are a negative 6 percent, lower than the historical average.

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Retail Will Play Major Role In Vaccine Distribution

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All of them and others are part of “Operation Warp Speed,” which also includes drug makers, medical distributors and federal agencies. In terms of a vaccine, PYMNTS analysis shows 48.8 Among the retailers are Kroger, Albertsons, CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid. According to PYMNTS’ Great Reopening report, U.S. percent on March 27 and 39.7

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Celent Model Bank Awards: Fraud, Risk Management, Process Automation and Flub-Free

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A large number of the entries show that a streamlined and automated operational risk framework is critical to run a successful risk management program. Improved data analysis and machine learning capabilities also featured prominently in the winning case studies. At the moment we are staying tight-lipped about who won the awards.