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How the Payments Industry Failed a Major Arizona Grocery Chain

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Arizona's largest independent grocery chain, was certain it was prepared for the October 2015 EMV liability shift. Bashas' Inc., After all, it had begun purchasing terminals for all of its 1,400 checkout lanes a year in advance.

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Robinhood's Newest Funding Round Grows To $660M

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The funding highlights investors' interest to provide funds to the firm at a time when it has seen the rewards of higher trading activity on the part of retail traders amid the pandemic. At the time, Robinhood said it intended to bring “hundreds” of financial services personnel onboard in 2020 in Tempe, Arizona and Southlake, Texas.

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Why Voice Authentication’s Doing Prison Time

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What eventually becomes cutting-edge in retail and payments often originates in places that are dedicated to security, not commerce. Authorities and prison technology companies say this mass biometric surveillance supports prison security and fraud prevention efforts.”. New technology often starts out at the U.S.

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What Exactly Is A Smart Wallet?

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It has credit cards, debit cards, loyalty cards, vaccination records, boarding passes, train tickets and driving licences (Apple have just gone live with their driving licence and state in Arizona). These things are… Continue reading What Exactly Is A Smart Wallet?

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Amazon Said To Roll Out PillPack Service To Employees

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The publication said PillPack recently filed for several new pharmacy licenses, most of which are to secure clearance to ship drugs from its warehouse in Phoenix to customers, reports said. However, new reports from CNBC on Wednesday (Nov. 21) said Amazon may first be gearing up to introduce the service to its own employees.

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Digital License Plates Vie For Place In Connected Car Ecosystem

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Besides California, states such as Arizona, Texas and Florida are moving toward use of digital license plates. Security and Marketing. launched a test in 2016 to secure digital drivers’ licenses, and Wyoming joined the program the following year.”. And that’s not all they could potentially do.

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Five At Five: Amazon Might Buy Movie Theaters

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Uber Secures $2.8B Kroger , in partnership with self-driving car startup Nuro , is ready to take the next step in grocery delivery by putting an autonomous vehicle on the road to get the job done in Scottsdale, Arizona. Amazon is reportedly going up against other suitors to purchase the movie theater chain from Wagner/Cuban Cos.

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