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McDonald’s Big Mac ATM

PYMNTS

Kenmore Square, Boston will activate what it calls a “customized digital Big Mac ATM.” the Big Mac ATM will dispense two new sizes of burger — the Mac Jr. Vince Spadea, a McDonald’s franchisee, was quoted by The Boston Globe as saying, “It’s really just a fun way to be modern and progressive. Tomorrow (Jan.

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NY Man Gets Jail Time For $390K Card Skimming Scheme

PYMNTS

Rusu and his co-conspirators were able to capture payment card information from customers as they accessed their accounts via ATMs. The scheme involved 11 other people, all of whom were working to install secret devices on ATMs to facilitate the robberies.

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Bank of America To Update Branches In Response To Customer Behavior

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The modernized branches will have more interactive technology and a layout that will help customers who need longer visits for more complicated issues. “We It will also upgrade 16,000 ATMs with new features like paying with phones and the ability to pay credit card bills. There’s also a plan to install 2,700 new ATMs.

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Australia Central Bank Sees No ‘Public Policy’ Case For CBDC (For Now)

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But: The bank is keeping an eye on the experiences and progress of other nations, and still is researching its own technological and “policy implications” of wholesale forms of CBDC. As has been widely reported, 80 percent of 66 central banks queried by the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) said they were working on CBDCs.

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PYMNTS 11

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74 and 31 : Those are the numbers of company-owned and franchised restaurants, respectively, that Boston-based sandwich chain Cosi operated in 15 states before it filed for bankruptcy. $1 Luckily, the PYMNTS 11 is here to break it all down.

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Function Over Flash

Independent Banker

What’s necessary or optional with technology is always changing. In a Federal Reserve Bank of Boston survey of mobile banking and payment services released in August, roughly three-fourths of about 600 community banks and credit unions in five Federal Reserve districts that were polled were offering some kind of mobile service.

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Function Over Flash

Independent Banker

What’s necessary or optional with technology is always changing. In a Federal Reserve Bank of Boston survey of mobile banking and payment services released in August, roughly three-fourths of about 600 community banks and credit unions in five Federal Reserve districts that were polled were offering some kind of mobile service.