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Bitcoin Tracker: Easy Access Is ‘Easier’ With ATMS & Gift Cards

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Coinsource, America’s largest bitcoin ATM provider, just announced proudly that the company now has 55 ATM kiosks, after adding six new ones in California — four in Los Angeles and two in San Francisco. The average rate of a new bitcoin ATM? But maybe ATMs won’t indeed be the way that people access bitcoin.

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Banks Bring Coffee Shops To New Branches

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Kronos Senior Retail Banking Consultant Kevin Steele said, according to the report, “The teller line will disappear over the next few years and all transactions will become self-serve.” Ambassadors” have taken the place of tellers, and transactions reportedly only happen through automated teller machines (ATMs).

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Software Eats The (Retail) Workforce

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Why visit a bank with a teller when you can go to an ATM, and why go to an ATM (unless you need cash) if you can do everything you need to on your phone or laptop? Some, like Walmart, think the argument has a forgone conclusion — and the retailer has already begun overhauling its business to meet that standard well in advance.

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HSBC’s Banking Robot Debuts In Miami

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In a press release , HSBC said Pepper is being deployed in a retail branch in Miami, marking the first time Pepper has been deployed in Florida. Miami’s tech scene is experiencing positive growth and we see a lot of opportunity for disruption in the region,” Pablo Sanchez, head of retail banking and wealth management for HSBC in the U.S.

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AmazonFresh Goes Click and Collect

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The online retail giant announced that AmazonFresh is getting a physical pickup option , starting with two brick-and-mortar locations in Seattle, Washington. Amazon’s got another brick-and-mortar grocery play in the works outside of the recently delayed Amazon Go.

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Holiday Season Brings Corporate Payments Fraud Spike

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the FBI recently issued a warning for holiday shoppers of a new scam called eSkimming , in which cyber criminals hack into legitimate online retailer websites to steal shoppers’ credit and debit card details. In the U.S.,

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Game-Changing Tech Or Dystopian Nightmare? How 16 Industries Could Be Transformed By Facial Recognition

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From creating checkout-free retail stores to eliminating concert tickets, here are 16 industries that are starting to transform with facial recognition technology. Linking facial recognition to personalization for shoppers presents a big opportunity in retail. Law Enforcement.