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Deep Dive: How Banks Use Digital Technologies To Outlast The Coronavirus

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Some have added support for in-branch digital technologies such as video banking screens and upgraded ATMs to minimize in-person contact while making sure customers’ needs are met, for example. Digital Technologies Under COVID-19. only allowing users to collect cash at drive-thru ATMs, for example.

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Inside The Fight For Digital Driver’s Licenses

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In the February Digital Identity Tracker , PYMNTS explores the latest developments in the world of digital IDs, including digital driver’s license initiatives around the country, biometric solutions for credit cards and the growing danger of fake profiles on social media. Deep Dive: How Fake Profiles Endanger Social Media Networks.

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Bitcoin Daily: TV Show Creator Sues Facebook For Bitcoin Ad Scam; Vancouver Cracks Down On Bitcoin ATMs

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De Mol’s lawyers accuse the social media giant of failing to prevent the ads, as well as not responding fast enough to complaints. In other news, Vancouver’s mayor is suggesting the ban of bitcoin ATMs, as the city’s police called them an “ideal money laundering vehicle.”. million euros ($1.9 million) from its victims.

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McDonald’s Big Mac ATM

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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. But what the Big Mac ATM does do is offer McDonald’s a clever, relatively inexpensive and multifaceted marketing tactic. McDonald’s got its hands on a vending machine.

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Weird Commerce: Brooklyn’s Beer ATM

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New payments and vending technology is developed every day with the ultimate goal of making some part of either consumers’ or businesses’ everyday processes better. Outside of the technology realm, there are other ways entrepreneurs have found to meet the desires of consumers.

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How Digital-First Credit Unions Can Break The Impersonality Barrier

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Digitally-focused CUs are reaping the rewards of this market demand and saving money by limiting the number of branch locations and ATMs that need to be maintained. Digitally focused banks can incur an aura of impersonality, a challenge Alliant meets with personalized customer engagement and a far-reaching social media strategy.

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4 ways to track your bank’s marketing performance

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From mailers and e-newsletters to social media posts and events, there are countless ways to spread the word about your community bank and its offerings. Advertised on the bank’s social media and in its e-newsletters, this marketing campaign was a simple way to promote the community bank’s new digital tools to a wider audience.