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Crypto 2020: One Step Up; Two Steps Back

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Here are some of cryptos’ key developments for 2020: Bitcoin Goes Higher And Higher. Bitcoin, of course, exists as one of the most widely recognized cryptocurrencies. And one of the most notable events of 2020 was the big appreciation in bitcoin’s price, tied as it is (and was) to optimism about cryptos’ future.

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Five At Five: Mastercard Makes A Biometric Bet

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As biometrics have begun to represent the next generation in securing payments, Mastercard has unveiled a technological advancement for its own biometric cards. Cardholders can now register their fingerprints onto a biometric card at home through the new technology, the company said in an announcement. Regulators in the U.S.

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Most Platforms Can’t Scale, Will Fail

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Well, it is “an innovative new payment platform created to transform the payments industry by drastically altering the economics through Internet-based technology, generating significant consumer benefits.” It’s secure, it’s cheap, it’s faster than a speeding bullet. It’s not about bitcoin, it’s about the BLOCKCHAIN !

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Happy Birthday To PYMNTS

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The traditional gift for a ninth anniversary is pottery, and our offices are in Boston – but, you know, no pressure.). No matter how good the technology you built is, payments is hard. When we started Square, the hardware, the servers, the technology was working in three weeks. Really hard.

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Fintech Fundings: 32 Companies Raise $210 Million Second Week of July

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The total value of deals this week was $206 million, with half ($100 million) going to Canadian blockchain technology provider Blockchain Intelligence. . Alkami Technology. Digital banking technology. HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Sound-based payment & banking technology. Investment & trading technology.

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The PYMNTS 2018 Summer Top 10 List

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The charges came three months after a previous legal action, where Holmes was on the receiving end of a civil lawsuit from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), amid allegations of “massive fraud.” That represents a 6 percent crash in over a day, kicked off by bitcoin dropping $300 in just over an hour and 4.5 Adyen’s Big IPO.

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Fintech Fundings: 22 Companies Raise $300 Million Plus 2 IPOs Raise $5.9 Billion

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Secure messaging for financial services. HQ: Boston, Massecheusetts. Real estate technology. Bitcoin compliance solutions. Tags: Enterprise, IDology (investor), security, risk management, payments, Finovate alum. HQ: Atlanta, Georgia. Latest round: $135 million at $1 billion valuation. Total raised: $600 million.