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Crypto 2020: One Step Up; Two Steps Back

PYMNTS

Said Allaire of the bid to get digital currencies more front and center: “Regulators are getting their arms around them … the digital asset market is now moving, more and more, into the mainstream of finance, FinTech payments and banking world.”. And, of course, the crypto landscape extends well beyond bitcoin.

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Football Season To Kick Off New Payments Plays

PYMNTS

According to Zach Hensley, vice president of operations and guest experiences for the Seahawks and CenturyLink Field, these services are changing how fans experience live games and boosting their overall enjoyment. For the 2019 NFL season – PYMNTS is based in Boston, so Go Pats! – million people in 2016 to 17.2

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The community bank’s complete guide to building trust

Independent Banker

If you want to develop trust on social media, you need to be there when your customers need you.”. Use social media to build trust. Here are her tips for building trust on social media: 1. Hill rarely uses social posts to highlight bank products or services. That makes building the trust easier.” —Ed

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Banks On Notice: Fintechs Are Coming For Checking Accounts & Debit Cards

CB Insights

US consumers aged 18+ make an average of 70 payments per month, with debit cards accounting for 32% of those purchases, according to a 2017 study by the Boston Fed. This backdoor around banking regulations could prove to be extremely fruitful for fintechs in the future. turning Digital p2p payments into debit cards.

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How Big Tech Is Finally Tackling Cybersecurity

CB Insights

Facebook, for example, disclosed that an unprecedented data breach in September 2018 exposed the social media accounts of up to 90M users — including login credentials — effectively compromising access to any site that lets users log in with their Facebook account. But the company is not alone. Collectively, FAMGA has poured nearly $2.5B

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The Curious Case For Breaking Up Tech Giants

PYMNTS

In the last few months alone, we’ve seen snow in Rome and three powerful nor’easters in Boston in the space of two and a half weeks — with some forecasts predicting a fourth this week. Regulators may be circling the wagons around Facebook, but it’s not clear what that means, what the remedies might be (outside the EU and U.K.’s

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