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Top News in Payments: Uber Halts Upfront Pricing in CA; Amex Cleared To Operate In China

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Amex Cleared To Operate In China. The central bank in China said it accepted an American Express application to start working in the country but did not say when Amex would begin operations. As travelers become increasingly digital savvy, the industry is expected to accommodate sophisticated payment technologies.

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CarrierHQ Guides CA Trucking Fleets Through Indie Contractor Laws

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The solution is meant to aid transportation companies to avoid “major pitfalls” and “increase operational capacity.”. Aon’s technology rates each driver based on how they perform when driving, and rates are calculated based on those scores. Safe drivers will see their premiums go down, and risky drivers will see the opposite.

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TD’s tech spend up 18% YoY to $458M

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TD Bank is investing in technology to drive efficiency, reduce costs, and restructure operations with AI efforts at the forefront. The Toronto-based bank’s total technology and equipment expenses were CA$620 million ($458 million), up 18% year over year, according to its fiscal fourth-quarter (ending Oct.

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Uber Launches Secret CA App Version To Resist Employment Classification

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To tackle AB5, Thuan Pham, Uber’s chief technology officer, gathered volunteers from legal, marketing, technology and operations for Project Luigi, a “critical project around AB5,” according to an October email seen by The Washington Post. .

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Ebury Powers Global Payments For Crédito Agrícola Corporates

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payments platform Ebury and Portuguese bank Crédito Agrícola (CA) have forged a partnership to allow the bank to work with more customers online and in a wider range of currencies, Ebury announced Thursday (March 19). Duarte Líbano Monteiro, country manager for Ebury Portugal, said the company was happy to be working with CA.

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Uber’s Self-Driving Vehicles Get On-Road Permit For CA

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An Uber spokesperson called San Francisco “a great city to gather key learnings for self-driving technology,” due to its complex and changing environment. At that time, Uber let go of its 100 self-driving car operators in Pittsburgh and San Francisco.

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Next-Level Robotics Arrives, But Enterprises May Not Be Ready

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age of automation and data sharing, analysts say there is yet another wave ahead, combining smart technologies to make businesses more efficient. Technological innovation waits for no one, though, and the next phase of the automation wave is here, according to NICE Actimize. As the enterprise makes its way through the Industry 4.0

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