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How Singapore Is Fueling A ‘Smart Nation’

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Singapore is on a mission to build up a Smart Nation by utilizing innovation and technology to create opportunities and strengthen communities. Startups are estimated to employ nearly 300,000 on the island nation. Singapore is poised to become the world’s first country to make the notion of a “Smart Nation” an actual reality.

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Korea’s Top Crypto Exchange Joins Blockchain Procurement Project

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South Korea’s Korea Credit Data, a FinTech startup that operates in the small- and medium-sized business accounting software market, said it is exploring an entrance into the world of blockchain. The involvement of the nation’s largest cryptocurrency exchange comes as the government cracks down on such firms.

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Deep Dive: The Latest Initiatives To Expand Mobile IDs

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The world’s population is expanding and many citizens — particularly those in developing nations — have no means of proving their identities, restricting their access to vital services like education and healthcare. The government plans to adapt SingPass for smartphones this year by rolling out a new national digital identity (NDI).

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How Handset Makers Are Trying To Keep Customers

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Going Big on New Features: the Foldable Samsung. Whatever it is people will say about the newly released Samsung Galaxy Fold , no one is going to suggest that it looks like an iPhone. According to Samsung , the “Galaxy Fold opens smoothly and naturally, like a book, and closes flat and compact with a satisfying click.”

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Square Heads To The UK, Wells Fargo Hearts NFC And Ant Financial Finds Some Fighting Words

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Samsung managed to take up most of the oxygen in the mobile room this week — and the big show included the world’s introduction to the new Galaxy phone, Bixby, VR, Samsung Pass, and Samsung Pay’s and Visa Checkout’s partnership to bring Samsung Pay to the online world. He said launching in the U.K. The move into the U.K.

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Making Cashless Payments Picture-Perfect

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Samsung, meanwhile, announced it would bring its mobile payment platform to China. Samsung Pay will make its debut in the Asian nation thanks in large part to a partnership with UnionPay. The developer community within the tracker is separated into three categories: Shopping and Payments, Operations, and Marketing.

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Community banks are thriving in Texas

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Samsung plans to build a $17 billion chip plant in town about 30 miles away from its existing facility in Austin. There’s really not a lot we can’t do,” says Travis Edlund, senior vice president and regional manager of the San Antonio market for Amarillo National Bank. Capitalizing on an area’s growing popularity.

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