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Smart Card Alliance opens Washington, DC-area training center

Payments Dive

The National Center for Advanced Payments and Identity Security in Crystal City, Virginia, will be a permanent facility for live educational activities hosted by SCA.

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Smart Card Alliance opens Washington, DC-area training center

ATM Marketplace

The National Center for Advanced Payments and Identity Security in Crystal City, Virginia, will be a permanent facility for live educational activities hosted by SCA.

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The day that digital currency started

Tomorrow's Transactions

This chip could be integrated into all sorts of things, one of them being a smart card for consumers. It was true cash replacement, invented at National Westminster Bank (NatWest) in 1990 by Tim Jones and Graham Higgins. Lots of people get confused about what it actually is, they think it’s a Switch card or a credit card.”

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ATMIA Weighs In On Cashless Retail Ban Debate

PYMNTS

1281), seeking to combat a trend — namely that more businesses are embracing card-only payment methods spanning debit and credit — the ban would also result in fines of hundreds of dollars per violation. In terms of the New York legislation (Intro. The debate will likely get increased scrutiny and input from stakeholders.

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The Perfect Credit Score: Understanding the 850 FICO Score

FICO

This slight uptick is not surprising as we have been seeing the average FICO® Score on the national population increasing as time since the “great recession” ages. . As of April 2019, about 1.6% of the U.S. scorable population had an 850 FICO® Score. That compares to 0.98% in April 2014 and 0.85% in April 2009.

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Top 5 Risk Analytics Posts: From Rising FICO Scores to Alt-Data

FICO

For the first time since we’ve been tracking these stats, the average national FICO Score reached the 700 threshold — some 10 points above what it was just prior to the recession in October 2006.”. Read the full post. Millennials and Credit: Are We Missing the Real Story?

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The 850 FICO Score

FICO

This slight uptick is not surprising as we have been seeing the average FICO® Score on the national population increasing as time since the “great recession” ages. As of April 2019, about 1.6% of the U.S. scorable population had an 850 FICO® Score. That compares to 0.98% in April 2014 and 0.85% in April 2009. by Tom Quinn.