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Metro Bank UK: 2023’s Next Bank Collapse? | Samsung’s Trackable Card Unveiled | UBS Tests Tokenized Fund on Public Blockchain

Bussman Advisory

This week’s must-know stories: Metro Bank’s Financial Struggles: Will Metro Bank in the UK be 2023’s next banking collapse? UK’s Metro Bank shares plummeted by 31% following reports of its urgent need to raise funds to stabilize its finances. The post Metro Bank UK: 2023’s Next Bank Collapse?

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IDEMIA Secure Transactions launches bamboo transportation smartcard

The Paypers

IDEMIA Secure Transactions , with the TAP team at Los Angeles Metro has launched the Bamboo TAP Card made from FSC™-certified bamboo.

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Delivering A Secure Seamless Banking Experience In The Age Of COVID-19

PYMNTS

Many CUs are doubling down on their efforts to digitize their services in a secure manner. The 83-year-old CU, which has 16 branches in the metro Phoenix area and holds $1.9 Establishing methods that replace face-to-face banking transactions with secure alternatives is an important need during these changing times, Vas Nunes noted.

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Mastercard Pushes Multiple Cashless Solutions For Transit Payments

PYMNTS

From mobile ticketing to digitizing commuter cards and enabling contactless payments, Mastercard has already embedded its technology in 16 metro areas including Los Angeles, Boston and Denver to make getting from Point A to Point B as simple as buying a morning cup of coffee,” the company said. “At

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Visa, Planeta Team Up on Speedier Contactless Mass Transit Payments

PYMNTS

In a press release, the companies said the Visa Secure Access Module (SAM) helps those enterprises facilitate contactless payments through contactless cards, phones and wearable devices. Visa and Planeta said on Monday (Feb.

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Mobile Order-Ahead Delivered The Goods In 2019

PYMNTS

Uber Co-Founder Travis Kalanick has even secured $400 million to develop his new CloudKitchens concept, which rents fully equipped cooking spaces to delivery-only restaurants in major metros. In the past QSRs could screen for credit card scams right at the point of sale (POS), typically face-to-face with the fraudster.

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How A Retail Incubator Could Produce The Next Big Innovation

PYMNTS

To learn more about how these incubation efforts work and the benefits they can bring, PYMNTS recently caught up with Chris Ostoich, co-founder of LISNR, a company taking part in the METRO Target Retail Accelerator , certified by Techstars. The basic idea behind LISNR is to send data securely via audio. That’s the tech part.