PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Blockchain is increasingly being separated from cryptocurrency, with an eye toward disparate use cases — some done at the national level. As reported this past week in the Cleveland Scene , one of Cleveland’s largest blockchain firms, Votem , shuttered doors abruptly amid a lack of funding.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Cleveland Federal Reserve President Loretta Mester said in a speech this week that a digital dollar could conceivably be a form of money transfer that would enable the Fed to disburse money to all individuals in America. Notably, China’s central bank is already developing and testing a national digital currency in the Asian nation.

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JULY 3, 2019

In the Midwest, the new banks reportedly include the Educational Community Alliance Credit Union in Ohio, the MidAmerica National Bank in Illinois, the Republic Bank of Chicago in Illinois and the State Bank of Waterloo in Illinois. The technology would let people send money to each other by scanning their phone screens.

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Payments Source

MARCH 17, 2017

Cleveland-based Select Restaurants Inc., a national chain of upscale restaurants and bars, has experienced a breach exposing customers’ payment card data through point of sale technology, according to data security expert Brian Krebs.

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DECEMBER 7, 2018

First National Bank of Milaca. Greater Cleveland Community Credit Union. Lamar National Bank. First Bank of Boaz. First Central Credit Union. Grand Savings Bank. Greenleaf Wayside Bank. Hatboro Federal Savings, FA. Hometown Community Banks. Iowa Falls State Bank. Journey Federal Credit Union. Lakestone Bank & Trust.

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Celent Banking

OCTOBER 9, 2014

KeyBank , based in Cleveland, announced at Open World that it intends to use non-core systems components of Oracle Banking Platform (“OBP”) to enhance and modernize its mobile and online channels. National Australia Bank’s new entity, UBank , is a digital-only bank that NAB created as part of its bank transformation using OBP.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales continue to increase year over year — while some project online holiday sales at $98 billion, new estimates from the National Retail Foundation project that this year’s online holiday sales could reach $117 billion. ‘Tis the season … to be very, very wary of phishing and other types of fraud.

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