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Cameras Help Fuel Retail Innovation

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When it comes to retail innovation — changes that promise to influence commerce not only this year, but in the 2020s — cameras could have a significant role. Take security cameras for starters. “We That’s not the only way innovation with cameras can help retailers. are now looking to follow suit.”.

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Bitcoin Daily: India Gov’t Makes Blockchain Regulation Recommendation; Bitfinex Ordered To Freeze $860K Of Bitcoin Paid By Ransomware Attack Victim

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The National Institute for Smart Governance (NISG) in India has published a report recommending that laws around blockchain should be based on what the technology does, and not the technology itself, according to a report Tuesday (Jan. said that national policy might not be enough in terms of crypto regulation. . “We

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B2B Not A Vital Part Of Real-Time Payments Innovation, Yet

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Faster payments schemes across the globe are placing new definitions on what it means to be fast, especially as more initiatives heard towards real-time transacting. FIS surveyed 25 markets in which real-time payments programs are operational, rating their innovative qualities on a scale from 1 to 5.

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Last Roar Of The Paper Tiger?

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Instant” is becoming the posted speed limit nationally and globally for transactions. But gig workers’ payment preferences are clearly on the side of instant , almost regardless of individual income security. No unified definition of “gig economy worker” has emerged from the government. Paper checks are history, and that’s okay.

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Deep Dive: Credit Unions Work To Keep Members’ Data Private

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PYMNTS’ Credit Union Innovation Index found 65 percent of CU members chose credit unions as their primary financial institutions (FIs) because they trusted them, compared to 45 percent of non-CU members who said the same. Third-party incidents are difficult for CUs, as they do not have direct control over outside security practices.

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PwC Finds Blockchain Distrust High, Even As Adoption Accelerates

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The financial services (FinServ) market is, by far, ahead of other industries when it comes to blockchain innovation and adoption, according to data released this year by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Asia is a particularly strong area of blockchain innovation, according to PwC, which predicted in its report that China will outpace the U.S.

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Antivirus Software Isn’t Enough To Protect The Enterprise Anymore

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The cybersecurity industry has some of the brightest minds in technological innovation focused on safeguarding the enterprise. Having said that, there is definitely a need to take a more holistic approach to security, both in terms of being able to block these attacks and in detection and response.”. The problem?

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