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 Samsung Eyes Blockchain Smartphone?

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Said sites including thenextweb.com , Samsung, no small player in mobile devices, submitted three trademark requests in Europe that offer up some clues into blockchain-focused phones. The bank said that fellow participants in the transaction included Region Brokerage Company and the Russian National Settlement Depository (NSD).

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Q&A: The Next Leg Of Fintech Innovation

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After a difficult first quarter, fintech funding rebounded in a big way in Q2’20. Free Download: State of Fintech q2’20. Fintech funding rebounded in Q2’20 but deal activity continues to fall. Below, we answer some of our readers’ most pressing questions from the webinar on the state of fintech. First name.

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Samsung’s Neon, 2020 Trendlines, Faster Payments Top This Week’s News

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Samsung To Launch ‘Artificial Human’ Called Neon. Samsung will introduce an “ artificial human ” named Neon on Jan. The limited information about Neon was shared on the Twitter account of Samsung and includes an “Artificial Human” teaser in several languages with the tagline “Have you met an ‘artificial’?”.

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June’s Top 12 Mobile Pay Moments

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Samsung Pay’s European Debut. On June 2, Samsung Pay officially launched in Spain, bringing the mobile wallet into its first European country. Samsung Pay is the first mobile payment service of its kind to be launched in Spain, giving it a head start in the market over Apple Pay and Android Pay. million users in 2016.

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Island Pay Plans Contactless Rollout In The Bahamas; UnionPay Brings App To Hong Kong And Macau

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The platform will run on Samsung Semiconductor secure chip technology, as well as software from the Swiss FinTech firm Smartlink. “By With the offering, customers in Hong Kong and Macau can connect UnionPay cards with the app to use mobile payments within and outside of those regions.

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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. The country’s initiative is well-known for its desire to harness both technology and information to make Singapore a better place to live. “A With an estimated population of just 5.47

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In Emerging Markets, What Comes First: The mPOS Or The Consumer?

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But Patel said that there is a growing interest in these developing regions around the usage of smartphones for payments, which presents a challenge to merchants to accept other forms of payment aside from cash. We’re seeing that in the regions that we play in. KP: In these markets, mobile money is quite prevalent.

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