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Alabama Tests Selfie Authentication To Fight Tax Fraud

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Identity company MorphoTrust USA looks to put a dent in tax fraud and theft by adding an additional layer of authentication security into the mix. The shift toward stronger authentication comes as tax season increasingly becomes the biggest holiday of the year for fraudsters. Magee, commissioner of the ADR.

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Digital License Plates Vie For Place In Connected Car Ecosystem

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The plates also offer geo-fencing technology that, at least for now, is meant to track “government or business vehicles,” though it could soon help with automated parking and serve as a conduit for marketing tasks. Besides California, states such as Arizona, Texas and Florida are moving toward use of digital license plates.

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The Predicament Of C-Suite Fraud And Government Cyberattacks

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In Florida, The New York Times reported on Thursday (June 20), government officials of Riviera Beach voted to pay nearly $600,000 worth of ransom to hackers, just weeks after Baltimore paid $18 million for a similarly crippling ransomware cyberattack against government systems. Separately, as much as 93 percent of SMBs in the U.K.

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GonzoBanker Awards 2017

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Strangest Sale of the Year – Was the first-failed and then convoluted spin-off and sale of BankMobile by Customers Bancorp to Flagship Community in Florida. Credit Union Merger of the Year – Goes to Lake Michigan Credit Union and its CEO Sandy Jelinski for acquiring Florida-based community bank Encore. THE TECHNOLOGY AWARDS.

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Fintech Fundings: 114 Companies Raised $7.3 Billion in April

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Payment security technology. HQ: Longwood, Florida. Income tax service. Pariti Technologies. Tags: Consumer, SMB, accounting, bookkeeping,, tax returns, tax prep. Source: Crunchbase. ID Global Solutions. Latest round: $1.55 Total raised: $1.55 Source: Crunchbase. Latest round: $1.3 million Seed.

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X-Border Sales Dream Team?

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Gameday Merchandising currently ships to 54 countries using FedEx CrossBorder , which is FedEx’s eCommerce technology solutions platform previously known as Bongo International (acquired by FedEx in December 2014). For the Warriors that company is Gameday Merchandising, which runs the team’s eCommerce site.

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The Challenges Of Securing The Smart Cities Of Tomorrow

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For at least the last five years — futurists and smart technology boosters have been touting the inevitable rise of the smart city. As of today, those attacks have led to cities finding their technology held hostage via ransomware and paying large sums to either free their data or rebuild their systems to lock out the attackers.

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