PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Website DECPAPI.com spotlighted an API with a countdown that showed the national stablecoin would launch on November 20. Department of Justice announced that two Massachusetts men were arrested and charged with conducting a scheme to take over victims’ social media accounts and steal their cryptocurrency.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Or maybe that cryptocurrencies have yet to go mainstream beyond the headlines because fraud still lurks. The Federal Reserve said this year that its Boston bank is working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to explore the possibility of issuing digital currency. Keeping An Eye On Fraud.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Honorable Mentions – while this was a quiet year for M&A, we tip our hat to Atlantic Union’s acquisition of American National Bank and Eastern Bank’s acquisition of Cambridge Bank. Lifetime Achievement Award (Bank) Cambridge Savings CEO Wayne Patenaude looks to end a long and successful career at one of Massachusetts’ 10 largest banks.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Increasingly scientists think there should be some regulatory oversight maybe at the national and international level, just to make sure that we don’t do something very foolish. ‘AI nationalism’ could fuel political conflict. AI oversight must be an informed, national debate. Gideon Rosenblatt. Jon Wolfsthal.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 1, 2017

ZestFinance, for example, has worked with both Baidu and JD.com on credit scoring, while DataVisor has worked with Chinese companies including Alibaba, Momo, and Cheetah Mobile on machine learning-driven fraud detection. But between 2015 and 2016, Chinese investors backed companies in twice as many states plus Washington DC. .

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