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Today In Payments: Coronavirus Decimates US Stock Market; Ex-Microsoft Engineer Guilty Of 18 Felonies

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25) JPMorgan Chase said it is planning more acquisitions that would be somewhere within financial services and technology, and decidedly not in traditional banking. How One Nevada Credit Union Secures Its Self-Service Innovations. JPMC CEO: Bank Plans FinTech, Other ‘Very Creative’ Acquisitions.

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Chinese eSports Provider VSPN Raises $60 Million To Expand Overseas

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Shanghai-based VSPN said it plans to spend the cash largely on investing in innovative eSports production technologies, creating new products and expanding its reach overseas. Investors in the latest financing included Prospect Avenue Capital, Guiotai Junan International, and Nan Fung Group.

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Can Crypto Power Tourist Cities, Block By Blockchain?

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China, for instance, has a plan to turn 835 acres off the shores of Malacca, Malaysia into a city built off the technology. Lim Keng Kai, the project’s CEO, said per reports that “our company is using cutting-edge blockchain technologies and integrating those into the traditional industry to make Malaysia a world-class tourist destination.

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TemperPack CEO On An eCommerce Shipping Future Free Of Styrofoam

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Plastic foam has managed to spend nearly eight decades at the top of the packaging market despite the fact that it’s annoyingly squeaky and crumbles under the slightest pressure. Styrofoam is a 70-year-old technology that succeeds at being very bulky and fragile, but it doesn’t really insulate all that well,” Powers said.

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Nipton, Calif., Goes To Pot, Literally

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and its area of retail specialty is marijuana; particularly the growth and technology that supports it. Nipton is a tiny town that sits on the border with Nevada and is home to about 20 souls. American Green managed to buy the whole thing – all 120 acres of the town – for a very reasonable $5 million. Why Buy A Town?

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Balancing customer expectations (and risks) in real-time payments

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IBM RegTech Innovations. Once more, consumers are exchanging their security and privacy for convenience, as they have with social media and other nascent technologies like voice assistants. But the accelerated pace of technological evolution versus glacial pace of financial services integration means that you really need to start now.

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ICBA’s 2021 National Community Bank Service Award winners

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ICBA’s National Community Bank Service Award winners for 2021 demonstrate that when their local areas need support, community banks are there with innovative, compassionate and thoughtful responses. Independent Banker named it one of the most innovative community banks because of its technology-forward attitude. Asset size: $1.36