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FinCEN and OCC address cryptocurrency: responsible innovation and pervasive hype

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On May 19, 2022, the Associate Director of the Enforcement and Compliance Division of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), Alessio Evangelista, spoke at the Chainalysis Links Conference in New York City on the topic of “The Intersection of Cryptocurrencies and National Security.”

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How QSRs Are Driving Retail Innovation Via Emerging Tech

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Retail innovation comes from various places – and for the new decade, that includes quick-service restaurants (QSRs), the site of massive technological change. Self-service kiosks have been gaining popularity, and cutting-edge technology like biometrics is starting to be integrated. Pickup Windows. Contactless Payments.

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Deep Dive: COVID-19 Spurs Biometric Innovations For A Contactless Global Society

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Global concern over the coronavirus spreading on contaminated surfaces in public places is unleashing rapid development of innovative biometric products that could assist a touchless society. It introduced the tool at the Tire Technology Expo in Hannover at the end of February to help protect some 5,000 attendees.

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Amazon Go Has Spawned Imitators, But Also Innovation

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Much of the excitement surrounding automated retail — aka cashierless retail — has been driven by Amazon Go, but the enthusiasm for “just-walk-out” technology has been tempered by the stores’ limited locations. French retail giant Carrefour SA has also been testing camera and image-recognition technology in grocery stores.

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NY Creates Cryptocurrency Task Force

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The report’s goal is to study the transparency of the digital marketplace, what kind of effect cryptocurrency and blockchain technology will have on state industries and how it will affect taxes, among other subjects.

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Deep Dive: How Offering Greater Digital Payment Choice Can Help QSRs Meet Consumers In Any Channel

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These innovations have revolutionized diners’ experiences and transformed the purchasing process. The following Deep Dive explores the ways in which QSR customers’ ordering and payment habits are shifting, as well as how restaurants are changing their operations to meet consumers’ new payment demands. drive-thrus. Much of the U.S.

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Retail Pulse: The North Face To Open NYC Location; Walgreens To Shutter 200 Stores

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The North Face , for instance, is opening a new experiential retail store in the New York City’s SoHo neighborhood as it plans to make existing stores into “basecamps for exploration.”. Beyond The North Face, other outdoor apparel retailers are innovating with their brick-and-mortar stores.

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