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How The Pandemic Made QR Codes Sizzle

PYMNTS

Often written off as a technological solution in desperate search of an actual problem, the QR code fell by the wayside development-wise. consumers could have learned to pay with QR codes, but the technology hit two major roadblocks. Second, U.S. consumer interest in adopting mobile payments had been pretty consistently low.

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5G, Biometrics Lead The Way At Mobile World Congress

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Indeed, new evidence recently emerged about the deployment of the latest generation of mobile technology – one that promises to bring significant changes to retail and payments thanks to bandwidth expansion and faster processing, along with new challenges and questions as early 5G case studies loom. cities by the end of 2019.

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High Tech, Low-Touch Streamlines AP

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As things progressed through May and into June, here in Jacksonville we got the go-ahead, the all-clear to begin reopening. The good news is that there is technology to help provide that protection, and to ensure the access to the network and the integrity of the network.”.

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Getting Mobile Ready

Independent Banker

Large banks and nonbanks, merchants and technology companies are pressing to solidify their inroads into the financial transaction business. Research and everyday observation show how consumers are increasingly using mobile technologies. It’s become a familiar story, usually with a new splash. Ed Bachelder, payments consultant.

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The Big Gorilla

Independent Banker

Sarah Getzlaff, executive vice president and chief operating officer at First Security Bank of North Dakota, sees the detrimental effects of overly complex regulation in everyday operations, particularly in lending. First Security, a $180 million-asset community bank in New Salem, N.D., Fearful of mistakes. And Center, N.D.,

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FIS, FICO Take Aim At Dirty Money With New AML Product

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Financial software and technology giant FIS is teaming up with credit scoring company FICO to roll out a new anti-money laundering (AML) platform as concerns rise over fraud and the global flow of dirty cash amid the pandemic. The number for the United States alone is $300 billion, according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury.