PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

IrisGuard, an iris-recognition solutions company, and Patientory, a cybersecurity healthcare data solution firm, are collaborating to combine iris biometric technology with the healthcare focused PTOYNet blockchain network, to add another layer of security and authorization on the blockchain, and help with patient identity procedures.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2020

Valdis Dombrovskis , the EU’s executive vice president of the European Commission for an Economy that Works for People, told attendees of the Digital Finance Outreach 2020 , a series of events for the 27-nation bloc on financial technology companies, that Europe must become the leader in crafting rules for digital finance.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2020

More banks are therefore moving away from legacy core systems to embrace cloud-native architectures to power automation and meet the speed expected by consumers, securely. The bank is working with technology giants Google and Microsoft to create new cloud-based tools that will use their cloud computing software.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2020

Report: India’s National Payments Corp Vulnerable To Security Breaches. National Payments Corp. of India (NPCI) discovered over three dozen security risks in 2019. The audit determined that personal information held by the main digital payments system in the country operated by the RuPay card network was vulnerable.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2019

Smart technology is unlocking supply chain efficiencies, providing emergency alerts and much more. But despite intelligence of things (IoT) solutions being put to use in many cases, the field continues to be hampered by security issues. New security threats are emerging, too. Around the IoT World.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2020

Neobank Niyo has partnered with the National Payments Corp. This strategic partnership will facilitate workers in this segment with a bank account and empowering them [with] digital banking [solutions] as well as financial security. Niyo’s employee payroll solution, Niyo Bharat , gives blue-collar workers a salary account.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2019

That’s because those threats are relatively localized, and don’t take into account the risk of hackers (especially those backed by organized militaries and nation-states) taking down key infrastructures. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and other federal and state agencies, about cyberattacks against infrastructure.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2020

Recognizing that Main Street is being hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic, Mastercard committed $250 million over the next five years to support small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), according to a press release. Small Business Administrator, in the release. I hope this serves as inspiration for others to do the same.”.

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PYMNTS

MAY 21, 2020

As politicians across the globe grapple with the pandemic’s continued economic fallout and the need to get stimulus funds to individuals, corporations and even local governments with speed and security, digital delivery of those dollars is likely to gain increasing traction. So a retail CBDC is now [the ECB’s] main focus.”.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Not to ruin your holiday spirit, but let’s start this story with the cold and brutal truth: One of the largest risks that payments and commerce operators face in 2019 is being called to account by government officials, regulators or media about a failure to secure their organizations from cyberattacks. and other places.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2018

Megvii’s software utilizes facial scans held in a Ministry of Public Security database taken from legal identification files on about 1.3 But there are risks, too, because national team funding comes with restrictions on who can invest in them in [the] future.”. and Ant Financial. billion Chinese.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Technology providers are exploring a range of solutions to seamlessly verify customers’ identities, with the biometrics market projected to reach more than $59 billion by 2025. Government-issued digital identities are not just the realm of sovereign nations. Another form of identity security is biometrics. billion by 2024.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

In other news, Malaysia’s Ministry of Education announced that it has formed a new consortium of universities that will use blockchain technology to prevent the issuance of fake degree certificates. And Venezuela is trying to lure the world’s oil markets to start using its national cryptocurrency, the petro.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2021

Well-funded and organized fraud operations, meanwhile, continued to amass more capital, manpower and technology. What’s more, businesses have also begun to experience whiplash for not prioritizing the security of their customers. It’s important for everyone that Main Street gets back on its feet. It’s time to fight back.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2017

Reports this week said the bill, the Main Street Cybersecurity Act, is an update to the existing Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 and would seek for the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop a set of voluntary guidelines for small businesses to mitigate and prevent cybersecurity risks.

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MAY 5, 2022

Main Street Banking: A Podcast for Community Bankers 8. Banking Transformed Banking Transformed by the Financial Brand’s Jim Marous has new episodes several times a month and features executives from financial institutions, financial technology firms, authors, consultants, and other experts in the banking industry. BankTalk 3.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Credit unions’ emphasis on member relationships is one of the main factors that distinguishes them from large banks and FinTechs. Credit unions possess vast troves of personal information such as credit card data and Social Security numbers that could devastate members if leaked. CUs’ Tools To Secure Member Privacy .

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2020

People’s United Bank, which operates across Connecticut, southeastern New York state, Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire, recently demonstrated the growing interest of community banks to collaborate with FinTechs to expand their product offering — just as larger national and multinational financial institutions (FIs) do.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2017

According to The New York Times , the Pentagon is worried about America’s most promising technologies being accessed by China through its investments in startups that focus on advancing areas of expertise, such as artificial intelligence, self-driving vehicles and robotics. As Chinese firms continue to become significant investors in U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

In the November Intelligence of Things Tracker , PYMNTS examines the forces pushing IoT adoption forward, the security risks holding it back, and how public and private sectors seek to strike the right balance. Recently, the National Institute of Standards and Technology drafted a report advising federal agencies on IoT security.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating this shift, making financial institutions (FIs), merchants and their regulatory officials race to secure these new digital users. MENA nations’ original rules involved data privacy, but they were focused on developing the open banking ecosystem and allowing information to move freely.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Last month was National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, an initiative to provide consumers with the information they need to stay safe online, so in the wake of this, it is a good time for banks to consider whether all possible steps are being taken to protect their customers in our digitally connected world. The Role of the ISO.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2020

Can Main Street SMBs Cross The PPP Cash Chasm? Main Street USA: 58 Percent Of Main Street SMB Retailers Say They May Not Survive The Pandemic. Main Street USA: 58 Percent Of Main Street SMB Retailers Say They May Not Survive The Pandemic. The Spice House On A Recipe For Secure, Cross-Border AP.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2018

The center’s Task Force on Main Street Finance — co-chaired by former Senator Olympia Snowe, former U.S. It is critical that we respond to the needs and concerns of Main Street America,” said Snowe in a statement. A new report by the Bipartisan Policy Center recommended several reforms that would help the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2019

A diplomat who spoke to Financial Times said that with the upcoming adoption of 5G mobile technology, it’s a good time to question China’s motives for offering tech to other countries. “A However, the EU’s ambitions for more oversight are harmed by governments’ desires to manage potentially lucrative auctions of China’s 5G technology.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Japan is one of the most technologically advanced and integrated nations in the world. For many, it’s one of the gold standard referents for technological advancement, robotics, gaming, mobile ubiquity and your everyday digital-age progress. Except when it comes to cash.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2016

Shipt , the online grocery ordering and delivery service, has announced that it has secured $20.1 Under CEO Bill Smith’s leadership, Shipt has quickly become a nationally recognized company in the home grocery delivery space. Founded and based in Birmingham, Alabama, Shipt launched in Nov.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2019

Bank regulations hadn’t “sufficiently modernized to accommodate cloud and other innovative technologies,” according to a U.S. One of the main issues being revisited is Facebook’s purchase of Instagram and WhatsApp. to come up with a national privacy law have hit a wall, with Senators unable to agree on how strict the rule should be.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2019

In early May, Mastercard , in partnership with SEDESSON, the Mexico state agency for social benefits, and Edenred Bank, announced a first-of-its-kind test in Mexico’s Sonora state – the first regional test of biometric card technology in national history. In the U.S. The Challenge of Building the Right Card for the Job.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

The banks have invested in their own mobile payment technology and are afraid that they will be shut out of that market, which is fast-growing. Bloomberg, citing data from Visa, noted Australia is the leader in terms of usage of contactless payment technology. As a result, they want to negotiate as a group. Westpac Banking Corp.

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PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2019

That would be a shame, because Neuralink’s announcement that it had created a small robot capable of implanting ultra-thin threads deep in the human brain could be the start of a big development in how consumers use and relate to technology. And, of course, Musk has bigger visions for the technology. The Deep Brain Sensor.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

These struggles are due, in part, to restrictions on the technology and tools they can afford. Economist Manmohan Singh, former finance minister and prime minister just before Modi took office, said both tax reform and demonetization have “broken the back[s]” of the nation’s SMBs.

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AUGUST 11, 2020

According to a recent survey conducted by Arizent, 88% of US financial services employees were sent home to work after a national emergency was declared on March 13th, 2020. Not surprisingly, technology solutions that enable business continuity in this environment are in high demand.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

The main data point? A big driver of that growth, Benitez told Webster, is the diversity of companies and brands that use the Braintree platform, a group that includes BP, KFC, Live Nation/Ticketmaster, TripAdvisor Experiences and Acer. Braintree Growth. This year alone, six billion transactions have passed through its platform.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2019

As new PYMNTS research documents, over the past year, 18 Major League Baseball (MLB), National Basketball Association (NBA), National Football League (NFL) and Major League Soccer (MLS) arenas have deployed biometric solutions by CLEAR.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2016

The nation saw four startups take home investment out of a total of seven investment rounds. Last weekend, Wholesalebox said it secured $2 million in pre-Series A funding from several backers, including Manish Maheshwari, CEO of Network 18 Digital. 1) that it secured $32.2 with an $18 million investment. Alternative Lending.

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AUGUST 27, 2019

Take security cameras for starters. “We When he looked at those languishing CCTV cameras, he realized that retail already (mostly) had the main piece of hardware it needed to start pulling better insights from the floor. Some of the latest developments provide evidence to support that trend. are now looking to follow suit.”.

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