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Bitcoin Daily: Public Blockchain Cardano Developing Chip That Creates Cash-Like Crypto; Brazil Probes Banks Turning Away Crypto Firms; Albania Proposal To Regulate All Crypto

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Cardano’s idea could create a fiat-like experience for users, and it could open up possibilities like authenticating and managing luxury goods, like the ability to identify a Louis Vuitton bag, for instance. With new microchip tech by Cardano , cryptocurrency users would be able to access payment services without an internet connection.

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Amazon To Build More Whole Foods Locations

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According to the report in the Wall Street Journal , Whole Foods Market aims to have stores in more suburban areas where it has been gaining customers since Amazon bought it. Prior to the acquisition, Whole Foods was in layoff mode as store growth was slowing.

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Who Should Lead The Digital ID Push?

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The digital identity verification market is projected to reach $12.8 States like Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Maryland, Wyoming and even the District of Columbia are currently testing or have already piloted the use of digital drivers’ licenses. There’s no question the world is moving in a digital direction.

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Zions Bancorporation goes live on TCS BaNCS Core Banking software

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The TCS BaNCS deployment provides Zions a parameterized, US market compliant, real-time solution, sets up Zions to go Digital, be nimble & efficient and shift to a customer centric approach. It’s a significant landmark not just for TCS and for Zions, but for the banking industry in North America.

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Data Dive, Supersize Edition: Warby Parker, Whole Foods And WhatsApp

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But the system has not yet managed its long-touted national expansion — and the issue at hand seems to be data processing. I think it’s safe to say it’s pretty important for us to launch payments in India,” said one person close to the company of the current stalemate of WhatsApp’s delayed entry into the market.

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Deep Dive: Digital ID Developments From Around The World

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Several markets are beginning to deploy or have already introduced biometrics to their national identification systems for a wide range of purposes. Colorado, Idaho, Maryland, Wyoming and Washington, D.C., Office of Personnel Management suffered a breach in 2015 that resulted in the theft of 5.6 Digitizing government services

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How the OCC is building Crypto America

Lex Sokolin

They have not been distributed by fiduciaries to the mass market. Passive ETF asset allocation assets have gone through the roof , in part because they are the choice of fee-based financial advisors and wirehouses that now control about $10 trillion in assets under management. is New York better than Wyoming ?), It is logic.

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