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How One Nevada Credit Union Secures Its Self-Service Innovations

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One CU undergoing a self-service transformation is One Nevada Credit Union , which serves 80,000 members and has $959 million in assets. Nine local Air Force base employees founded the CU in 1950, and its modest roots are a far cry from the technologically advanced focus it has taken in recent years. “I

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

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In today’s top news, the stock market takes its biggest hit since 2015 due to mounting fears over the coronavirus, and an ex-Microsoft engineer is found guilty of stealing $10 million in digital currency. Coronavirus Decimates US Stock Market $1.7T stock market is taking a hit due to mounting fears over the coronavirus.

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DraftKings To Merge, IPO At A $3.3B Market Value

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Jason Robins, the co-founder and CEO of DraftKings, is going to run the new company, which will be incorporated in Nevada and keep its headquarters in Boston. In Massachusetts, there haven’t been many IPOs related to technology, although Chewy, a pet food and supply company, went public in June. DraftKings was founded in 2011.

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Consumer Electronics Show Goes Virtual Due To COVID

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The giant Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which draws tens of thousands of marketers, tech enthusiasts and reporters each year to Las Vegas, has become the latest victim of the resurgent coronavirus pandemic. But coronavirus infection rates have since soared across the country, with Nevada reporting 1,000 new cases on Monday (July 27).

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Bitcoin Daily: FINMA Grants Licenses To Two New Blockchain Firms; ShortHop Crypto Exchange Launches In Seven New States

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The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has granted the first “banking and securities licenses” to two blockchain companies: SEBA Crypto AG and Sygnum AG. states: Indiana, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Arizona and Montana. The exchange is already live in California, Washington and Illinois.

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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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Bitcoin Daily: Hedgefund Billionaire Plans $1B Crypto Venture; Baton Gets Series A Funding

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The provider of bank-to-bank payments infrastructure technology also got funding from Alsop Louie and Commerce Ventures. Speed to market is critical in an industry that is crying out for modernization while at the same time facing a daunting global regulatory environment.”. Nevada currently has 110 bitcoin ATMs.

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