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Gas Payment Solution PayByCar Launches In Massachusetts

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A first-in-the-nation payment solution that allows drivers to purchase gas from their cars without taking out cash, a credit card or a mobile app has launched in Westborough, MA. We chose the MetroWest area to launch this new technology — and Westborough, MA specifically — because the community matches our target market demography. “We

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People moves: Numerated, Tech Nation and more

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Massachusetts-based financial service technology firm Numerated announced in January the appointment of Duncan Perry to the role of chief financial officer. Numerated appoints a new CFO. Commenting on his appointment Perry said: “The banking industry is at a precipice in solving for.

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New Facial Recognition Policy Signed Into Law In Washington State

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This legislation represents a significant breakthrough – the first time a state or nation has passed a new law devoted exclusively to putting guardrails in place for the use of facial recognition technology,” Smith said in the post. The bill also establishes a task force to scrutinize how, when and why the technology is used.

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Fed Sees Possible Path To ‘Direct Issuance’ Of Digital Dollars

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And as PYMNTS has previously reported , the Boston Federal Reserve has been working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to explore tech infrastructure. Notably, China’s central bank is already developing and testing a national digital currency in the Asian nation.

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Today In Payments: California Proposes Financial Watchdog; Germany Launches Investigation Into Amazon

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California lawmakers are moving quickly to create a financial watchdog agency as a new department of their state government, as the coronavirus pandemic accelerates financial crime across the nation. The Federal Reserve is working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to explore the possibility of issuing a digital currency.

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Amazon To Shut Down Free Sample Program

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Ron Wyden of Oregon, Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Chris Coons of Delaware and Gary Peters of Michigan sent a letter Wednesday (Nov. They asked whether the technology could be accessed by foreign entities and whether the technology posed a risk to national security.

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CT Gov: First Wave Of $600 Jobless Payments Were Sent

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Our Department of Labor worked day and night to come up with the technological fixes to ensure benefits were distributed in a timely way to our residents,” Lamont said in a statement. In Massachusetts, the federal money began going out on April 9. “We