PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2020

“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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ABA Community Banking

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Anne Tangen, a bank IT expert-turned-CEO at BankFive in Fall River, Massachusetts, talks about BankFive's efforts to reduce friction in the account opening process, as well as her work to smooth the path for talented women in the community bank C-suite.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

San Francisco-based Salesforce has officially launched its “Vaccine Cloud,” a technology package designed to help manage the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines. The company pointed to Northwell Health in Illinois, the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Gavi , the Vaccine Alliance.

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CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 1, 2022

We then discuss key issues of CPD concern and enforcement activity in specific areas, including mortgage servicing, auto sales and financing, debt collection, fintech/new technologies, and buy-now-pay-later.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2020

By using secret card-reading devices and pinhole cameras at various locations, Rusu and others were able to commit a widespread bank fraud conspiracy that targeted various banks in Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey from August 2014 to November 2016, according to law enforcement.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

percent growth in exports in August compared to the same month one year ago as factories were among the first to reopen following the shutdowns, according to QuantCube Technology, a Paris-based data company cited by WSJ. Formlabs, a Massachusetts 3D printer manufacturer, told WSJ it has seen sales soar in recent weeks. China posted 9.5

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2019

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions has announced that it will be integrating its TCx 300 point-of-sale (POS) systems at all of the Massachusetts locations for grocery store chain Roche Bros. Family-owned and Massachusetts-based Roche Bros. We are excited with the selection of Toshiba as our provider of retail technology,” Roche Bros.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The website is now being piloted with retailers from Montana, Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, Massachusetts and Maryland. SMBs in the technology and manufacturing sector are the most likely to indicate that they are not able to weather the turmoil. These merchants need a solution yesterday. ". Shopping capacity goes live on Oct.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2020

Fitbit, the manufacturer of activity trackers and wearable technology devices, has received federal approval for a low-cost emergency ventilator. The Cambridge school’s initiative provides information focused around safety to build a manual resuscitator.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

“In addition to creating new value for our retail customers around the world, StopLift’s fraud detection technology will be a key enabler of our frictionless commerce product strategy.”. NCR said StopLift’s technology detects scan avoidance methods and flags unscanned, unpaid merchandise for loss prevention. “We

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

And as PYMNTS has previously reported , the Boston Federal Reserve has been working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to explore tech infrastructure. The Fed, of course, is hardly alone in mulling digital fiat currencies.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

With the approval in Alabama, CORO is now available in the Apple App Store and Google Play store to residents in 13 states: Florida, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Alaska, Delaware, Idaho, Montana, Massachusetts, Oregon, South Carolina, Washington State and Wisconsin.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

In the works are a new operational team and pilot projects as Inrupt strives to create a “massively scalable, production-quality technology platform.”. Inrupt was founded in 2017 “to operationalize the Solid decentralization technology,” which was created by Berners-Lee’s team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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TheGuardian

MAY 6, 2023

Thomas Ferguson is professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and director of research at the Institute for New Economic Thinking Servaas Storm is a senior lecturer at the Delft University of Technology Continue reading.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2019

PayPal has invested in a blockchain company for the first time — one that’s focused on using the technology to help give users greater control over their digital identities, according to reports. Our investment will allow us to explore potential collaborations to leverage blockchain technology,” a PayPal spokesperson said.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2020

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

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2020

In April, PYMNTS reported DraftKings planned to go public through a reverse merger, under terms of a deal made last year with gambling technology provider SBTech and the publicly-traded sports acquisition company Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp., which changed its name to DraftKings Inc. as part of the deal. .

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Bobsguide

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

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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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

the New York investment advisory firm; Sound Ventures, the Los Angeles venture capital firm co-founded by Ashton Kutcher; and Y Combinator, the seed money startup accelerator based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2020

California-based Baidu Research is leveraging its technology to work on a COVID-19 vaccine , widely regarded as the linchpin to returning the world economy to a normal state. For example, Moderna, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has begun human clinical trials of an mRNA vaccine for COVID-19.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Meanwhile, the Boston Fed has been working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to explore the necessary tech infrastructure. In the meantime, the Sand Dollar’s launch in the Bahamas could do much to accelerate efforts to get digital currencies into consumers’ hands – and onto the world stage, too.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

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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PYMNTS

MARCH 28, 2018

Ford Global Technologies, LLC was awarded a patent for “vehicle-to-vehicle cooperation to marshal traffic.” The technology would use cryptocurrency – in what has been dubbed a Cooperatively Managed Merge and Pass (CMMP) system – to allow communication between vehicles. And Ford wants to give crypto some wheels, CoinDesk reported.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2020

Based in Newton, Massachusetts, Paytronix is offering its self-service online ordering setup for free for six months to customers of Toast , which specializes in restaurant technology, notably point-of-sale (POS) systems for restaurants.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

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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The Paypers

MARCH 28, 2022

The Bank of England had reached an agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab Digital Currency Initiative , or DCI, on a joint twelve-month research project on CBDCs.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2019

The combination of DraftKings’ leading and trusted brand, deep focus on customer experience and data science expertise and SBTech’s highly innovative and proven technology platform creates a vertically-integrated powerhouse,” Robins said. “I Diamond Eagle is being advised by Goldman Sachs, and Raine Group is advising DraftKings.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2019

The combination of DraftKings’ leading and trusted brand, deep focus on customer experience and data science expertise and SBTech’s highly innovative and proven technology platform creates a vertically-integrated powerhouse,” Robins said. “I Diamond Eagle is being advised by Goldman Sachs, and Raine Group is advising DraftKings.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2020

The Federal Reserve is working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to explore the possibility of issuing a digital currency. Amazon is facing an investigation by Germany’s national competition regulator into the eCommerce giant’s relationship with third-party sellers in Amazon’s second-largest market.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2020

million jobs through early June, Reuters reported, citing a paper co-written by economists at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors , Massachusetts Institute of Technology and ADP Research Institute.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 18, 2019

Ikea is going deeper into the Internet of Things (IoT), furthering its investment in smart home technology and products, TechCrunch reported on Saturday (Aug. It grew out of research done by Larrea and a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor at MIT’s famed Media Lab. “We

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

The top two classes of the transaction scored an A and BBB rating from DBRS, Kabbage said, adding that assets originated using its underwriting technology are used as collateral. Only weeks ago, news surfaced that a small business borrower in Massachusetts that used the Kabbage platform filed a lawsuit against the company and Celtic Bank.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

A store with snacks, drinks, and souvenirs at Polar Park in Worcester, Massachusetts will enable customers to shop without scanning or stopping to check out, according to Standard Cognition co-founder and COO Michael Suswal. Standard Cognition has revealed that it will enable cashierless transactions at a minor league baseball stadium.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Today, the incorporation of voice technology into daily activities runs the gamut from taking music requests on-demand, to ordering from Amazon, to typing your texts for you. to roll out a voice technology offering. Monzo’s new feature comes at a time when voice commands as a way to conduct banking functions is growing in popularity.

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Banking and Securities Regulators (includes FDIC, Federal Reserve, NCUA). Gary Gensler , who is with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will serve as team leader. Mulvaney, had the right to serve as Acting Director. Treasury Department. Don Graves , who is with KeyBank, will serve as team leader.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have co-developed technology intended to sidestep overcrowding on off-chain cryptocurrency payment networks, CoinDesk reported on Monday. Investor Tim Draper won nearly 30,000 bitcoin across 10 auction blocks. .

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The store also houses the Staples Studio coworking concept that the retailer has been launching in some Massachusetts locations, as well as three Canadian locations. The layout of products is centered on small business, home office and classroom solutions.

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