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Square Offers Beauty Sector Online Booking, POS Tool

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Square is offering merchants in the beauty and wellness industry a point of sale (POS) tool that integrates appointments, payments and checkout for a streamlined, secure process. . The app-based tool gives salon customers the ability to book their appointments online and also issues reminders.

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Who Should Lead The Digital ID Push?

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Despite all the discussion about verifying digital IDs without creating friction for the user, recent incidents like cybercriminals using AI to impersonate an energy company’s CEO to falsely request money could give security professionals nightmares. There’s no question the world is moving in a digital direction. Department of Commerce.

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GAO: FinTech Firms, FIs Seek Alternative Data Clarity In Lending

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Separately, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is in the midst of plans for a “sandbox” that will help boost FinTech efforts for capital markets, as reported by The Hindu. Closer to home, in Wyoming, a bill has debuted in the state legislature to create a FinTech sandbox. Sandboxes, Gathering Steam.

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Digital Driver’s Licenses Are Put To The (Pilot) Test

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They can then use the digital versions when visiting age-restricted merchants, interacting with police at traffic stops or in airport screenings with Transportation Security Administration (TSA) personnel. It is now moving into phase two: testing digital licenses in online and other digital environments.

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Boosting Access To Financial Services In Brazil

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A recent partnership in India aims to add further biometric security to the nation’s Aadhaar system. Identity Devices Sweden AB will provide a new biometric privacy platform (BPP) to Aadhaar, essentially adding a new layer of security to its online and offline authentication systems.

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

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Warby Parker additionally reported it will continue investing in technology that will continue to protect customers’ privacy and security when using the site. Whole Foods’ Expanding Footprint.

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