A new wearable is about to be produced by BAE Systems, according to a press release. The BAE Systems’ Broadsword Spine integrates network technology in a wearable for the military and emergency services. According to Paul Burke, director of defense information and technology at BAE Systems Military Air and Information: “Broadsword Spine will deliver a lightweight, cable-free and better alternative to existing systems. MORE

Learning to create extra spaces where to store the accessories, is to realize that they deserve a bedroom storage ideas system made to measure. The post Smart Bedroom Storage Ideas System appeared first on Montserrat Home Design. MORE

The reason for thinking this is that poverty and inclusion is yet another area, … The post How the system crushes the poor appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog. MORE

Silicon Valley tech startup Mist Systems is pioneering smart wireless networking for the smart device era. Since its founding in 2014, Mist Systems has worked to bring its Mist Intelligent Wireless Cloud and Enterprise-Grade Access Points to corporations across multiple sectors including retail, hospitality, health care, education and more. Wireless isn’t new, but we’re in a new era of how consumers use it,” said Jeff Aaron, vice president of marketing at Mist Systems. “It’s MORE

Waymo announced it is partnering with Valley Metro, the Phoenix, Arizona area’s regional public transportation authority, to explore mobility solutions using self-driving technology. Working together, we want to explore how self-driving vehicles could fill transportation and mobility gaps for riders across the Greater Phoenix area,” the company wrote in a blog post on Medium. MORE

Some vendors and brokerage firms claim to provide the best trading systems with diverse functions to assist traders, making it incredibly difficult for those aiming to make a purchase. However, several trading systems stand out of the crowd for their agility and adaptability. MORE

According to reports in the BostonGlobe, it seems some cybercriminals have encouraged others to just say no to drugs by targeting the systems of MJ Freeway, a backend system that tracks sales and inventory and helps pot dispensaries keep their regulatory paperwork in order. Harsher, though, is trying to run a dispensary with the sales system down — as the state’s legal cannabis dealers have been operating without for a week. MORE

I was listening to a group of CIOs talking about legacy systems change the other day. One said that it doesn’t matter how old the systems are; it’s all about whether they are maintainable and fit-for purpose. I kind of agreed with that, although I cannot think of any silo-based, … The post Why banks fear core systems change appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog. MORE

There is no need to build … The post Core systems should have built-in obsolescence appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog. Talking about moving from proprietary to open, from controlled to marketplace and from internal to external focus, another key change is the very nature of technology itself. It’s quite clear that a start-up today could launch with just a few thousand dollars, Amazon Web Services and a bright idea. MORE

software company Verint Systems, Inc. At the time, an NSO spokesman said that NSO doesn’t operate its systems and requires customers to use them lawfully “for the prevention and investigation of crimes.”. Safety and Security Cybersecurity Cybersurveillance Investment military grade technology Nasdaq Stock Market News NSO Group Verint Systems What's Hotis looking to buy NSO Group, an Israeli company that sells military-grade technology, for around $1 billion. MORE

La Capitol Federal Credit Union operated on a Loan Origination System (LOS) that was time-consuming, expensive, and inefficient in managing day-to-day tasks, such as emailing documents to members or the flexibility to change rules without an added fee. Lending Loan Origination Systems MORE

A revamped Bank of England (BoE) payments system is expected to connect with FinTech firms using distributed ledger technology (DLT). According to Reuters , the new plans will see the payments system, that supports British banking and trading, boost its defenses against cyberattacks by 2020, as well as increase the number of businesses that can use it. Payments System What's Hot MORE

As of today, Mastercard is releasing one — it announced its new Early Fraud Detection System. With the system, issuers can now receive advance alerts about cards and accounts that are facing a higher risk of fraud due to involvement or exposure in an earlier data breach. MORE

economy’s new payment system operator announced news on Wednesday (Sept. In a press release, the new payment system, which involves the consolidation of three payment schemes, said Horlock worked in the banking sector for more than 15 years and will take up his new role starting Oct. The payment systems in the U.K. As a single entity, the new payment system operator will build on the existing payment schemes for the benefit of the U.K. The U.K. MORE

Bringing a popular classic gaming system back to market, Nintendo said that its NES Classic will be available for sale again this summer. This system and the #SNESClassic Edition system are expected to be available through the end of the year.”. Though the company had said that SNES would not be available after 2017, it was a surprise hit: The company said it sold more SNES systems on launch day than it did of NES systems throughout all of 2017. MORE

I’m always blogging about replacing core systems, open source the bank, change the leadership to one that gets it and just do it. Not gonna name names, but I’ve had a few really fun discussions with banks in … The post Forget legacy systems; what about legacy vendors? I’m saying it so much that I’m finding myself boring. So let’s change tack. Who’s the vendor? MORE

This month, startups such as Modo took on relationships between banking systems and emerging payment systems. For decades, banks have been honing their systems to seamlessly manage payments while also handling titanic amounts of volume – but they face a challenge when it comes to working with emerging forms of payments. “It’s It’s hard to get those systems now to interact with things that are very different,” Modo CEO Bruce Parker told PYMNTS. MORE

While some retailers may plan to partner with technology vendors to help benefit various facets of their physical stores, there’s a growing need to transform retail point-of-sale (POS) systems to compete with the eCommerce arena. It announced this week the decision to move its POS system to the cloud via a partnership with Infor. It will connect its back-office systems with commerce platforms that help analyze various pieces of data to help boost overall company performance. MORE

The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) and Bank of England (BoE) announced Wednesday (Sept. 13) that the Payment System Operator Delivery Group (PSODG) has completed the necessary steps to meet a mandate handed down by regulators. According to a press release, the appointment of Melanie Johnson as its first chair has seen continuing work to deliver the New Payment Systems Operator (NPSO) by the end of 2017. s financial system. MORE

In an interview with PYMNTS, National Business Systems VP David Riley noted a lack of awareness in the field for smaller firms across several verticals. Security & Fraud Credit Card Security EMV Featured News integrated payments national business systems News payments security POSAfter nearly three years, the transition to EMV in the United States still has its challenges. MORE

According to a report in The New York Times , which cited the Chinese commercial news media, Guo, who has a reputation as an economic reformer, will be tasked with fixing China’s debt-ridden banking system. The NYT noted his appointment is a signal that the country, which has the second largest economy in the world, is serious about overhauling the financial system. Bank Regulation china China Banking Regulatory Commission economy financial system What's Hot MORE

In an effort that could lead to greater efficiency and lower prices, Walmart is looking into a system that would let households manage their electricity bills through cryptocurrency. With the system, users may pay a capped amount of cryptocurrency up front, ahead of the expected electric demand of certain devices. Beyond vendor payments, the Walmart team described a digital shopping system that also uses the blockchain to encrypt payment data. MORE

As part of the upgrade, Visa said it was enhancing its systems to support 3-D Secure 2.0, Visa said it will keep in place current rules for merchant-attempted transactions using 3-D Secure until the beginning of April 2019 to give merchants and issuers time to pilot and test the system. MORE

Healthcare is a massive market in the United States – the insurance industry alone is valued in the trillions of dollars. MORE

In an attempt to retain its drivers and recruit new ones, Uber is revamping its driver support system. Ridesharing driver support system Drivers mobile app News tipping Uber What's HotAccording to news from Recode , the move comes after the company has received a slew of bad press, which included a video of then-CEO Travis Kalanick berating an Uber driver. MORE

To help attain financial independence, Europe has reportedly been working on a money transfer system. We are studying proposals for payment channels and systems, more independent from SWIFT , and for creating a European monetary fund.”. Beyond the money transfer system, Maas unveiled a new foreign policy strategy. “It’s The news comes as SWIFT, as an organization, bills itself as a neutral player in the global economic system. MORE

In line with BBVA’s efforts, the bank recently demonstrated a ‘selfie’ payment system based on facial recognition. Once the system recognizes their faces, it charges them for their purchases. The news comes months after BBVA executed its first cross-border payments using a system based on the software that supports bitcoin. That’s very relevant for our clients because they could begin streamlining their reconciliation systems.”. MORE

Bluefin Payment Systems, the provider of PCI-validated point-to-point encryption (P2PE) solutions for retail, health care and higher education, announced Tuesday (Jan. In a press release, Bluefin Payment Systems said the patents cover the systems and methods for decryption as a service via a message queuing protocol and systems and methods for decryption as a service (DaaS) via configuration of read only databases. MORE

This is an exciting time for our company to grow with our healthcare customers, and to help healthcare systems improve consumer engagement, close gaps in care, lower costs and ultimately improve outcomes.”. Healthcare funding fundraising healthcare systems higi investments investors medical care medical data News Venture Capital MORE

News Retail breach Cybersecurity hack hacker Kmart MPOS point of sale POS systems Sears shopping What's HotKmart has been having a rough time. Over the years, the retailer has seen its ups and downs, and late last year we reported the big box retailer closed 68 of its stores across the U.S. For the second time in the past few years, there has been a new malware-based security breach occurring directly from Kmart’s point-of-sale devices. MORE

SMEs rarely have the funds to invest in sophisticated treasury management systems (TMS), says TreasuryXpress CEO Anis Rahal, part of that is because the TMSs available are hefty, chock-full of tools that not every company actually needs and force a business to spend time and resources on implementation efforts. you have thousands of companies with revenue of about $50,000 — only 10 percent are using treasury management systems,” the executive said. MORE

In this week’s Commander in Chief series, PYMNTS talks with mobile capture and identity verification company Mitek Systems ’ CEO James DeBello about what moves the ball for the mobile industry. CEO Series AML artificial intelligence biometrics CEO SERIES Commander in Chief compliance Featured News fraud identity verification Innovation IoT James DeBello KYC machine learning Mitek Systems mobile Mobile Payments News payments regulations Security Smartphones tech industry Technology MORE

A month ago, I blogged about the problems at TSB when implementing the change-over of their core systems. Yes, core systems replacements are challenging, but they’re not risky when done right. Not only has it been highly … The post What cost a system outage? Unfortunately, TSB’s change-over shows all the marks of how to get it wrong. appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog. Case Studies Grid Opinion MORE

In this report, an urgent call to action for mainstream health systems to begin integration of substance use health services was afforded an entire chapter, and the industry leaders in this Alliance have responded in unprecedented fashion to that call.”. Treating substance use is tough enough, but without a thoughtful economic system in place, it is going to be very slow going,” said David Shulkin, MD, Former Secretary, U.S. MORE

England’s central bank is taking a significant step in support of blockchain technology with a decision to open its real-time gross settlement (RTGS) system to distributed ledger networks. Reports in Cointelegraph said the Bank of England (BofE) will rebuild the RTGS system to be able to interface with other platforms created on blockchain technology. According to the publication, the Bank of England first proposed a proof-of-concept (PoC) to open its RTGS system in May 2017. MORE

Travis Kalanick, the ex-Uber chief executive, has found a new job leading City Storage Systems, a startup that repurposes distressed real estates such as parking lots and strip malls. In addition to focusing on repurposing real estate assets in the food delivery and retail areas, Kalanick said City Storage Systems would work with the parking and industrial assets as well. Startups City Storage Systems News real estate startups Travis Kalanick Uber What's Hot MORE

Legacy systems, not fintech (November 2016), by Mike Gardner seemed to go viral on my Twitter stream. After reading Gardner’s article, I decided to tap into some of the fintech experts I’ve engaged with and see what their thoughts are on legacy systems and fintech as threats to banking. MORE

s New Payment System Operator (NPSO). The Payment System Operator Delivery Group is closing to hand down operation of the nation’s payment systems to the New Payment System Operator in an effort to streamline the payment ecosystem. The NPSO will consolidate the nation’s various payment schemes and lead the rollout of the New Payments Architecture, an initiative outlined by the Payment Systems Regulator’s Payments Strategy Forum. MORE

This year, they have their eyes on the point-of-sale (POS) system prize. Carolyn Crandall, CMO of Attivo Networks , joined this week’s Hacker Tracker to share the vulnerabilities impacting POS systems and discuss whether massive data breaches are on the horizon in the months ahead. It’s the most wonderful time of the year… especially if you’re a hacker. MORE

15) that it has acquired Distributed Systems, a company that has been working on decentralized identity solutions. In a blog post , the company said the Distributed Systems team is working with Coinbase to find new and innovative ways to validate and verify identities as cryptocurrency goes more mainstream. It noted that “decentralized identity systems represent a transformative shift in our relationship with technology.”. MORE

In emerging markets, the high costs of last mile services delivery functions as a barrier to building a widespread financial services network in peri-urban and rural areas MORE

In the US, since the crisis, the six largest US banks now control nearly 70 per cent of all the assets in the US financial system, having increased around 40 per cent (against overall asset growth of only 8 per cent). A large banking system is not necessarily problematic. MORE

But digital vending systems can provide an alternate way to prevent theft, without discouraging customers from making purchases. CompuCom ’s point-of-purchase digital vending machines have in-aisle vending systems, so customers don’t have to call for staff. The system, which was developed by a division of Office Depot, dispenses purchased products in seconds. MORE