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Estonia Shelves Plans For National Cryptocurrency
Estonia Shelves Plans For National Cryptocurrency
June 01, 2018  |  Cryptocurrency

Estonia has shelved plans to develop its own national cryptocurrency after the idea prompted criticism by banking authorities and Mario Draghi, the Italian economist and president of...

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iOS App Store Nets Over 170B Downloads; Nearly 3K Apps Earn Over $1M A Year
iOS App Store Nets Over 170B Downloads; Nearly 3K Apps Earn Over $1M A Year
June 01, 2018  |  Mobile Applications

A new report has revealed that more apps are making $1 million a year, while the App Store has netted more than 170 billion downloads...

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AWS’ Amazon Neptune Goes Live For Financial Services
AWS’ Amazon Neptune Goes Live For Financial Services
June 01, 2018  |  Amazon

Amazon Web Services has announced the launch of Amazon Neptune, a fast and fully managed graph database. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Apple Set To Launch New iPhone Wireless Chip That Can Unlock Doors
Apple Set To Launch New iPhone Wireless Chip That Can Unlock Doors
June 01, 2018  |  Apple

Apple is changing a wireless chip in the iPhone that will allow people to use the technology to securely unlock doors. Get the Full Story...

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Chime Mobile Bank Lands $70M
Chime Mobile Bank Lands $70M
June 01, 2018  |  Banking

This latest round of funding brings the company to over $100 million in total funding to date and values the business at around $500 million....

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Bitcoin Daily: Blockchain Hits 25M Wallet Milestone, Crypto Startup Paxos Notches $65M In Funding
Bitcoin Daily: Blockchain Hits 25M Wallet Milestone, Crypto Startup Paxos Notches $65M In Funding
June 01, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Crypto startup Paxos has notched $65 million in funding to expand its operations, Reuters reported. Investors included Liberty City Ventures and RRE Ventures, along with...

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Nordic Banks Collaborate To Improve AML, KYC
Nordic Banks Collaborate To Improve AML, KYC
June 01, 2018  |  International

Five of the biggest banks in the Nordics are teaming up to create a joint anti-money laundering infrastructure. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Deep Dive: The UK’s Open Banking Experiment
Deep Dive: The UK’s Open Banking Experiment
June 01, 2018  |  Smarter Payments

The U.K.’s open banking initiatives have been in place since January, intended to encourage greater competition in the financial services space by making it easier...

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How Dunkin’ Donuts And California Donuts Rolled The Dice (And The Dough)
How Dunkin’ Donuts And California Donuts Rolled The Dice (And The Dough)
June 01, 2018  |  SMBs

Everybody loves donuts, and that’s why America decided it needed to have a National Donut Day. But there’s more than one way to roll a...

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