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IBM Testing Lygon Blockchain Platform To Streamline Property Leasing
IBM Testing Lygon Blockchain Platform To Streamline Property Leasing
July 04, 2019  |  Blockchain

ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, IBM, Scentre Group and Westpac have announced they are partnering to launch a live pilot for Lygon, a new digital platform using...

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Funding Pushes TripActions Travel Booking Service To $4B Valuation
Funding Pushes TripActions Travel Booking Service To $4B Valuation
June 28, 2019  |  Investments

Business travel platform TripActions has announced it has raised $250 million in Series D funding, bringing the company’s valuation to $4 billion. The round was...

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Xero, Stripe Team On Small Biz Payments
Xero, Stripe Team On Small Biz Payments
June 19, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Small business platform Xero has announced a partnership with Stripe to work on small business payments innovations. The companies will develop new tools that aim...

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The Role Of Digital Identity In Growing The Healthcare Services Gig Economy
The Role Of Digital Identity In Growing The Healthcare Services Gig Economy
June 17, 2019  |  Healthcare

The United States is currently weathering a healthcare worker shortage that is estimated to get quite a bit worse before it gets better.  According to...

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Bitcoin Daily: Komodo Blockchain Platform Hacked Itself To Protect Users’ Crypto; ING Gets On Board With USC Blockchain Project
Bitcoin Daily: Komodo Blockchain Platform Hacked Itself To Protect Users’ Crypto; ING Gets On Board...
June 07, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Blockchain startup Komodo Platform resorted to hacking its users’ wallets in order to save $13 million in bitcoin and other cryptocurrency from being stolen. The...

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Flipboard Admits To Nine-Month Database Breach
Flipboard Admits To Nine-Month Database Breach
May 30, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

News aggregation platform Flipboard has revealed that it suffered a data breach that went on for nine months. “We recently identified unauthorized access to some...

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Nordic’s P27 Mulls Buying Swedish Clearing Platform
Nordic’s P27 Mulls Buying Swedish Clearing Platform
May 28, 2019  |  Payment Methods

The Nordic’s P27, a bank-owned initiative to create a common payments platform across the region, is looking into buying Swedish clearing payment firm Bankgirot. P27...

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Can P2P Retail Be A Thing?
Can P2P Retail Be A Thing?
May 27, 2019  |  Retail

Starting a store, even a digital store, can be an awful lot of work. While the digital economy is full of firms like Square, Stripe,...

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Vodacom, Safaricom To Acquire Rights To Vodafone’s M-Pesa
Vodacom, Safaricom To Acquire Rights To Vodafone’s M-Pesa
May 24, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Kenya’s Safaricom has announced that it is partnering with Vodacom to acquire the intellectual property rights to the M-Pesa mobile financial services platform. Last year...

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