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Smart Payment Card Shipments Up 34 Percent

Smart Payment Card Shipments Up 34 Percent
Smart Payment Card Shipments Up 34 Percent
April 28, 2016  |  EMV

The shift to EMV in the U.S. is soaring the global demand for smart payment cards by as much as 34 percent, a new Smart Payment...

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The CFPB Sets Its Sights On Marketplace Lending
The CFPB Sets Its Sights On Marketplace Lending
April 28, 2016  |  CFPB

The CFPB has its eye on the biggest marketplace lenders in the U.S., and it is leaning toward bringing those online businesses under its supervision...

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Apple Pay Secures First Australian Bank Partner
Apple Pay Secures First Australian Bank Partner
April 28, 2016  |  Apple Pay

In a move aimed at expanding its presence in Australia, tech juggernaut Apple has boosted its Apple Pay roster by bringing on ANZ, which has...

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Affirm Buys Personal Finance App Sweep
Affirm Buys Personal Finance App Sweep
April 28, 2016  |  Alternative Finances

Affirm announced its acquisition of an app-based personal finance tool called Sweep on Wednesday (April 27). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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PayPal’s ‘Best Quarter Ever’
PayPal’s ‘Best Quarter Ever’
April 28, 2016  |  Mobile Payments

It was a good day to be PayPal yesterday (April 27), as the firm announced that total payment volume is up 29 percent from a...

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Samsung Launches IoT Cloud Platform
Samsung Launches IoT Cloud Platform
April 28, 2016  |  Internet of Things

It’s with no small degree of irony that the budding Internet of Things will depend on software, not a thing at all, to tie all...

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AT&T Betting Big On IoT
AT&T Betting Big On IoT
April 28, 2016  |  Internet of Things

In an age of streaming content and alternate media sources galore, traditional telecom companies are at risk of bleeding customers and their precious disposable income...

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Treasury Dept. Money Laundering Head Jumping Ship To HSBC
Treasury Dept. Money Laundering Head Jumping Ship To HSBC
April 27, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Jennifer Shasky Calvery — the Treasury Department’s top anti-money laundering official — has announced her intentions to leave the U.S. government agency to take a...

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