Application news and trends

Amazon Seeks Patent For Hand Recognition
Amazon // December 26, 2019

In a move that could further upend traditional brick-and-mortar retail engagement, the United States Patent and Trademark Office published an application this week from eCommerce giant Amazon.com detailing a software system that would identify individuals through unique biometric qualities and characteristics associated with the palms...

Buffett Lukewarm On New Apple Services
Apple // March 29, 2019

Apple’s move into streaming TV services has a notable skeptic: Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett. “I’d love to see them succeed, but that’s a company that can afford a mistake or two,” Buffett said at The Gatehouse’s Hands Up for Success luncheon on Thursday (March...

Fed Promises Thorough Scrutiny Of BB&T’s SunTrust Buy
Partnerships / Acquisitions // February 27, 2019

The Federal Reserve Chairman has vowed that U.S. regulators will conduct a “thorough” review of BB&T Corp.’s planned merger with its rival SunTrust. Speaking before the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday (February 26), Jerome Powell said that regulators will be “going through our process carefully...

Enova Launches New Decision Flow Starter Kits
Innovation // June 21, 2017

Enova Decisions, an analytics and digital decisioning solution provider, has announced the launch of its new “decision flow starter kits,” a new tool that will enable companies to achieve such goals as improved detection of application fraud and smarter credit approvals. According to a press...

Interviews & Exclusives
Fighting Fraud — One Microsegment At A Time

December 14, 2016
Firewalls are out; hyperawareness of where data is flowing across networks and endpoints is in. The brand new Unisys Stealth(aware) platform takes a page from the CIA’s playbook, zeroing in on what micro-nodes are carrying sensitive data and making sure that they're bulletproof. We have all of the details.

Quick Reads
Mastercard Gets Nod To Join China’s $27T Payments Market

February 11, 2020
China’s central bank gave Mastercard the go-ahead on Tuesday (Feb. 11) to set up a bank card clearing business, granting access to a $27 trillion payments market, according to reports.  The People’s Bank of China said in a statement that it has approved an application by Mastercard’s Chinese joint venture to conduct bank card clearing […]

Amazon Seeks Patent For Hand Recognition

December 26, 2019
In a move that could further upend traditional brick-and-mortar retail engagement, the United States Patent and Trademark Office published an application this week from eCommerce giant Amazon.com detailing a software...

Buffett Lukewarm On New Apple Services

March 29, 2019
Apple’s move into streaming TV services has a notable skeptic: Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett. “I’d love to see them succeed, but that’s a company that can afford a mistake...

Enova Launches New Decision Flow Starter Kits

June 21, 2017
Enova Decisions, an analytics and digital decisioning solution provider, has announced the launch of its new “decision flow starter kits,” a new tool that will enable companies to achieve such...