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Why Data-Backed Innovation Is The Medicine Healthcare Needs

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It feels that way, he noted, because technologies do exist to begin mitigating and reversing some of the vulnerabilities the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed — something he knows firsthand since his company focuses on investments in firms developing innovative technological upgrades to the healthcare vertical. Breaking The Data Silos.

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Financial Stability Board Calls For Current Crypto Education

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Financial Stability Board (FSB) Chair Randal Quarles has warned global financial regulators that they must accelerate the creation of a framework for cryptocurrency and other forms of digital money, Reuters reported on Wednesday (Feb. He sent the letter ahead of the 2020 IIF G20 Conference happening in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia this weekend, Feb.

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Happy Birthday To PYMNTS

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On this day in history in the year 2009, the world of payments and commerce was changed forever. No, we’re not talking about the launch of Square – that was in February of 2009. We always want to talk to innovators and those who understand them best. True in 2009. Well, that’s how we remember it, anyway.

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The Roil Over B2B Payments Rails

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B2B payments innovators and Warren Buffet have something in common: They are both obsessed with rails. Warren Buffet made rails sexy again when he bought a railroad in 2009. Today, a host of innovators are making B2B payments rails sexy again too. Topic Two: Banks — sure, they’re boring as all get out, but they are innovating.

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Will The Stars Align For Facebook’s Project Libra?

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Déjà vu because it was 10 years ago, in May of 2009, that Facebook launched the alpha version of Facebook Credits. And, in light of that, anything that even remotely smacks of crypto could seem a little tone-deaf, especially to the regulators, since no one but people in the Valley really get its value. But not their money.

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Banking-As-A-Service Takes On The Underbanked SMB

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’s latest numbers on the topic revealing the lowest level of underbanked individuals since the survey began in 2009. He added that open banking appears to be an “inevitability” as the broader financial services market continues to innovate worldwide. The good news is that the size of the U.S. ”

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Deep Dive: How Automation And The Cloud Can Improve Operational Efficiency In Payments Processing

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Compliance with oversight laws, especially those involving anti-money laundering (AML) or know-your-customer (KYC) regulations, is a perennial struggle for FIs of all sizes.