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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

To enable customers to shop from the complete selection of multiple mall offerings and retrieve their purchases from one place, European mall operator Citycon is creating a buy-online-pick-up-in-store (BOPIS) service. Citycon runs 40 shopping centers throughout Estonia and the Nordic nations, Bloomberg reported.

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DECEMBER 8, 2020

Over 110,000 restaurants have shuttered since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and another 500,000-plus establishments are in an "economic free fall," the National Restaurant Association said in a letter to Congress. The survey included 6,000 restaurant operators and 250 supply chain businesses Nov.

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AUGUST 28, 2020

Bloomberg News reported that Transport for London (TfL) will stay neutral and let the court decide whether Uber can operate in its biggest European market. Citing that Uber was unfit to hold a license, TfL suspended the company’s operations last November. The App Drivers and Couriers Union (ADCU), a U.K.-based

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DECEMBER 13, 2020

Department of Commerce and its National Telecommunications and Information Administration unit discovered Friday (Dec. 12) emergency meeting of the National Security Council at the White House, Reuters reported. Its operators also have filched industrial data and hacked foreign ministries.".

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Blockchain firm Digital Currency Group (DCG) has bought the Luno cryptocurrency exchange, which it will keep running as an independent subsidiary, according to a Wednesday (Sept. In August, a large share of a group of mayors inked a deal to take payment for taxes through the country’s digital currency. 9) announcement.

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AUGUST 7, 2020

India has seen a steady stream of digital payments since it locked down to prevent the spread of COVID-19 , but the nation of 1.3 To address grievances, the central bank will require payment system operators to introduce an online dispute resolution center. In July, the National Payments Corp.

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JUNE 1, 2020

The National Coalition of Associations of 7-Eleven Franchisees (NCASEF) said store operators who took in federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans could potentially have to pay back a “material portion” of the funds. The NCASEF is a trade association for 7-Eleven franchise operators in the U.S.,

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JULY 30, 2020

As the new stimulus package starts its journey from initial proposal to tense negotiations, both the National Retail Federation ( NRF ) and Retail Industry Leaders Association ( RILA ) have expressed support for several aspect of what is now being called the HEALS Act (Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection, and Schools Act).

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JULY 10, 2020

Achieving these commitments will require clinical, marketing, and operations teams partnering more closely together and in a way they never have before. COVID exposed the fragility of many systems’ operating models: an over-reliance on a small number of services to fund expenses across the enterprise. The $200B question.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2020

There are roughly 4,000 traders in Binance’s Nigerian Telegram group. Reginald Fowler, “an alleged operator behind payment processor Crypto Capital , was charged with wire fraud” on Friday (Feb. This is in addition to charges of bank fraud, an unlicensed money transfer operation and conspiracy.

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JULY 16, 2020

The gloves are off in the retail landlord leasing battle, with Simon Property Group now suing mall tenants who aren’t paying their rent. Last month, Simon Property Group filed a similar lawsuit against Brooks Brothers seeking $8.7 Stern likes what Ingka Group, operator of IKEA stores, is doing. million in missed rent.

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APRIL 9, 2020

The hacking group, also known as REvil, told the BBC that they gained access to the company’s computer network last year and downloaded 5GB of sensitive customer data. They claimed to have birthdates, credit card information and national insurance numbers and demanded the $6 million payment.

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JUNE 15, 2020

The restaurant industry, hit hard by the effects of the coronavirus, has lost $120 billion in the first three months of the pandemic, reported the National Restaurant Association. In a survey of over 3,800 restaurant operators, the association found that 76 percent of the restaurants that actually stayed open have rehired at least some staff.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

I eventually got headhunted to work for City National Bank in Los Angeles. MM: So, you started at City National Bank, and was the bank online before you got there? I was one of the 24 first IT people, and when I left, the IT group had no less than 300 people. MM: You played a variety of roles at City National Bank.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

In today’s top news in payments around the world, Delivery Hero said it has acquired Glovo’s Latin America operations, and Telefónica is teaming with Rakuten for the development of an OpenRAN (radio access network). Plus, Flipkart Group is reportedly getting ready to go public as early as next year.

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MARCH 20, 2020

The vice president of policy and legal affairs at DJI, Brendan Schulman, said the Federal Aviation Administration should “readily grant waivers on restrictions that might impede beneficial operations.” . There are many use cases for drones that can aid the nation,” said Lisa Ellman, the group’s executive director.

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JANUARY 1, 2021

s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) — chiefly for a new watchdog group — the proposed regulatory regime is intended “harness the full potential of digital markets, driving greater competition and innovation,” according to a CMA statement. The seeming intent across the pond to reign in Big Tech’s scope also is echoed in the U.K.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

House committee this week began reviewing the idea of allowing the likes of Amazon or Facebook to receive charters to operate as banks — an idea that’s already gotten plenty of pushback from traditional financial institutions (FIs). However, the banking industry doesn’t like that one bit. “We

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JUNE 6, 2017

From some guy’s garage in San Francisco, a group of math nerds has grown into one of the world’s finest-tuned machine learning operations. I’ve had the privilege to study and do research at many amazing universities and national labs around the world throughout my career.

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JUNE 2, 2020

The forces closing in on retail have forced its various trade and advocacy groups to press their case in Washington. While the AAFA is taking its concerns to the government, the National Retail Federation (NRF) has expressed cautious optimism. Among those forces: 2.1 Brookfield is targeting $5 billion to be put toward the fund.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

Consumers were flocking to digital and mobile banking well before the pandemic’s onset, but social distancing and limited branch operations highly accelerated that uptake.

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JUNE 5, 2020

This includes static application structure, dynamic application behavior, third-party component patch/version levels, and overall deployment environment compliance with hardened operating systems. Many development groups rely on third-party components to gain development efficiency (i.e. Operational Security. Secrets Management.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2020

He said it has "huge implications" on payments as well as the general way society would operate. Those comments came about six months after other BoE comments saying that it planned to lead a group alongside top global banks to explore numerous concerns with issuing the currencies.

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

The EBF represents the vast majority of the European banking sector through its membership, spanning 32 national banking associations from across Europe, which in turn encompass more than 3,500 banks. The trends toward modernizing the banking system were only accelerated by lockdowns and shutdowns of brick-and-mortar locations. “If

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JANUARY 27, 2021

The National Restaurant Association , the country’s (and world’s) foodservice trade association, released its annual State of the Restaurant Industry report on Tuesday (Jan. 26) compiling and analyzing data elicited from 6,000 restaurant operators and 1,000 adult consumers. Creating Culinary Experiences Remotely.

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AUGUST 20, 2020

Faster Payments Council Announces Board Advisory Group. Among the FPC Board Advisory Group’s members are Michael Sklow of Goldman Sachs, Judy Nguyen of American Express, Bridget Hall with ACI Worldwide and Connie Theien of the Federal Reserve. This week, the U.S. ” AscendantFX Eyes Payment Tracking With gpi. .

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JUNE 18, 2020

The London-based trade group for Europe’s ePayments community is waiting for the European Banking Authority , the European Union (EU) banking regulator, to provide the 27-nation bloc with an update on Strong Customer Authentication (SCA). Vendorcom wants answers.

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AUGUST 16, 2023

Heartland Tri-State began operations in 1985 under the name First National Bank of Elkhart. In 2011, Hanes put together a local investment group that purchased the bank from its former holding company, and he became President and CEO of the new bank. He was promoted to President and CEO in 2008.

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JANUARY 7, 2021

In today’s top payments news around the world, China’s Ant Group is mulling the creation of a new consumer loan unit, while the British financial watchdog Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) warned that the pandemic could flatline financial services companies. Ant Plans Credit Unit Overhaul to Avoid Sharp Drop in Loans.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2020

The National Restaurant Association cited U.S. The group's head, Tom Bené, argued in a Nov. 17 letter to the National Governors Association that the industry is being unfairly blamed for COVID-19 cases. "We We continue to support aggressive steps to protect the nation’s public health.

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APRIL 27, 2020

The latest data on customer behavior comes as the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) and National Retail Federation released a Blueprint for Shopping Safe. The next phase allows stores to reopen to the public with social distancing and limited capacity, similar to the way supermarkets are operating now.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

according to CryptoNews, citing data from The Havana Consulting Group and Tech. The proof-of-concept was run in partnership with BIS’ Innovation Hub Swiss Centre, the Swiss National Bank and financial infrastructure operator SIX, according to the announcement.

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JUNE 19, 2019

The G7 wants to create a working group that will investigate how to make sure that there are proper controls against the threat of money laundering with cryptocurrencies as well. Also participating in the working group will be the International Monetary Fund.

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OCTOBER 13, 2020

An operating system that has been active for a minimum of three years, Tron , recently issued a DeFi token. The group said that ransomware incidents against banks, medical centers, educational institutions and other “critical infrastructure” in G7 nations has been increasing in scope, complexity and commonness.

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MARCH 19, 2020

Simon Property Group is temporarily shuttering its U.S. And, because of the coronavirus outbreak, the Union Square Hospitality Group has laid off approximately 2,000 members of its workforce, CNBC reported. Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus around the world. The move was to take place at 7 p.m. Its sales had plunged 24.1

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JUNE 30, 2020

The operation was conducted against two distinct groups of criminals. They contend that one of the vendors for the groups had the pharmaceuticals move through different countries prior to bringing them to a location in Murica. million profit in crypto, Coindesk reported.

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

And restaurant operators are aware. We want restaurants to work so badly that we are willing to lie to ourselves,” Heather Mojer, co-owner and beverage director at Boston-based Big Dipper Hospitality Group , operator of the Café Du Pays, Mamaleh’s Delicatessen and State Park restaurants, wrote in an Instagram post. “We

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