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SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Ripple , the blockchain startup, is heading up a new cryptocurrency lobbying group called Securing America’s Internet of Value Coalition. Coindesk noted that most of the members of the new lobbying group have ties to Ripple. Its founder is the former chief technology officer at Ripple.

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JANUARY 7, 2021

China’s Ant Group is mulling the creation of a new consumer loan unit that would allow it to continue making loans throughout the country while complying with new Chinese banking regulations. Ant Group had planned to go public for $35 billion, which would have made it the largest IPO in market history. China TransInfo Technology Corp.

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DECEMBER 18, 2019

To create and promote the adoption of a new royalty-free connectivity standard to make smart home products more compatible with security as a design tenet, Amazon, Google, Apple and the Zigbee Alliance unveiled a new working group. It is created around the idea that smart home devices should be seamless, reliable and secure.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2020

CIT Group Inc. Technology and equipment vendors can be live in a matter of minutes, offering real-time POS lending with little or no integration needed. “As Companies can shop for products, receive credit approval, choose terms and get documents to secure their purchases through an electronic experience.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Senior citizens are the demographic group most vulnerable to identity fraud, as they are often not as digitally savvy as their younger counterparts nor as adept in online security best practices. Large investments in security measures are necessary for banks to protect themselves and their customers from this menace.

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JUNE 9, 2020

Reports of a hacker-for-hire group dubbed “Dark Basin,” which has targeted journalists, advocacy groups and elected officials, are rocketing around the world. The Citizen Lab report links Dark Basin “with high confidence to individuals working at an Indian company named BellTroX InfoTech Services,” which uses other names as well.

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

The same framework should be in place to improve technology used by regulators in efforts to strengthen supervision throughout the industry, the think tank also says. We should not deify artificial intelligence as it could go wrong just like any other technology,” Gang said. billion by 2023, up from an estimated $4.5

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

If so, Chinese FinTech Ant Group has a deal for you. As Ant Group is on the verge of launching a blockbuster, $35 billion IPO , its blockchain business, AntChain, has unveiled a new platform designed to help those on the creative side of the aisle protect their work from poachers.

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JANUARY 15, 2021

The Hudson Group plans to add Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology to some of the popular convenience stores the chain operates at more than 1,000 North American airports, train stations and other landmarks and tourist destinations. . Checkout-Less Retail Is Becoming A Reality .

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OCTOBER 30, 2024

As part of the regulatory process, FinCEN may consider how financial institutions are currently using innovative approaches to compliance such as machine learning and AI, and the potential benefits and risks of specifying standards for those technologies.

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MAY 29, 2018

is looking to buy NSO Group, an Israeli company that sells military-grade technology, for around $1 billion. NSO makes cybersurveillance products, including Pegasus spyware, and sells them primarily to government security agencies. software company Verint Systems, Inc. ” Verint recently reported $1.1

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APRIL 21, 2019

In a press relase , the companies said they are investing $1 billion in Uber Technologies’ Advanced Technologies Group or Uber ATG. The development of automated driving technology will transform transportation as we know it, making our streets safer and our cities more livable.

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JUNE 23, 2017

Created in 2017, the API Standardization Industry Group has begun developing an application program interface (API) standardization “playbook” to help enhance support for payments and the business needs of financial institutions, companies, FinTechs and other industry stakeholders and participants. The question remains.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

I am pleased to share with our blog readers that Kristen Larson, an attorney with almost two decades of in-house experience advising midsized and large national banks on financial services matters, has joined Ballard Spahr’s Consumer Financial Services Group. She is resident in the firm’s Minneapolis office.

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JULY 15, 2019

As computers become more and more powerful and start to utilize quantum technology, today’s security measures, like encryption, will increasingly be at risk, according to reports. That’s why Dutch bank ABN AMRO has partnered with quantum technology group Qutech to get ahead of the technology and use it to improve security for banks.

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Gonzobanker

JANUARY 4, 2023

Back in the day, when I was the CIO of a bank, we had a Technology Plan. It was a single document that had every aspect of the bank’s technology goals for the year – hardware, software, vendors, projects (all led by information technology, or IT, by the way) – the entire bank IT budget. John Brunner. digital banking).

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JULY 31, 2020

This week’s look at the latest funding for B2B FinTech and other startups showcases an investor appetite for security, data and business intelligence, with nearly $63.5 California- and Israel-based Ermetic is another newly funded B2B startup focused on enterprise security. million in fresh investment for the industry.

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JUNE 17, 2020

As the chief operating officer and co-founder of Copenhagen-based Astralis Group , Jakob Lund Kristensen walks both sides of the eSports line. Astralis is a group of eSports teams that is pioneering the approach to the eSports industry by treating its gamers like athletes.

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Bobsguide

MAY 25, 2022

Users also have full control of their cards, allowing them to view their card PIN and manage many other security settings, such as freezing a card or setting permissions on e-commerce transactions, swipe payments and ATM withdrawals, all from within the app. The Moneybase offering is backed by 7 days a week ISO9001 certified human support.

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JUNE 14, 2018

Equifax , the embattled credit scoring company announced Thursday (June 14) that it named Bryson Koehler as Chief Technology Officer. Equifax said Koehler will work with the company’s product, data and analytics teams to drive technology and data insights for customers and partners. ” .

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NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Sterling Bancorp announced that it has launched its new Innovation Finance Group , and has tapped veteran technology bankers John Hoesley and Josh Roberts to lead it. Before joining Sterling, Hoesley was at CIBC Bank USA with Josh Roberts, where the two established the Innovation Banking group in 2014.

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MAY 8, 2020

But the biggest round of the week went to a challenger bank, which also secured unicorn status with its latest funding. Hub Security. Cybersecurity startup Hub Security, which targets FinTech, cloud storage and blockchain companies, has raised $5 million in Series A funding from AXA Ventures.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, Swedish peer-to-peer (P2P) lending upstart Lendify has reportedly secured $115 million of funding, while international trade platform Contour has teamed with information technology (IT) solutions firm Mphasis. Ant Group Moves Ahead With $35B IPO After China's OK.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

The latest IoT Tracker delves into new applications for IoT, as well as its limitations, with a focus on supply chains and security. Technological advancements in packaging, processing and storage of seafood products are expected to drive the growth. What About Security? Why so bullish? billion by 2025.

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MAY 8, 2019

In recent weeks, several companies have banded together to develop secure, seamless authentication tools. In other partnership news, financial services firm PayPal recently invested in blockchain security company Cambridge Blockchain. Cambridge Blockchain’s solutions use blockchain technology to validate data and identities.

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JUNE 11, 2020

To provide business-to-business (B2B) merchants with customized checkout experiences, Ingenico Group has connected its technology with Oro Inc.’s Firms can provide personalized payment experiences without compromising security via the integration, according to a Thursday (June 11) announcement.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Some data may exist in secure warehouses, others within Salesforce, or Amazon Web Services S3. Salesforce Data Cloud Securely Brings It All Together Businesses can leverage the power of tools such as Salesforce’s Data Cloud to bring together multiple data sets.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Australian digital identity management technology firm Identitii is joining a group of the nation’s largest banks to boost efficiency of digitizing data exchange for its financial institution customers. BIAN also includes technology providers and consultants including Dell, Accenture, SAP, SWIFT, IBM and Oracle, reports noted.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 7, 2016

The benefits of utilizing e-commerce technology are readily apparent to us because they are personal: We find what we are looking for; we find it at a cheaper price; we can get it more quickly. Technology can also provide tangible benefits to a business, and in many cases, those benefits are financial. Assisting with compliance.

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JANUARY 29, 2020

The company’s articles of incorporation reference “the digital nature of the shares (tokens) and the use of the blockchain as the technology to keep the shareholders registry.”. The prospectus said that the company is offering 8,399,000 “common equity share security tokens” on the ethereum blockchain.

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JUNE 4, 2019

Automotive cybersecurity company GuardKnox announced it has secured $21 million in a Series A round of funding, bringing its total raised to $24 million. In addition, a group participated as private investors, including Dr. Jürgen Hambrecht, Dr. Paul Achleitner, Robert Taub, Michael Diekmann, Prof.

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MARCH 1, 2019

Cybersecurity returned to the top of the B2B startup investment list as three companies in the enterprise security realm landed nearly half of the $246 million in B2B venture capital this week. Cequence Security. Also operating in the enterprise security space is Cequence Security, based in California. Contrast Security.

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MARCH 20, 2020

We have deep dives into in-house restaurant ordering apps and cloud technology, as well as a report on banks running short on large bills amid the coronavirus crisis. Less stringent security steps that are frictionless for consumers may let bad actors in; however, those that require too much work can lead to lost sales.

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American Banker

AUGUST 2, 2024

Community-banking groups and regulators' associations say small banks in particular need the free and accessible help. The federal Project Fortress initiative provides defensive tools for banks.

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AUGUST 2, 2018

Facebook ’s chief security officer, Alex Stamos, is leaving the company this month to join Stanford University as an adjunct professor. He will also become part of a faculty working group called Information Warfare, which will examine the role of security and technology in society.

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JANUARY 20, 2020

Fabara officially joined Visa in September of 2019, coming from Amex, where he was president of its global services group. Now four months in, he told Webster that the idea of a secure and trusted payments ecosystem is part of Visa’s “corporate DNA.” Going on the Offense. More and more, we are going after bad actors with a vengeance.

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APRIL 7, 2017

Today, APIs have become a popular way for banks to share this financial data with other services and have given rise to more possibilities for FinTechs in how they meet their customers’ needs — and more debate about the security of such facilitated information-sharing.

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