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Digital ID For The Next Billion People
Digital ID For The Next Billion People
July 09, 2019  |  Authentication

The questions that seem simplest tend to be the most complicated. The answers to such questions also usually end up having more significance than the...

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Can ‘Elective’ Fees Work For Retail Banks?
Can ‘Elective’ Fees Work For Retail Banks?
July 08, 2019  |  Banking

Most people like their banks, a built-in advantage for banks and credit unions as they fend off challenges from upstarts, and as more and more...

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The Future Of Compliance: Using Data Better
The Future Of Compliance: Using Data Better
July 08, 2019  |  Authentication

In the pre-digital age of financial services, AML/KYC was a very slow process. The government would put out their lists of sanctioned entities – hostile...

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i2c On Brex And ‘Fast Twitch’ Innovation
i2c On Brex And ‘Fast Twitch’ Innovation
July 08, 2019  |  Platform Payments

The good old days of a two-year product development cycle are pretty much over. These days, no matter how creative, innovative and disruptive an idea...

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B2B Investors Diversify, From Logistics To X-Border Payments
B2B Investors Diversify, From Logistics To X-Border Payments
July 05, 2019  |  B2B Payments

This week, more than $187 million in new funding landed at B2B finance and tech startups, though not all of it was concerned. Investors diversified,...

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Why AI Is Social Media Fraud’s New Best Friend
Why AI Is Social Media Fraud’s New Best Friend
July 05, 2019  |  Fraud Prevention

It can be difficult these days to remember the almost idyllic promise of social media when it first entered the general consumer consciousness. That’s not...

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The Government As Catalyst To Innovating Digital ID
The Government As Catalyst To Innovating Digital ID
July 05, 2019  |  Authentication

The ongoing and complicated work to build better digital identification systems for commerce and payments involves a host of players. The government is among those...

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