Attribution is a pain point for companies of all shapes and sizes. There are so many options; so many decisions to be made, and there are no clear rules or parameters to guide you. There are no rules in the sense that there aren’t clear outlines for how to do attribution “correctly” because attribution can […]
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As Uber seeks to attract investors ahead of a potential initial public offering (IPO) with aspirations beyond ridesharing, food delivery in the skies might be in the company’s not-so-distant future: It is reportedly looking to launch drones for takeout in the next few years. In a job posting, the company noted that it wanted to […]
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In the pre-mobile world, in the time before the Uberization of every conceivable service, the gig economy existed — just not in the highly organized and monetized fashion as it is today. In fact, Head Blockchain Engineer Stan James at decentralized blockchain marketplace provider Origin told PYMNTS in a recent conversation that the central locus of […]
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Consumers go on a lot of different types of digital journeys in a day — they might shop online, do some banking, move funds between accounts, do some light online browsing. And while there are a lot of different contexts for digital journeys, Diebold Nixdorf VP Dr. Michael Schulte told Karen Webster in a conversation along […]
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Danske Bank, which is involved in a 200 billion euro ($230 billion) money laundering scandal in Estonia, revealed that it processed more than $1 trillion in cross-border payments in and out of the country between 2008 and 2015. In September, Denmark’s largest bank launched an inquiry to see if companies with ties to Russia were laundering […]
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The SBI Group plans to license Sepior ApS’ wallet technology to use in its own wallet, which will become a part of its digital currency exchange platform, the company said in an announcement. When it came to the decision, SBI said that Sepior’s multiparty computation (MPC) approach allows for a high level of protection for […]
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Consultancy giant Accenture says existing blockchain platform integration presented “key challenges,” which it seeks to solve with its interoperability tool. Global management consultancy firm Accenture revealed a new blockchain tool in a press release Oct. 22, its second in a month focusing on interoperability. A week after announcing a supply chain partnership with Thailand’s Siam […]
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sponsored A “made-for-gaming” cryptocurrency is leveling up by becoming a payment method in more than 500 games, 200 countries and territories, and have access to over 500 million gamers. A “made for gaming” cryptocurrency has become the first-ever altcoin to be accepted by a major gaming platform – in what is being described as good […]
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Financial services giant Fidelity’s former exec joins a blockchain firm as its COO. A former executive at financial services giant Fidelity Investments has been appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) at blockchain infrastructure firm Bloq, according to a press release Oct. 23. Bloq’s new COO, Hadley Stern, spent seventeen years at Fidelity, which administers over $7.2 […]
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Major Bitcoin mining company Bitmain releases new firmware days after compatibility warnings from competitor Slush Pool. Chinese cryptocurrency mining giant Bitmain confirmed it would roll out a firmware update for so-called ‘Overt AsicBoost’ to all its Antminer models in a blog post Monday, Oct. 22. Bitmain, which holds a monopoly on Bitcoin mining through its […]
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