Amazon has opened Amazon 4-star, a new store in New York City where every product is rated 4 stars and above, is a top seller or is new and trending on Amazon’s website. The store is located in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood, on Spring Street between Crosby and Lafayette Streets. “We created Amazon 4-star […]
Continue ReadingScrabble has added the word ‘bitcoin’ to the list of words that players can officially use in its popular board game, CNBC reported. That is, Merriam-Webster included the cryptocurrency in its newest official dictionary for Scrabble. According to its dictionary, bitcoin is defined as “a digital currency.” How many points can a player score by […]
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Chegg, a technology giant specializing in textbook rental, suffered a data breach affecting around 40 million customers. According to CNBC, Chegg’s shares fell more than 12 percent on Wednesday (September 26) after the news broke. The breach, which happened in April but was only discovered a week ago, was revealed in a filing with the Securities and […]
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Hong Kong has launched the Faster Payments System (FSP), which allows users to send money almost instantly using a mobile number or email address as an account proxy. In March, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced plans to introduce a faster payments system that will link into 20 banks and eight electronic payment operators, with […]
Continue ReadingOrigins are all the rage in modern life: origin stories, family origins via DNA and digital ancestry databases. Add to that Walmart’s latest effort to gain more grocery market share: using blockchain technology to trace the origin of the food sold by the retailer back to the farms from which it came. The idea is […]
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Want to understand payments innovation in Latin America? First, let’s talk about ingredients — as in food. Imagine a shopping bag full of common ingredients, the staples that are familiar and affordable for a wide range of consumers. Consider all the ways in which those common ingredients can be combined into a tasty dish — […]
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The last mile. The concept has a finality to it, a sense of completion. But in business, as in any endeavor that spans time, place, relationships and tasks, the last mile can be obscure — clouded, even, by distractions and obstacles. So it is in B2B, where activity crosses borders and currencies, and where regulations […]
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Driver’s licenses have not changed much over the past few decades. The plastic cards have become a fixture in American wallets from Maine to Hawaii, required not just when behind the wheel, but also at cigar shops, liquor stores, bars and nightclubs. They could soon be getting a makeover, however, as a growing number of […]
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Over the last few years, quick-service restaurants (QSRs) have focused on introducing mobile apps and designated pickup lines that help busy customers get in, get their meals and get out — ASAP. However, not all customers want to eat in the car, at home or in the office cafeteria. Some QSRs are enabling mobile order-ahead […]
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Austria’s government will use the Ethereum blockchain to issue €1.15 billion ($1.35 billion) of government bonds in a Federal Bond Auction. Austria’s government is set to use the Ethereum (ETH) public blockchain to issue €1.15 billion ($1.35 billion) of government bonds in an auction next week, local news outlet Kleine Zeitung reports September 25. Oesterreichische […]
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