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xxx New York City Council has voted to ban cashless stores and restaurants, arguing that they discriminate against the unbanked. The council voted to pass a bill requiring brick and mortar outlets in the city to accept US bills and coins or face fines of up to $1000 for a first violation and $1500 forContinue reading “New York to ban cashless stores”

xxx Opponents of the bans on cashless establishments have argued that businesses should be able to make these decisions for themselves. From Cities And States Are Saying No To Cashless Shops : NPR: xxx

xxx The PatronScan kiosk, placed at the entrance of a bar or nightlife establishment, can verify whether an ID is real or fake, and collect and track basic customer demographic data. For bars, accurate ID scanners are valuable tools that help weed out underage drinkers, protecting the establishments’ liquor licenses from fines and scrupulous stateContinue reading “This ID Scanner Company is Collecting Sensitive Data on Millions of Bargoers”

xxx It contained my Oyster card, driving licence and debit card. I’d managed to quickly cancel the debit card and order a new one (which I was assured would arrive “within the next five days”) but for the time being, after taking a loan from a friend, I had to go cash only. In London,Continue reading “(1) Cardless in the coronavirus crisis  | Financial Times”

It’s really easy to design a digital identity infrastructure for the most of us for most of the time. Trying to figure out how to help a law-abiding citizen with a passport or driving licence to open a digital bank account or to login remotely to make an insurance claim or to book a tennisContinue reading “MEDIUM published Covering up and COV-19”

xxx The email addresses and travel details of about 10,000 people who used free wi-fi at UK railway stations have been exposed online. Network Rail and the service provider C3UK confirmed the incident three days after being contacted by BBC News about the matter. The database, found online by a security researcher, contained 146 millionContinue reading “Rail station wi-fi provider exposed traveller data – BBC News”

xxx A World Health Organisation spokesperson told The Telegraph: ‘We know that money changes hands frequently and can pick up all sorts of bacteria and viruses. ‘We would advise people to wash their hands after handling banknotes, and avoid touching their face. ‘When possible it would also be advisable to use contactless payments to reduceContinue reading “WHO urges switch to contactless to slow virus transmission”

xxx “That we need, but currently lack, institutions that are good at thinking through, discussing, and explaining the often complex trade-offs that need to be made about data. That the task of creating trust is different in different fields. Overly generic solutions will be likely to fail. That trusts need to be accountable—in some casesContinue reading “The new ecosystem of trust: how data trusts, collaboratives and coops can help govern data for the maximum public benefit | Nesta”

xxx Think of Aadhaar as an “identity rail”, giving banks and fintech companies a secure means to identify would-be customers — and the government and businesses an easy way to pay them. The payments system, dubbed UPI or the Unified Payments Interface, in turn acts as a “payments rail” to give those players access toContinue reading “India’s payments revolution | FT Alphaville”