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xxx Cybercriminals can already read information from the card chip  Artyom Sychev, Deputy Director, General Directorate of Security and Information Protection, Bank of Russia  From Cash circulation: from robotization to countering “black box” attacks against ATMs. First summary of PLUS-Forum 2016 xxx

xxx With the blockchain, you gain access to two things. On one hand, you could select only the pertinent information required for that transaction-and entering a bar through a bouncer is a transaction. In this case: name, picture, and age. On the other hand, the bouncer can rest easy knowing that once something is hashedContinue reading “Blockchain: An Answer to Identity? – NASDAQ.com”

Starbucks has announced its new MyBarista service that will allow people to order (and pay, of course) using chat and voice interfaces. Starbucks Mobile App customers will be able to place their orders via voice command or messaging interface, From Starbucks Unveils Five-Year Growth Plan, Introduces Voice Payment Feature | Bank Innovation

I noticed an e-mail from Business Intelligence that says Mobile Peer-to-Peer payments in the U.S. are forecast to grow from $5.6 billion in 2014 to nearly $175 billion by 2019 as consumers increasingly skip the hassle of writing a check or going to an ATM. But smartphone vendors like Apple could cripple the dominant playerContinue reading “POST Venmo vs. banks vs. GAFAM”

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xxx One result of this could be is that we see consumers starting to more and more use the Direct Debit system From Frictionless Payments: Will they become a Mirage | David Parker | Pulse | LinkedIn David is completely right to point out that SCA just doesn’t fly – it just doesn’t work inContinue reading “Frictionless Payments: Will they become a Mirage | David Parker | Pulse | LinkedIn”

xxx The transport secretary says that he wants all train companies to make available these Oyster-card style cards to commuters by the end of 2018 From Commuters to get smart cards to travel across country by 2018 and Network Rail to lose sole control of track network, Chris Grayling says xxx

xxx The man, despite being twice ruled a threat to national security, has defeated repeated attempts to deport him by illegally keeping his true identity secret. From Terror suspect dodges deportation by refusing to reveal his real identity for 23 years xxx

xxx Interior Minister Aryeh Deri published a memorandum on Thursday recommending that all Israeli citizens be required to obtain a biometric identity card, with personal details stored on a digital database. From Government plans mandatory biometric ID | The Times of Israel xxx

xxx The government is concurrently working on developing a common mobile phone app that can be used by shopkeepers and merchants for receiving Aadhaar-enabled payments bypassing credit and debit cards, PIN and password. From Govt plans Aadhaar-based app to replace debit, credit cards, PIN numbers – Livemint xxx