What a boar! Wild pigs snort and snuffle €20k worth of marching powder stashed in Tuscan forest

by Scott Brown - 14/11/20190

Who needs truffles at a cocaine party? As if Italy's wild boar population wasn't enough of a problem for farmers while it's sober, some of the brutes have rooted out and destroyed a €20,000 stash of cocaine hidden in woodland of eastern Tuscany.… Read more...Powered by WPeMatico

Infosec boffins pour cold water on claims Home Office Brexit app can be easily hacked

by Scott Brown - 14/11/20190

'Unnecessary scaremongering' but still some work to be done Reports that the Home Office's Brexit app contains "serious vulnerabilities" that could expose the phone numbers, addresses and passport details of EU citizens are overblown, say security experts.… Read more...Powered by WPeMatico

Coinbase introduces five new currencies to card programme, including XRP

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by Scott Brown - 14/11/20190

Today is a big day for Coinbase Card. Not only are we celebrating the launch of the card in 10 new c... Read more...Powered by WPeMatico

Euroclear Bank intending to join ECB’s Target2-Securities platform

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by Scott Brown - 14/11/20190

Euroclear Bank, the Brussels-based international central securities depository (ICSD), today announc... Read more...Powered by WPeMatico

LHoFT launches the Luxembourg Academy of Digital Finance

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by Scott Brown - 14/11/20190

Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT) and Centre for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneur... Read more...Powered by WPeMatico

TransferWise to hand out $150,000 in prize money to Singaporeans overcharged by banks

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by Scott Brown - 14/11/20190

Most banks don't use the real exchange rate. Read more...Powered by WPeMatico

Bokis and Nets enter into new five-year agreement

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by Scott Brown - 14/11/20190

BOKIS, a Danish payment and card company representing 57 domestic banks, and Nets, a market leader i... Read more...Powered by WPeMatico

The Current and Future Landscape of AI and VR

by Scott Brown - 14/11/20190

Cognitive technologies like AI and VR are here to stay, claimed Dr Susie Harding at Women in Tech Dublin 2019. We engage with AI constantly nowadays; it’s all around us, in ways we couldn’t imagine even five years ago. VR technologies haven’t breached the tech wall yet, but they will

Alipay target: Serve 10m European SMEs by 2024

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by Scott Brown - 14/11/20190

Alipay has set a target of supporting 10 million small to medium sized businesses in Europe over the... Read more...Powered by WPeMatico

CLS ships first data product for FX forward market

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by Scott Brown - 14/11/20190

London and New York: CLS, a market infrastructure group delivering settlement, processing and data s... Read more...Powered by WPeMatico

United Arab Bank selectes Finastra for digital transformation drive

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by Scott Brown - 14/11/20190

Finastra announced today, during Finastra Universe Dubai, that it has signed a transformative deal w... Read more...Powered by WPeMatico

Eprivia adds Open Banking to portfolio through partnership with Salt Edge

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by Scott Brown - 14/11/20190

Exprivia | Italtel, an international company specialized in Information and Communication Technology... Read more...Powered by WPeMatico

BNY Mellon joins Singapore’s ethical AI alliance

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by Scott Brown - 14/11/20190

BNY Mellon, a global leader in investment management and investment services, announced that it has... Read more...Powered by WPeMatico

Magic Leap rattles money tin, assigns patents to a megabank, sues another ex-staffer… But fear not, all’s fine

by Scott Brown - 14/11/20190

Wait, wait, wait... there is good news: It has a Spotify app. What a winner Analysis Augmented reality hype-merchant Magic Leap has had to whip out its begging cap, sorry, sorry, its once-in-a-lifetime investment chest again for venture capitalists to top up with with millions of dollars.… Read more...Powered by WPeMatico

Cardlay wins Eurocard deal; raises $10 million in funding

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by Scott Brown - 14/11/20190

Copenhagen-based Cardlay has signed a breakthrough deal with Eurocard, the largest card issuer in Sc... Read more...Powered by WPeMatico