NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. investors, buoyed by optimism about India’s economy and booming stock market, have been moving money into exchange-traded funds that focus solely on that country.U.S.-listed Source: in.reuters.com

Since 2009, emerging markets payouts have more than doubled and the trend of developing world dividend is continuing again this year. Emerging markets Source: http://www.etftrends.com

Just about a year from now, retail merchants who currently accept only magnetic stripe payment cards will have to start accepting chip-based smart cards as well. Source: http://www.csoonline.com

HYDERABAD: Service providers from telecom operators to banks and government agencies are increasingly experimenting with voice biometrics as an additional layer of security for remote… Source: articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com

CryptoLabs, led by Melanie Shapiro, is working on a new “Case,” a Bitcoin hardware wallet that will set a new standard for security and ease-of-use. Source: http://www.cryptocoinsnews.com

The Toronto Police Service is considering facial recognition software as a tool that could significantly reduce the time it takes to identify suspects, according to a report by the CBC. Already ado… Source: http://www.biometricupdate.com

Tasnim News AgencyIran-Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan railway could triple Iran-Kazakhstan tradeTrend.azBy Fatih Karimov – Trend: The Iran-Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan railway could triple annual trade between Iran and Kazakhstan to $3 billion. Source: en.trend.az

Kazakhstan is planning to attract over 8 trillion tenges ($44 billion) of investment in the electricity sector of the country in 2016-2030, Deputy Energy Minister Bakhytzhan Dzhaksaliyev said last week. Source: http://www.azernews.az

TALLINN – The most northern Baltic republic – Estonia – is revising its areas of interest to explore new opportunities for mutually beneficial cooperation with Central Asian countries.  Right after the interdependence, Estonia’s first priority was… Source: http://www.neurope.eu

International Rating Agency Fitch Ratings has revised the Outlook on Kazakhstan-based Mangistau Electricity Distribution Company JSC’s (MEDNC) Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to Negative from Stable and affirmed the IDR at ‘BB+’… Source: en.trend.az