Yearly Archives: 2014

The CFPB slips mention of digital wallets and virtual currencies into its prepaid debit card report

Money is going digital. Despite the many fits and stops, competing technologies and platforms, and omnipresent wrestling match for control over the future of payments, it seems to be inevitable tha… Source: pando.com

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Finextra: Americans trust banks over Apple for mobile wallets

Despite the fanfare that accompanied Apple Pay’s launch, less than a third of Americans would consider obtaining a mobile wallet app from the iPhone maker, while more than two thirds would take a bank’s offering, according to a survey from

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Window on Eurasia — New Series: Window on Eurasia: Moscow’s Moves in Georgia Intended to Cut off Central Asia and China from Europe, Regional Expert Says

Moscow’s Moves in Georgia Intended to Cut off Central Asia & China from Europe, via Prof. @PaulGoble1 #Russia http://t.co/lYB2Dwwrsq Source: windowoneurasia2.blogspot.fr

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ISS Expedition 41 members get Kazakh gold-embroidered costumes – ITAR-TASS

Maxim Surayev, Reid Wiseman and Alexander Gerst anded their Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft in Kazakhstan at 06:58am Moscow Time on Monday Source: en.itar-tass.com

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With Russia Building New Spaceport, Will It Need Kazakhstan’s Baikonur?

When the Soviet Union collapsed, Russia suddenly found that its main rocket launch facility was situated in newly independent Kazakhstan. Source: http://www.eurasianet.org

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Kazakhstan should join BRICs? – The Banker. Markets. Tengrinews.kz

The Banker’s chief editor Brian Caplen says it makes sense for BRICs to invite Kazakhstan to join the alliance. Source: en.tengrinews.kz

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NextGen Finance: Banking, ATM, mPayments, Biometrics and Security IP … – GlobeNewswire (press release)

NEW YORK, N.Y., Nov. 13, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via PRWEB – Source: globenewswire.com

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27 Data Security Experts Reveal The #1 Information Security Issue Most … – SYS-CON Media (press release)

SYS-CON Media, NJ, The world’s leading i-technology media company on breaking technology news. Source: http://www.sys-con.com

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Apple must go to court over disappearing iMessage fiasco, judge says – CNET

US District Judge Lucy Koh greenlights a lawsuit filed in May about disappearing iMessages when switching from an iPhone to an Android device. Source: http://www.cnet.com

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EyeLock and Wistron NeWeb Corporation Partner to Bring Iris Authentication to … – Virtual-Strategy Magazine (press release)

License agreement marks first of its kind to embed iris authentication across ODM devices including consumer and enterprise computers | Virtual Strategy Magazine is an online publication devoted entirely to virtualization technologies. Source: http://www.virtual-strategy.com

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