Russia: Noisy Talks, Level 3 Sanction Unlikely, Limited Contagion Barron’s (blog) Emerging markets have proven resilient, “reflecting relatively light positioning and the limited importance of Russia in terms of direct economic linkages,” commented…

Source: blogs.barrons.com

Town Hall
EMERGING MARKETS-Russian stocks snap losing streak; emerging index at 17 …

Source: uk.reuters.com

Bloomberg
Saudi Arabia To Open Stock Market; How Big Is Saudi?
Barron’s (blog)
The market cap for MSCI Saudi Arabia Index is $184 billion, making it almost as big as Russia, or about 20% of MSCI EMEA and 2% of MSCI Emerging Markets.

Source: blogs.barrons.com

Future smartphones and wearables will add such biometric security features as facial or heartbeat recognition.

Source: edition.cnn.com

A new survey shows most people are willing to share biometric information with government agencies if it would in some way improve their travel…

Source: www.bsminfo.com

Biometric Systems in Academia
New Era
Biometric systems in academic institutions circumvent the limitations of traditional systems.

Source: www.newera.com.na

Today, we welcome a guest post from Iatric Systems.
 

Meaningful Use brings increased utilization of electronic records, providing instant access to patients’ medical information – which is a great thing.

Source: blog.m2sys.com

http://www.pymnts.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ROAM-mPOS-Interview-with-Scott-Holt.mp3   As we travel further along the path toward payments digitalization, there are many mPOS trends sparked along the way that are key in predicting what the…

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Snapchat recently applied for trademarks for payment systems, according to TechCrunch, but plans are unclear about how it intends to use them.

Source: www.pymnts.com

LevelUp announced the launch of its app for Android Wear to allow a smartwatch that customers can scan with their wrist to pay at any LevelUp merchant, according to MarketWatch.com.

Source: www.pymnts.com