WATCH: Will biometrics #technology make your ATM card obsolete? https://t.co/XdKgNIXAXU via @GMA #FinTech Sourced through Scoop.it from: m.yahoo.com

Beacons have been around for a while, but they haven’t taken off. Whose fault is that, if anyone’s? Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

All Merchants in the Mall liked Christmas a lot. (With all the shopping and spending, how could they not?!?)   But consumers didn’t love the whole Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

What was once an adversarial relationship is giving way to a strategic partnership. Sourced through Scoop.it from: thediplomat.com

Fitch Ratings has affirmed Kazakhstan-based electricity power plant Ekibastuz GRES-1 LLP’s Long-term foreign currency Issuer Default Rating at ‘BB+’. Sourced through Scoop.it from: en.trend.az

Samruk-Kazyna, the sovereign wealth fund of the Republic of Kazakhstan, today announced memorandums of understanding and agreements for five projects totaling US$4bn around the 3d meeting of the Kazakhstan-China… Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.scoop.it

A short journey to Kazakhstan! Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.youtube.com

Plus, the erosion of intel in Afghanistan, Russia’s intel sharing with the Taliban, and more defense and security links. Sourced through Scoop.it from: thediplomat.com

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has introduced new chairman of the Kazakh National Security Committee Vladimir Zhumakanov to the administrative board of the agency Sourced through Scoop.it from: en.trend.az

The snow leopard is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia. Sourced through Scoop.it from: en.wikipedia.org