The State Department, like the Pentagon, is interested in more sophisticated biometric technologies to help with security overseas. Sourced through Scoop.it from: fcw.com

The consumer discretionary subsector outperformed the consumer staples. A major thing to note is the rising investments in the consumer sector of emerging markets. Sourced through Scoop.it from: marketrealist.com

While ETF investors seem to dislike emerging markets, that doesn’t mean they aren’t investing in them. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.bloomberg.com

Shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Indx (ETF) (NYSE:EEM) were the target of a large increase in short interest during the month of October. As of October Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.dakotafinancialnews.com

SYS-CON Media (press release)Biometrics in the Payment Industry: “Almost Every Bank, Retailer, Payment … Sourced through Scoop.it from: news.sys-con.com

The rollout of EMV is accompanied by increased card not present fraud, but banks can reduce losses using voice biometrics in the call center. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.paymentssource.com

The EMV chip cards have already successfully reduced face-to-face fraud around the world. With a “future proof” terminal you can start accepting EMV chip … Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.youtube.com

The PYMNTS team caught up with experts in the payments field to ask them their views on industry trends, predictions for the coming year and what their ideal payments system looks like. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

The PYMNTS team caught up with experts in the payments field to ask them their views on industry trends, predictions for the coming year and what their ideal payments system looks like. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

When it comes to IPOs, $4 billion is nothing to sneeze at, but when putting that number next to Square, it’s actually a letdown.  Bloomberg reported today (Nov. 6) that the mobile payments company is looking to grab a valuation of…