Fujitsu is readying a new pedometer for canines that stores and tracks their health data online. The device, which clips on to a dog’s collar, uses a motion sensor to track how much distance an animal has covered, then can upload ...
Starbucks is investing $25 million in mobile payment venture Square, and will allow customers to use a Pay with Square smartphone application to buy coffee at its retail stores starting this fall, the companies announced Wednesday. As ...
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Apple apparently made the right decision to omit NFC from the iPhone 5, given that 68% of U.S. consumers prefer to buy good using cash and credit cards over mobile wallets, according to a recent consumer survey. “Consumers ...
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Bank employees, not customers, are now the main target of financial cyber attacks, according to the FBI. In a warning issued earlier this week, it said the latest trend by cybercriminals is to get employee login credentials, using spam ...
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PZU Insurance Group (PZU) has selected Guidewire PolicyCenter and Guidewire BillingCenter for underwriting, policy administration and billing operations. In addition to Guidewire Rating Management, PZU selected Guidewire Reinsurance ...
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US mutual insurer of automobiles Amica Mutual Insurance (Amica) has chosen Guidewire Software's BillingCenter as its new billing management system for all of its lines of business in all states of US. The company has already been ...
Kentucky Farm Bureau has selected Guidewire Software’s BillingCenter as its new billing management system to assist its property and casualty insurer to prepare for future growth and enhance customer experience. The BillingCenter ...
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Mobile phones are expected to play a significant role in the future of cashless payments in remote and on-premise purchases. Payment companies are ramping up their mobile offerings in the scramble for this lucrative market. ...
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Apple has been accused of holding back the advance of near field communication (NFC) technology with its decision to launch the iPhone 5, which went on sale today, without the much-rumoured NFC-based contactless payment facilities. But ...
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The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) has put U.S. banks on high alert against cyberattackers seeking to steal employee network login credentials to conduct extensive wire transfer fraud. The alert warns ...
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MasterCard today announced it had signed a five-year deal with Everything Everywhere to develop mobile payment systems. MasterCard had already formed a partnership in 2009 with Orange, when it began work on QuickTap, the first near-field ...
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David Weymouth, group director of operations and risk at insurance giant RSA, talks to Computer Weekly about the importance of training the next generation of IT leaders; the key changes affecting finance technology; and why a government ...
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Despite a years-long upgrade of Australia's payment systems, fraudsters are still profiting, leaving a questionable record for a vast program to equip debit and credit cards with new security features. For several years, Australia has ...
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China’s 12th Five-Year Plan, which got under way this year, is expected to give a strong boost to the country’s LED industry. The plan includes a number of subprojects designed to bolster the development of local emerging ...
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