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The Complicated — And Increasingly Crowded — Payments Battle In China

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According to research from RBR , at the end of 2016, more than six billion UnionPay-branded cards existed worldwide. In the first quarter alone, smartphone-originated QR code-based payments saw transaction growth of a staggering 113 percent according to the consulting firm iResearch. Experts wonder if that ground can be gained back.

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Fraud Fighters Focusing On Better P2P Security

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Per the Playbook, 21 percent of all fraud attacks “were waged on mobile transactions in the first half of the year and 37 percent of them originated from mobile devices.”. The number of P2P payment fraud victims has increased by 733 percent since 2016 and the total amount of money stolen has likewise risen. There were 1.4

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What Is CRISPR?

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All 3 of these companies IPO’ed in 2016 and are in the drug discovery/pre-clinical stage of testing their respective CRISPR therapeutic candidates for various human diseases. In 2016, the white button mushroom , modified to be resistant to browning, became the first CRISPR-edited organism to bypass USDA. OTWELL AND M.

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What Is CRISPR?

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All 3 of these companies IPO’ed in 2016 and are in the drug discovery/pre-clinical stage of testing their respective CRISPR therapeutic candidates for various human diseases. In 2016, the white button mushroom , modified to be resistant to browning, became the first CRISPR-edited organism to bypass USDA. OTWELL AND M.

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Why It’s Time To Shut Down Cryptocurrencies

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Bitcoin’s innovation — anonymity and irrevocability — have taken the friction out of crime. The FBI reports that some $28 million in losses were reported to them in 2016, triple what they say they saw in 2015. They also use it to move money out of countries where strict currency controls exist. But that’s only what’s reported.

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Sleepless In Payments

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Everywhere else, though, there seems to be a lot that keeps people tossing and turning – and that was before the 2016 Presidential race in the U.S. Instantly, and irrevocably. Those guys and gals sleep the most of anyone in the world – about six and a half hours a night – and pretty peacefully. kicked into full meltdown mode.