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Government Payment Service Leaks Data On 14M Customers Online

PYMNTS

Government Payment Service , the company that enables online payments for thousands of U.S. state and local governments, has inadvertently made available information on more than 14 million customers from as long as six years ago.

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Visa and TECH5 Team Up to Advance Global Digital Government Ecosystems

The Fintech Times

Digital payments company Visa has teamed up with TECH5, a biometrics and digital identity management company, to focus on the development and enhancement of digital government ecosystems on a global scale.

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Visa announces strategic collaboration with TECH5 to Advance Digital Government Ecosystems

Fintech Finance

a world leader in digital payments and TECH5 , an innovator in the field of biometrics and digital identity management, have signed a strategic collaboration agreement focusing on the development and enhancement of digital government ecosystems on a global scale. Visa Inc.,

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Stimulus stumbles cry out for a digital dollar

Payments Source

A blockchain-based digital dollar deserves serious consideration if only because its adoption would mark the beginning of a modern, more efficient government payment structure, says Polyient Labs’ Jeff Hinkle.

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7 Best Practices for Preventing Government Fraud in Payments

Core

As pillars of the public, government organizations contribute to the stability and functionality of society, ensuring citizens receive necessary support, protection, and opportunities for growth. Digital payments are now an integral piece of the government financial landscape. How is this achieved?

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Digital dollar seems inevitable, but details remain fuzzy

Payments Source

The push for a public option to digitize government payments has gotten stronger, and the discussion has moved on from whether it should happen to how it should happen.

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Pakistan Launches Payment System To Boost Financial Inclusion

PYMNTS

Pakistan has debuted a government-run instant digital payment system to help with financial inclusion and government revenue, Reuters reports. Pakistan has the distinction as a country where only some economic transactions happen on the books.