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The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Grab develops e-wallet in Malaysia; Argentinian bank expands bitcoin acceptance; Mastercard supports solar energy payments in Africa; Tech group accuses banks of slow walking data sharing.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: A big IoT project takes shape in Japan; A crypto ATM opens in Liverpool; Transactive Systems gains faster pay ground; Walmart tries to gain visibility into its resale market.

Traditional credit scoring is under siege from alternative underwriting, and TransUnion is joining the future by investing in other emerging trends such as mobile device security and health care payments.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: TransUnion expands on a number of fronts; Selfie pay enters South Africa; Pras' new smartphone will include payments technology; Vota brings back payment sharing; U.S. technology companies push open banking.

E-commerce payment fraud losses are mounting, giving merchants the opportunity to dump responsibility on their technology partners, but there's no surefire way to totally offload the financial hit.

Bank executives say artificial intelligence will create jobs, while analysts say the opposite. Employees are anxious but willing to try to work with it. All agree AI is already making an impact.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: U.K. turns to fintech experts to battle Brexit losses; Legal weed e-commerce expands; Monzo apologizes for being "late" with Apple Pay; Ethereum's founder has a new project.

Even though legalized cannabis and cryptocurrency payments are still vexing markets by themselves, WebJoint and Alt Thirty Six are quickly looking to take their combined dispensary play to other businesses.

Both executives have changed the cryptocurrency narrative with supportive statements, but attracting merchants to a payments market will require work.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Google brings wearable payments to more countries; Selfie pay reaches Kuwait; Bitmain invests in Circle; Use cases emerge for government virtual currency.