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The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Technology pros turn down jobs in the U.K. because of Brexit; Amazon Key has a security gap; Singapore extends its fintech influence; Gaming takes to cryptocurrency.

Facebook's introduction of mobile payments in the U.K. and France is accompanied by the complexity of having to adapt as Brexit unwinds the U.K. from the European Union.

Canada's payments modernization initiative is using a distributed ledger to expedite processing across a nationwide network, providing scale that could open the technology to wider use elsewhere if successful.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon Go's sensors spot staff in costumes; A cryptocurrency for cryptocurrency office space; Bango expands in Africa; Kickstarter relaunches artist funding unit.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: People track others' spending habits on Venmo; Square Cash tests bitcoin support; Android Pay's world gets larger; N26 adds Apple Pay support; Placer adds a buy button.

Fintech startup Payrailz is positioning itself firmly in the "invisible" payments market that's taking shape in the e-commerce and mobile app business. Only in Payrailz's case, it's making a direct appeal to smaller banks that may have the greatest need to update their tech.

One of the risks of omnichannel shopping is showrooming, where consumers browse products in person at a store but purchase online from a rival at a better price. This problem has existed for years in the brick-and-mortar world, and the maturation of digital shopping has caused showrooming to spread to more retailers.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Mastercard opens its first innovation hub in Australia; Collaborative mobile payments advance in Poland; Steem plots a blockchain wallet; CU Wallet founder joins credit union tech consultant.

Viewpoint's Henry Ferguson has heard the arguments against digitization firsthand, when checking with advisers who take the temperature of people in the construction industry.

Citigroup is extending a technology program that's designed to cut excess out of international supply procurement.