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Empty handed: Aeon Bank has developed a biometric-based authentication system that supports access to ATMs and automated teller windows without using a card or entering a PIN. Technology company Morfina built the device, which allows people to use finger veins and fingerprints for biometric authentication. The technology company also manages a software library to store and manage finger-based identity. The bank's goal is to power payments and other transactions at ATMs and self-service kiosks without the consumer having to use any device, card or phone—a step beyond the mobile-powered
International B-to-B: Canada's Nanopay has lured business accounts through
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ABC News | Sun Dec 10, 2017 - Max Levchin helped introduce the masses to the concept of a digital wallet when he co-founded PayPal in the late 1990s. These days, he's still trying to use online services to reshape the world of finance. He is currently CEO of Affirm, a San Francisco startup that offers fixed-payment loans through the internet. It's an alternative to traditional credit cards, which can get consumers into trouble because small minimum payments they make each month can keep them in debt for decades. Levchin, now 42, recently connected with The Associated Press to discuss the state of digital payments, computer security and bitcoin, a cryptocurrency whose value has ranged from about $1,000 to more than $19,000 this year as investors have bet on its future prospects.
The Times | Sat Dec 9, 2017 - HM Revenue & Customs is to stop accepting credit card payments less than three weeks before the deadline for submitting, and paying, self-assessment tax returns. Some 454,000 people paid their tax using a personal credit card last year, with HMRC taking about £12 million a year in commission, which it says it has to pay the credit card companies to process payments. About 10.5 million people are expected to submit a self-assessment tax return by January 31.
CBS Moneywatch | Fri Dec 8, 2017 - The latest cryptocurrency excitement seems to stem from word that institutional investors are on the verge of joining in on the bitcoin craze. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board Options Exchange both plan to start trading in bitcoin futures later this month. Yet, I can't help but fear a nasty end. Regulators seem spooked, with South Korea's prime minister fearing "serious pathological phenomena," while the UK plans a crackdown by forcing users to disclose their identities. Russia and China have already leaned against the trend. And in the US, the IRS won a case against Coinbase -- a popular cryptocurrency exchange -- to disclose user information amid a wide gap between the number of bitcoin traders and the number reporting gains for tax purposes.
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