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Hitting the road
Amazon is expanding its Scout robot delivery program from a pilot near its headquarters in Snohomish County, Wash., to the Los Angeles area.
The program is still relatively limited. The e-commerce company will use robots on weekdays during daylight and robots will be accompanied by a human employee, reports
Other companies, such as
Less FX
HSBC has added more currencies to its commercial card unit in an attempt to diversify services for travel, entertainment and supply chain payments.
The bank will process Czech, Danish, Polish, Nowegian, Swedish and Swiss currency in addition to pounds, euros and U.S. dollars.
Adding currencies will allow businesses with operations in these countries to use a local currency for travel and supplier payments, which avoids a foreign exchange markup. The bank also expects it can lure business away from local card providers.
More time
It's become apparent that a huge number of banks aren't going to meet the
The
The Bank of Ireland's move more closely mirrors that of the European Banking Authority, which is extending the deadline provided the bank has a detailed plan and timeline to adopt strong authentication.
Let's make a deal
Fresh off of Ripple's $30 million investment in
Ripple wants to build on the $500 million in investments it has made over the past 18 months, CEO Brad Garlinghouse said in an interview with
It also courts controversy, with
From the Web
Reuters | Sun August 11, 2019 - Several of Mexico’s largest banks reported that they were experiencing problems processing debit and credit card payments while some shops in the capital informed customers that they would only accept cash payments.
Forbes | Fri August 9, 2019 - While Brexit continues to send shivers down the spines of business leaders, nomadic entrepreneur Guillaume Pousaz, 37, is bucking the trend by thinking about relocating to London. The move makes sense, given that London is already home to the headquarters of his global payments company, Checkout.com, which is in hyper growth mode after investors agreed to pump $230 million into his business.
NBC | Fri August 9, 2019 - More than 10,000 patients whom the FDNY EMS had previously treated and or transported were notified that their personal information may have been compromised after an employee’s personal external hard drive was lost last March, according to officials.
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The final “end of support” deadline for Windows 7 continues to loom over the ATM industry. After January 14, 2020, Microsoft will no longer provide product support for the Windows 7 platform. That means no software updates, no security patches, no fixes or technical support for any issues.
