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SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

In tech, innovation is everything. In innovation, intellectual property is, well, almost everything — it can be the hardware, the software, the processes that come from creative endeavor. And patents? Well, consider them a form of competitive advantage. News came recently, when it comes to patents tied to the blockchain landscape, that Thomson Reuters found China, and Alibaba , to have had an outsized showing.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, as amended, creates a five-step framework for entities to determine when and how much revenue should be recognized. The first article in the ‘Dissecting the New Revenue Recognition Guidance’ series discussed step 1: identifying the contract(s) with a customer. The second article in the series explained step 2: identifying performance obligations in the contract.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

RiskIQ, the security firm, told outlets on Tuesday (Sept. 11) that the data breach at British Airways was due to credit card skimming installed by malware hackers. According to reports , Yonathan Klijnsma, a threat researcher at RiskIQ, told the outlet that the same group of hackers that breached Ticketmaster may be behind the attack at British Airways, in which more than 380,000 credit cards were compromised.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

This year’s “Great Crypto Crash” appears to be deepening and has hit a major milestone set by the dot-com bubble, Bloomberg reported. Digital currencies have tumbled from a January high by 80 percent, according to the MVIS CryptoCompare Digital Assets 10 Index. That level tops the “peak-to-trough decline” in the Nasdaq Composite Index following the dot-com bubble.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Amazon’s B2B business is growing up fast, as trade conflicts build and inject risks and threats into the larger industry landscape. Meanwhile, B2B eCommerce stands on the cusp of other changes that go beyond Amazon’s increasing prowess — changes that promise to bring the supply chain and corporate procurement, long known as a paper-based beast, further into the digital economy.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

To challenge the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)’s decision to allow online payment companies and lenders to have national bank charters, the top banking regulator in New York is suing the federal government. In a complaint filed with a federal court, New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) Superintendent Maria Vullo said, “The OCC’s reckless folly should be stopped,” Reuters reported.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Ransomware attacks are often a small business owner’s worst nightmare. Unfortunately, experts don’t believe ransomware attacks will let up anytime soon, with recent research from Datto finding that these attacks cost small businesses $301 million worth of ransomware money in 2016. In a survey of 1,700 managed service providers working with a combined 100,000 small businesses, 99 percent of respondents said ransomware attacks are likely to pick up this year and next.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

In the latest salvo of cross-border probes over money laundering, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday (Sept. 14) that U.S. law enforcement agencies are examining Danske Bank over what has been termed “massive money laundering flows” from Russia and several former Soviet states. The agencies probing the fund flows include the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Treasury Department and the Justice Department.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon have joined forces to create a new service that could eliminate the need for a login and password for all the apps on your phone. According to a report in Engadget citing the companies, the initiative is being called Project Verify, with the U.S. carriers creating a single sign-on service that would serve as the login credentials for all the apps on a mobile device.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

In FinTech and FI collaborations , borders fall to bits and bytes. On FinTech collaboration writ large, Singapore and Dubai are working together to encourage strides in digital payments and commerce done by mobile means. The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have signed onto efforts “that provide a framework for cooperation and referrals between the innovation teams of each authority.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Rydoo, the mobile T&E app resulting from a collaboration between Sodexo, Xpenditure and iAlbatros, is integrating its expense management capabilities with Uber. A press release Monday (Sept. 10) said Rydoo is linking into Uber for Business to streamline corporate travelers’ reimbursement and expense reporting processes. “Rydoo is focused on meeting our customers’ expectations by offering global solutions,” said Rydoo CEO Sébastien Marchon in a statement.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

How do consumers really want to search online ? That’s a question with obvious relevance to payment and commerce operators. Perhaps a better, more specific question is this: Even with Google ’s search engine dominance (a dominance that seems as currently eternal as, say, the power of the British Navy in the late 19 th century), can any challenger make a significant push to gain ground?

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Consumers prefer speed, convenience and ease of use over security — even when it comes to accessing financial services online. As many as 71 percent of financial consumers reported being satisfied with an authentication method if it was easy to use, while 62 percent like authentication methods that are convenient. In comparison, only 45 percent said they would prefer an authentication method due to its tight data security.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Spend analytics has broken through as an essential part of corporate procurement strategies. Businesses need to know how much money they’ve spent, and on what. Luckily, enterprise digitization is pushing the needle forward for procurement teams, enabling access to data that empowers the type of spend analysis organizations demand. Today, though, CFOs and procurement leaders want to go even deeper.

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Speaker: James Kahler, COO of Full Course

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Long before innovators began talking about the power of ecosystems to transform commerce, scientists spent centuries studying them under microscopes in their labs. Biologists wanted to better understand how to keep the human body’s ecosystems from being devastated by disease, so humans could live longer, healthier lives. Ecologists wanted to better understand the relationship between living things and their environment to improve the health of Mother Earth.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

With cash use still popular in Europe, and the technology behind digital money remaining fragile, the European Central Bank (ECB) doesn’t intend to create a digital currency. Even so, the spread of cryptocurrencies have brought the idea of central banks issuing digital money to light, Reuters reported. “The ECB and the Eurosystem currently have no plans to issue a central bank digital currency,” President Mario Draghi wrote in a letter.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

As one of the world’s biggest internet companies, Baidu is homing in on autonomous vehicles and artificial intelligence (AI). The tech company has a particularly strong presence in its home country of China, where it commands 70 percent of internet searches, CNBC reported. Spurred by its interest in transportation technology, Baidu has inked partnerships with companies like Intel, Microsoft, Ford, BMW and Daimler.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Though much of retail has been buoyed by a rising tide of strengthened sales and renewed consumer confidence, some sellers out there continue to struggle to grab a foothold during changing times. Guitar Center, founded in 1959, is one such business. Sales have fallen off sharply in recent years, which, while a problem on its own, is compounded by the fact that brand finds itself sitting under $1 billion in outstanding debt.

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Speaker: Jamie Eagan

As organizations strive for agility and efficiency, it's imperative for finance leaders to embrace innovative technologies and redefine traditional processes. Join us as we explore the pivotal role of digitalization and automation in reshaping what is commonly referred to as the “last mile of reporting”. We’ll deep-dive into why digitalization is no longer a choice, but a necessity for finance departments to stay competitive in a fast-paced environment touching on: 2024 trends for the Office of

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Bank of America is adding mobile wallet functionality to its suite of commercial card products, the bank said Wednesday (Sept. 12). In a press release , Bank of America said its corporate cards are now compatible with mobile wallets including Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay, citing business travelers’ mobile payment needs as a stop motivation behind the initiative.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Cashierless stores aren’t just for mega retailers like Amazon to sell prepared food from their kitchens or products from other producers: Beverage brands, among other companies, are getting into the action and choosing this checkout experience for stores that showcase their own products IRL (“in real life”) as a marketing tool. This week, beverage company Dirty Lemon plans to bring such a store to New York City this week – with a little help from mobile technology.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

And so the Amazon effect comes to Europe – this time with a purported Amazonian appetite for (grocery) aisles. News came Friday (Sept. 14) that German retailer Metro AG is looking to offload its Real hypermarkets via sale, and the firm, said Reuters , “remains confident” of a transaction. A possible deal for Amazon – one worth $1.2 billion? According to Reuters, bankers remained skeptical of that scenario, and said that private equity firms would be the most likely suitors.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Sizzle. Amazon’s B2B Biz : Amazon is everywhere — and while retail is the name of the game, B2B is growing by leaps and bounds. In fact, Amazon’s B2B is growing faster than retail, as Amazon Business is on track to hit $10 billion in sales this year, just four years after launch — it took the unit only one year to reach $1 billion in sales. Amazon says millions of firms have already signed on to the service.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow once wrote, “ into every life, a little rain must fall ,” a piece of poetry that will become a piece of literal reality this weekend in the American southeast. Except, of course, it won’t be a little rain — it will be a lot of rain for the Carolina coastline as Hurricane Florence roars in this weekend and brings with her torrential downpours, high winds, massive storm surges and widely expected flooding.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

To settle allegations involving its premium “dark pool” called Citi Match, Citigroup will pay more than $12 million in “disgorgement and penalties.” The news comes as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) claims that two high-frequency traders routed millions through Citi Match, while the firm allegedly told clients that they were not using the service, Financial Times reported.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

JLL found that mall rents in Q2 dropped 4.6 percent from the first quarter and 7.1 percent from one year prior. But, in terms of bringing in tenants, some malls fared better than others, Chain Store Age reported. “[Malls] with strong locations were able to nab high-productivity tenants like Whole Foods, Wegmans and Nordstrom,” according to JLL’s Q2 Retail Outlook report.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Luxury style and quality brands, offered at a more middle-class price point and sold directly to consumers, is increasingly crowded terrain in apparel retail. Modern Citizen, AYR and Everlane are among the best-known of the emerging brands appealing directly over digital channels to customer ranks that are largely composed of younger, professional women.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Doppelgängers are real — but they’re not phantom twins in pre-modern German fairy tales: they are online, and they can be used to steal digital identities. Since the 2017 Equifax scandal, consumers know all too well that their data is up for grabs somewhere on the dark web. But when it comes right down to it, most don’t bother to take additional measures fighting identify theft and data security breaches.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

One year after news surfaced that blockchain companies Ripple Labs and R3 HoldCo were engaged in a legal dispute, the lawsuit has been resolved, according to a press release issued this week. In a statement, Ripple said the companies “have reached a settlement of all outstanding litigation between the parties.” The company was tight-lipped on exact details of the settlement, however, noting that the terms of the agreement are “confidential,” and that “both sides loo

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

The Internet Association, a group that represents Facebook, Amazon and Alphabet’s Google , among other technology and internet companies, said on Tuesday (Sept. 11) that it supports data privacy rules in the U.S. that are more modern, but urged lawmakers to approach the issue nationally. According to a report in Reuters , citing The Internet Association, the trade group wants the rules to preempt a new regulation on the books in California that comes into effect in 2020.

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