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April 26, 2018

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IdentityMind CTO: Firms’ Readiness For GDPR Varies Weeks Before Deadline

GDPR looms large, but some firms are scrambling to meet the May 25 deadline. IdentityMind CTO Kieran Sherlock tells PYMNTS a roadmap is crucial amid an evolving data privacy landscape. Key steps involve everything from changing the way one thinks about consumer information to going fishing in the data “lakes” themselves.

 

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Visa Earnings

With Cross-Border Volumes Up 11 Pct, Visa Tops FY 2Q Views

Visa logged double-digit growth over several key areas, from overall transactions processed to cross-border volumes. Results topped estimates, and as management noted, debit remains strong — and so does credit. Europe remains on track...and get ready for the uncluttered eCommerce experience via the newest digital initiative.

 

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PayPal Earnings

PayPal Adds 8M Active Users, Grows Mobile Volume 52 Percent

PayPal’s now 235M active users drove a 49 percent growth in its mobile volume in Q1 — and gave PayPal’s stock a 3 percent boost in afterhours trading. CEO Dan Schulman announced a few partnerships, and addressed analysts' questions about the card networks' move to create a universal buy button. We break it all down.

 

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Digital Identity Tracker™

TRENDING: Identical Twins Highlight Need To Double Up On Biometrics

Is facial recognition tech up to the identical twin challenge? Not exactly, says University of Notre Dame computer science and engineering professor Kevin Bowyer. It’s a topic that Bowyer chatted about with PYMNTS for the latest issue of the Digital Identity Tracker™. He discusses the shortcomings of facial recognition and the strengths of other systems — including iris scanners, which were recently used to enable clean elections in Somaliland. Plus, a deep dive on GDPR and the new rules of data handling.

 

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