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Digital Planning Ideas Born Out of Pandemic Should Spur an Inclusivity Revolution

Recent digitisation is a big opportunity for the planning industry to reach a wider audience and do things differently. According to the Office of National Statistics, 93% of UK households had access to the internet and nine out of ten adults used the internet at least once a week in 2019. This means that there is now a real democratic reason to drag heels.

Tuesday, August 25, 2020 - 15:07
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Better Together - Direxion Releases Connected Consumer ETF Tracking Solactive Index

The only constant in society and culture is change. Humanity’s infinite urge to innovate transforms our everyday life to an unimaginable extend, and innovative technologies open doors for more interconnection and efficiency. From top artists performing live concerts through online video games, to prestigious universities offering some of their degrees completely online, our social lives are becoming more and more dependent on technology by the day.

Tuesday, August 25, 2020 - 14:57
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ConsenSys Acquires Quorum® Platform from J.P. Morgan

ConsenSys, an industry-leading blockchain software company, today announced the acquisition of Quorum®, an enterprise-variant of the Ethereum blockchain developed by J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM).

Tuesday, August 25, 2020 - 14:42
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Group Futurista Partners with Rui Pimental for its Next Webinar

Retail payments usually reflect trends that illustrate the dynamics of the economic activity, on a given country, region, city, etc. The pandemic situation of COVID-19 certainly provides a picture of the evolution of such trends, with impacts felt all over the world, even if on different stages and on different degrees, while consequences will take time to be adequately and fully measured.

Tuesday, August 25, 2020 - 14:41
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Reuters Events Free Webinar – Unlocking ‘S’: Social Factors Driving Financial Returns

Fjarde AP-Fonden (Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund), The Builders Fund, New Markets Venture Partners and Hansa Impact Partners dissect the materiality, measurement, and importance of ‘Social’ Factors within ESG strategy

LIVE: Wednesday 26th August (15:00BST/10:00 EDT)

Reuters Events hosts pioneers in the strategic integration of social factor into investment decision-making to give you exclusive insights:

Tuesday, August 25, 2020 - 14:25
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Creating Personalization in Our Digital Age

From banking and shopping, to working and socializing, we all now live in a digital first society and there’s no intention of going back. This stage of our technological evolution may have already been in transit, however there is no doubt that COVID-19 has greatly increased the pace of change.

Tuesday, August 25, 2020 - 14:19
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Speechmatics and Prosodica Partner to Create Better Caller Experiences Using Any-Context Speech Recognition
Tuesday, August 25, 2020 - 14:12
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Trescon’s Big BFSI Future Tech Show explores India’s Phygital leap with top BFSI & NBFC leaders

On Thursday, the 8th Edition of Big BFSI Future Tech Show provided a comprehensive digital platform for hundreds of pre-qualified C-level Decision Makers and fintech enthusiasts to discuss India’s next big step in exploiting future technologies. The conference was hosted on the recently launched virtual events platform, vmeets that featured powerful keynotes, exciting panel discussions, technology use-cases, product showcases and other insightful sessions from key players in the BFSI sector.

Tuesday, August 25, 2020 - 13:49
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Zuora and GoCardless Expand Partnership to Revolutionize Global Subscription Payments

Zuora, Inc. (NYSE: ZUO), the leading subscription management platform provider, today announced an expanded global partnership and new product integration with GoCardless, the leading fintech for recurring payments, to help companies across more than 30 countries, including the U.S., U.K., Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Canada to process recurring payments faster and reduce payment-related costs and customer ch

Tuesday, August 25, 2020 - 13:45
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JCB and Viva Wallet Expand Collaboration Across Europe

JCB and Viva Wallet announce the extension of their partnership will enable contact and contactless payment between Viva Wallet’s European merchants and JCB’s 140 million cardmembers in both face-to-face and online commerce transactions.

Tuesday, August 25, 2020 - 13:34
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