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Why Fintech Needs the Right Regulation to Help Drive Innovation

Business and Tech

Many point-of-sale systems rely on a wireless chip instead of a customer physically swiping their card. Online non-bank lenders have also had a notable role in the fintech revolution. Contactless payment and digital currencies are promising technologies that are expanding both in the United States and internationally.

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Can Africa’s Entrepreneurs and Innovators solve Africa’s Problems?

Destination Innovation

It became a popular service for people who did not trust or use banks. M-Pesa (M for mobile, pesa is Swahili for money) is a mobile-phone based money transfer and micro financing service, launched by Vodafone (through Safaricom) in Kenya and Tanzania. It enabled people to make payments and small money transfers.

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Six Trends Shaping the Future of Health Care

Leapfrogging

They also have expectations from using services in other industries (like mobile banking, ride-sharing or Amazon’s one click purchasing) they want healthcare providers to deliver as well. Limbix – The Limbix Virtual Reality Kit is medical grade, wireless, and doesn’t require internet. Value-Based Care.

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Pivotal Innovation Management: The Past, Present, and Future of 180° Business Changes

Qmarkets

Steve helped them create wireless solutions for real time monitoring of seismic activity, sensor monitoring along Homeland Borders, and overall product and process improvement. Following that Steve was then involved for over 10 years at Verizon Enterprise Solutions, working with State and Federal Government Agencies.

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Understanding innovation's past leads to incredible insight

Jeffrey Phillips

Oil, steel, railroads and other monopolies emerged, and banking and financial services grew alongside these emerging industries. Innovation in these days was often focused on communication - Marconi, the "wireless", radio and other devices reduced the distances and built common stories for the American public.

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Daniel Burrus’ Top 20 Tech-Driven Hard Trends Shaping 2017

Daniel Burrus

Machine-to-Machine communications using chips, microsensors and both wired and wireless networks, will join networked sensors to create a rapidly growing Internet of Things, sharing real-time data, performing diagnostics, and making virtual repairs,all without human intervention. Mobile Banking and Payments.

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Innovation and digital transformation of the healthcare industry

hackerearth

Three people every second are pushed into extreme poverty by paying for healthcare according to a joint report from the World Bank and WHO. For example, AdhereTech’s smart wireless pill bottles help patients take their medicines on time. At least half of the world’s 7.3 on the bottle.