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Visa Expands Contactless Public Transportation Payments Due To Pandemic

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Visa , in response to the rising demand for safer ways to travel, has expanded its partnership with Cubic Transportation Systems to offer contactless payments for public transportation services in over 500 cities, according to a press release.

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IoT’s Impact On Supply Chains And Security

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The latest IoT Tracker delves into new applications for IoT, as well as its limitations, with a focus on supply chains and security. What About Security? Manufacturing and production (79 percent) and connected transport (77 percent) were in line with the average. Why so bullish?

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Cyberattacks, Google Crash Bring Internet Security Into Question

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At a time when our nation’s secrets at the NSA and Homeland Security and assets at the Department of the Treasury were able to be illicitly tapped into by foreign hackers, the security and reliability of countless other online industries and enterprises have also been brought into question. Call for Global Action.

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BMW, Ford, GM Join New Blockchain Consortium Focused On Transportation

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MOBI , the Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative, debuted on Wednesday (May 2) to explore blockchain for use in transportation. The group plans to use an open source approach to blockchain software tools and standards. The board is expected to grow to include advisors needed to ensure the consortium achieves its goals.

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South Australia Piloting Paying For Transport Via Smartphone

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South Australia is becoming the first government in Australia to enable residents to pay for public transportation via a smartphone. According to a report , Adelaide is gearing up to run a three-month, proof-of-concept, smartphone-based ticketing system on select transport routes with a controlled test group of users.

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‘Alexa — Is My Data Secure On Connected Devices?’

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That said, IoT device creators and consumers are looking at IoT security with a higher level of scrutiny. In the February Intelligence of Things Tracker , PYMNTS examines how countries, developers and consumers are responding to increased calls for security, as well as how the IoT market is growing worldwide. Around the IoT World.

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Secure Payments, Generation 2.0

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Enter 3-D Secure 2.0. In a webinar with James Rendell, vice president of payment security at CA Technologies, and Paul Baker, vice president/senior business leader of enterprise security solutions at Mastercard, PYMNTS’ Karen Webster delved into just how 3-D Secure 2.0 CA Technologies’ Rendell noted that 3-D Secure 2.0