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Bank downplays ties to FTX sister company in latest fallout from crypto exchange failure

GeekWire

A bank in rural Washington state sought to distance itself from FTX on Tuesday following a report last week detailing its connections to the failed cryptocurrency exchange. The New York Times reported Nov. 23 that FBH, the parent company of Farmington State Bank, received $11.5 Moonstone Bank’s reputation as well.”

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Zulily co-founders Darrell Cavens and Mark Vadon invest in ID verification tech startup Vouched

GeekWire

Its software analyzes images of photo identity documents including passports and driver’s licenses. The idea is to provide fraud detection of a person in real-time. Use cases include KYC (know your customer) in banking; employment screening; gig economy hiring; contactless hotel check-in; and more.

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6 tips for making the most of a tight IT budget

CIO Business Intelligence

This is where Saurabh Mittal, CTO at Mumbai-based Piramal Capital & Housing Finance, wants IT leaders to make a careful distinction. It took some time for me to realize how to make the right tech choices. To conserve capital, IT leaders will have to increasingly bank on them in the new year.

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UK’s new digital strategy promises change – will it deliver?

CIO Business Intelligence

This mission is about creating government services “as accessible as the services to do your shopping or access your bank account,” Joanna Davinson , outgoing executive director of the CDDO, said at an event in Whitehall in June. Transformed public services that achieve the right outcomes. A system that unlocks digital transformation.

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Doing shots with true believers at Ethereum’s biggest party

The Verge

It was inspired by an Onion headline, Yang explained: “ American People Hire High-Powered Lobbyist To Push Interests In Congress.”). He touted the time he hired a chief blockchain architect, Thaddeus Batt, for the state. This summer, Colorado will begin accepting cryptocurrency to pay for taxes and drivers’ licenses.

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Examining low-code/no-code popularity across Africa and its range of disruption for CIOs

CIO Business Intelligence

Her company specializes in training non-technical entrepreneurs and start-ups, and she teaches people how to leverage no code technology to launch their applications and websites in hours without writing code or hiring developers. I had no idea that such technology could exist or at least be so advanced,” he says.