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Airport biometrics take-off raises risky challenges ahead

Dubai-based carrier Emirates Airline has announced that it is currently preparing to launch what it has dubbed the world’s first ‘biometric path’, offering travellers...

Yahoo agrees to pay $50m in data breach damages

Yahoo has agreed to pay $50 million in a preliminary settlement of a US federal lawsuit stemming from a series of data breaches that...

Two imperatives to prevent crypto-exchanges from getting hacked

Hacks of cryptocurrency exchanges in the first half of 2018 led to losses of over $770 million (£594 million) highlighting the continued vulnerability of...

Amazon discreet ambitions to disrupt the insurance industry

Amazon appears to be on the cusp of its long-anticipated entrance into the insurance industry – and markets appear nervous. Shares in insurance companies wobbled...

Google business model under siege in Europe after record fine

A record fine from the European Commission (EC) might force Alphabet to change its business model. The Commission’s actions reveal that the risk of...

On-Demand insurer Trov finds expansion in Arizona

InsurTech startup Trov makes a significant step towards its international expansion, entering the US market, as it begins to offer on-demand insurance to Arizona...

Lemonade takes Wefox One insurance to court

New York-based insurtech Lemonade is suing Wefox’s One Insurance for copyright infringement of its Intellectual Property (IP). Julian Teicke, founder of One Insurance, and...

EverQuote announces IPO becoming first US InsurTech firm to go public

InsurTech startup EverQuote filed S-1 paperwork with the US SEC on 4 June making it the first US InsurTech firm to go public. Led...

InsurTech startup Coya raises $30 million in Series A funding

Berlin-based insurtech startup Coya moved closer to its goal of modernizing the insurance industry on last week as the two-year old firm closed their...

Russia ban on Telegram flares up the privacy vs security battle ahead

Telegram, popular messaging app, has been making the rounds following a highly publicized ban of the service in Russia. The official explanation for the...