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Lively, revealing discussion at JSC on fintech

Mark Lyndersay -
Courtpay was frozen in 2020 when the Treasury created a new rule that a bank must provide this service and it cannot be run via a Judiciary bank account.
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Jamaica introduces JAM-DEX Central Bank Digital Currency

Mark Lyndersay -
The BOJ chose eCurrency Mint from 43 vendors and began an eight month pilot of the currency that ended on December 31, 2021.
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Technology Reporting

WiPay delivers on promise, offers proposal to Social Development Ministry

Mark Lyndersay -
WiPay has proposed a proof of concept initiative, the Digital Disbursements Pilot Project, to last three months, which the company estimates is worth $1.2 million.
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Robots II: Automating print layout for web first publishing

Mark Lyndersay -
Web stories published are dragged into preset layouts for the print edition with formatting handled by AIDA.
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The robots in journalism’s future

Mark Lyndersay -
The focus should be on supplementing the work that humans do through automation rather than thinking of the tools as a replacement, it's not an automation or human choice.
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What’s happening with regional data protection legislation?

Mark Lyndersay -
Recent data protection laws in the Caribbean have been heavily modeled on the European Union's General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).
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Technology Reporting

Putting a failed imaging workstation back together

Mark Lyndersay -
There’s nothing quite like the frustration of running a cable, carefully bundling it every six inches or so with a velcro strip, and then realising it’s two inches too short.
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A bloodless hell

Mark Lyndersay -
For blood donations, the public health sector is put in the position of asking for a precious resource to be given without cost. It doesn't know how to do that.
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