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Today Mastercard announced it is joining the United States Department of Commerce to establish the U.S. AI Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC) to create new trustworthy AI standards. The goal of the group will be to develop safe, trustworthy AI systems and underpin future standards and policies. Our experts and leaders will join a collection of AI developers, users, researchers, Fortune 500 companies, academic teams, nonprofit organizations and other U.S. government agencies.     We look forward to bringing our point of view and expertise on artificial intelligence to shape foundational practices that respect and protect individual rights and society.    Read more: https://lnkd.in/e84NSgC4    #AI #responsibleAI #technology 

We all know how technology is making the world more interconnected. But tech platforms and standards that aren’t compatible threaten the value of these connections – they slow commerce and add confusion. We need to work against that digital fragmentation, doing more together especially in areas like AI and cybersecurity. My latest piece on these issues in the WEF Agenda blog just ahead of the Davos summit next week: https://lnkd.in/e3gYPiSP #WEF24 #davos #digitaleconomy

The Payment Methods Report 2023 is now available for download! https://bit.ly/3Lx7Wqb The eighth edition of the report offers a comprehensive #overview of the latest developments in the #paymentmethods space and the innovative #tech behind them, alongside the best checkout optimisation and customer conversion practices. Be sure to check out the #report to learn more about all these trends and developments! 💡 The latest #trends in payment methods: ✔ Buy Now, Pay Later (#BNPL), ✔ Account-to-account (#A2A) and instant payments, ✔ E-wallets and mobile payments, ✔ Debit and credit #cards, ✔ #Crypto payments. 💡 Merchants’ perspectives from varied verticals like retail, gaming, travel, and gig economy on best practices for #checkoutoptimisation, payment methods’ implementation, challenges, and benefits of doing so, and Gen Z and millennials' impact on #onlinepayments. 💡 Global overviews – #infographics: ✔ The BNPL space, mapped by target group in #B2B and #B2C and country in the regions of the #Americas, Asia–Pacific (#APAC), #Europe, Middle East and Africa (#MEA), ✔ A2A payments: local A2A schemes and methods leveraging #OpenBanking. 💡 Company profiles of key industry players, including #APMs and #PSPs, with their capabilities. Without further ado, we invite you to download your free copy and explore the Payment Methods Report to stay one step ahead in this competitive market! ✨ Special thanks to our #partners and #contributors: Juniper Research, Payments Consulting Network, Edgar, Dunn & Company, Euromonitor International, Hokodo, Ratepay, Tinka, PARTELYA CONSULTING, Discover Global Network, European Payments Council (EPC), Link Money, Worldline, DIMOCO Payments, CMSPI, myPOS, MRC | Merchant Risk Council, Fiverr, Gameforge, Kiwi.com, OnBuy, Vestiaire Collective, Accenture, Unlimit, Nuvei, Finance Incorporated Limited, Riverty, Payments Canada, PSE Consulting, FlexCharge, Redbridge Debt & Treasury Advisory, and Payment Options Ltd. #ThePaypers #ecommerce #payments #fintech #paymenttrends #merchants #ewallets #retail #gaming #travel #gigeconomy

The saying “Sofia is not Bulgaria” is more than true for the IT sector, and the sea capital of Varna is an eloquent proof of this 🌊. Momchill Zarev, CEO/Sirma Solutions, Gergana Georgieva, Employer Branding & Recruitment Specialist/REWE digital Bulgaria, Vladimir Natchev, Country Head/EPAM Systems, Yoanna Samohodova, Technical recruiter/Strypes, Nikolay Petrov, CTO/Cyris, Stefan Stefanov, CTO/Sprintax (part of CluneTech) and Ivaylo Hristov, HR manager/DataArt tell us about the diversity of well-educated experts, the ever developing ecosystem 🙌, how to play Tic-Tac-Toe with IT talent, the city’s additional advantages for doing business and developing a professional career, and the aspects it is yet to improve.