Furthermore, banking online with paperless statements and instant updates actually can thwart fraud or catch it sooner.

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Overall, the number of states with paperless electronic voting in every county has dropped from nine to six in the last two years, according to VerifiedVoting.org's tracking.

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Mr O'Neill is obsessed with workplace safety and paperless offices.

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It describes this as a "revolutionary paperless qualification designed to equip students with practical and transferable IT skills".

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Now, with the digital age and the convenience of going paperless, new solutions are needed.

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That's the motivation behind Gutsche's paperless office, his second such system after going through the shift with his previous employer, Capital One.

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When a Nordstrom customer checks out with a mobile POS, they can sign for their purchase and enter an email address for a paperless receipt.

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As well as the valuable business and customer insights that big data can provide, it is also having a deeper impact on business operations by accelerating the path to paperless working, which today is just a vision but is expected to change dramatically, particularly with a new generation of employees.

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