PayPal’s TIO Network Breach Said To Impact 1.6M Customers
PayPal’s TIO Network Breach Said To Impact 1.6M Customers
December 04, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

PayPal disclosed late last week that the personal information of around 1.6 million users may have been compromised at its TIO Networks unit, a company...

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Coinbase Names New President
Coinbase Names New President
December 04, 2017  |  Personnel

Coinbase, the cryptocurrency exchange operator, announced late last week that it has appointed Asiff Hirji as its president and chief operating officer. In a company...

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Visa Names Jack Forestell As Interim McCarthy Replacement
Visa Names Jack Forestell As Interim McCarthy Replacement
December 04, 2017  |  Personnel

Visa terminated Jim McCarthy, the EVP of innovation and strategic partnerships, on Friday (Dec. 1). According to the company, the cause for termination was reported to be...

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Senate Bill Aims To Jail Execs Who Hide Data Breaches
Senate Bill Aims To Jail Execs Who Hide Data Breaches
December 04, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

A new bill was introduced in the U.S. Senate last week calling for jail time for executives who hide data breaches. As reported by Wired,...

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Amazon Amps Up AWS Machine Learning Game
Amazon Amps Up AWS Machine Learning Game
December 04, 2017  |  News

At its re:Invent conference in Las Vegas last week, Amazon announced a bevy of new machine learning features for its cloud computing business, Amazon Web...

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CVS Acquisition Of Aetna Seen As Foil To Amazon’s Move Into RX
CVS Acquisition Of Aetna Seen As Foil To Amazon’s Move Into RX
December 04, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

CVS is gearing up to announce a $69 billion cash and stock deal to acquire Aetna, in a move aimed at taking on Amazon, which is...

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What Spontaneous Commerce Can Teach Online Retailers And Payment Providers
What Spontaneous Commerce Can Teach Online Retailers And Payment Providers
December 04, 2017  |  Retail

In January 1950, William Applebaum published a piece in the Journal of Marketing about the buying behaviors of consumers in retail stores. At the time, Applebaum...

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Chinese App Developers Capture Quarter Of Global App Store Sales
Chinese App Developers Capture Quarter Of Global App Store Sales
December 04, 2017  |  Apple

Apple developers in China, which number 1.8 million, have earned a combined $16.93 billion and now account for about a quarter of total global App...

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CME, CBOE Allowed To Trade Bitcoin Futures
CME, CBOE Allowed To Trade Bitcoin Futures
December 04, 2017  |  Bitcoin

CME Group and Cboe Global Markets got the green light from regulators to list their bitcoin futures, bringing more legitimacy to cryptocurrency, which has been...

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