QR Payments Coming To Hong Kong Subways
QR Payments Coming To Hong Kong Subways
November 18, 2018  |  Payment Methods

The subway system in Hong Kong will allow commuters to scan a QR code as a payment method after announcing a deal with Alibaba’s payment...

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Student Loan Delinquencies Rise To 9.1 Pct In Q3
Student Loan Delinquencies Rise To 9.1 Pct In Q3
November 18, 2018  |  Loans

Student debt in serious delinquency — 90 or more days — rose to 9.1 percent in the third quarter from 8.6 percent in the previous...

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Visa, AmEx, Mastercard Face Antitrust Charges In Brazil
Visa, AmEx, Mastercard Face Antitrust Charges In Brazil
November 18, 2018  |  VISA

Visa, American Express and Mastercard are among the payment companies that are the subject of an inquiry by Brazilian regulators. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Airbnb Tops $1B In Q3 Revenue
Airbnb Tops $1B In Q3 Revenue
November 18, 2018  |  Earnings

Airbnb, the home-sharing company that is expected to go public via an initial public offering (IPO) in 2019, saw more than $1 billion in revenue...

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SEC Charges Two Firms With ICO Violations
SEC Charges Two Firms With ICO Violations
November 18, 2018  |  Regulation

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission late last week settled charges with two companies it charged with offering digital tokens in a manner that ran...

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Amazon Previews Alexa-Hosted Skills For AWS
Amazon Previews Alexa-Hosted Skills For AWS
November 18, 2018  |  Amazon

Amazon has announced the developer preview of Alexa-hosted skills for Amazon Web Services. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Bitcoin Daily: Japan Mulls Crypto Wallet Regulation, Twitter’s Bitcoin Scam Done Via Third Party
Bitcoin Daily: Japan Mulls Crypto Wallet Regulation, Twitter’s Bitcoin Scam Done Via Third Party
November 18, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) had a plan for crypto wallet service regulation on its meeting agenda for a recent gathering of its crypto study...

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Guess What? Black Friday Started The Day After Halloween.
Guess What? Black Friday Started The Day After Halloween.
November 17, 2018  |  Retail

Once upon a time, the holiday shopping season had a very, very well-defined start date. The day after Thanksgiving has been known colloquially as Black Friday ever since...

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FinTech Acorns Seeks $100M At $700M Valuation
FinTech Acorns Seeks $100M At $700M Valuation
November 16, 2018  |  Investments

Through a reported funding round, digital wealth management startup Acorns Grow Inc. is said to be seeking over $100 million in funding. Such a round...

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