US Faster Payments Council Names New Leadership
US Faster Payments Council Names New Leadership
January 15, 2019  |  Personnel

The U.S. Faster Payments Council (FPC), a membership comprised of payment industry leaders, has appointed Kevin Christensen, a senior executive at the SHAZAM network, as...

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Microsoft/Walgreens Deal Heats Up Digital Healthcare War
Microsoft/Walgreens Deal Heats Up Digital Healthcare War
January 15, 2019  |  Healthcare

Healthcare done digitally is attracting the attention and the dollars of tech giants, linking them with brick-and-mortar players in a push to meld tech and...

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Apple Replaced 11M iPhone Batteries; May Have Lost Billions In Sales
Apple Replaced 11M iPhone Batteries; May Have Lost Billions In Sales
January 15, 2019  |  Apple

Apple’s discounted battery replacement program may have affected the company’s bottom line in the billions, according to reports. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Amex Buys Japanese Restaurant Platform
Amex Buys Japanese Restaurant Platform
January 15, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

American Express has acquired Pocket Concierge, a restaurant reservation platform that provides customers with access to high-end restaurants in Japan, the company announced on Tuesday...

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Experian: Loan Default Rates Rose In Dec
Experian: Loan Default Rates Rose In Dec
January 15, 2019  |  Economy

S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian released data through December of 2018 on Tuesday (Jan. 15) that showed default rates across all loan types increased from...

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Many Bitcoin Investors Don’t Plan To Deduct Losses On Tax Returns
Many Bitcoin Investors Don’t Plan To Deduct Losses On Tax Returns
January 15, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Bitcoin investors took a massive hit in 2018 – and, according to personal finance company Credit Karma, most of them don’t realize they can write...

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Ukraine Hacker, Others Charged In Hacking SEC’s EDGAR Database
Ukraine Hacker, Others Charged In Hacking SEC’s EDGAR Database
January 15, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

U.S. authorities charged a hacker residing in Ukraine and several others on Tuesday (Jan. 15) with trading on non-public corporate earnings information they got by...

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Walmart Ditches CVS As Pharmacy Partner
Walmart Ditches CVS As Pharmacy Partner
January 15, 2019  |  Healthcare

CVS Health, the drugstore chain operator, announced Tuesday (Jan. 15) that Walmart has chosen to leave the CVS Caremark pharmacy benefit management (PBM) commercial and...

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TD Ameritrade Enables Instant Brokerage Account Funding Via Apple Pay
TD Ameritrade Enables Instant Brokerage Account Funding Via Apple Pay
January 15, 2019  |  Payment Methods

TD Ameritrade, the Omaha, Nebraska online brokerage, announced Tuesday (Jan. 15) that it now enables customers to instantly fund a brokerage account with Apple Pay...

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