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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Building A Bridge To The Homeless With Breadcoin
Building A Bridge To The Homeless With Breadcoin
January 15, 2019  |  Alternative Finances

Washington, D.C. is both a rich city and a poor city. Filled with federal workers and contractors, the nation’s capital has a high cost of living:...

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Chase Active Mobile Users Hit 33.3M
Chase Active Mobile Users Hit 33.3M
January 15, 2019  |  Earnings

In what is becoming what seems to be a familiar theme as banks report earnings, trading revenues plummeted at the end of last year, but...

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China’s Pony.ai Launches Self-Driving Taxi App Under The Radar
China’s Pony.ai Launches Self-Driving Taxi App Under The Radar
January 15, 2019  |  Innovation

Pony.ai, the Chinese driverless car startup, rolled out a new app that lets users get a ride from a self-driving taxi. Get the Full Story...

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