2020s Payment Trends, Fighting Fraud With AI, Gas Station Cyberattacks Top This Week’s News
2020s Payment Trends, Fighting Fraud With AI, Gas Station Cyberattacks Top This Week’s News
December 20, 2019  |  News

It’s the end of the workweek, and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything — with the latest in payments...

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FTC Sues FleetCor Over ‘Hidden’ Charges On Fuel Cards
FTC Sues FleetCor Over ‘Hidden’ Charges On Fuel Cards
December 20, 2019  |  B2B Payments

After reportedly assuring they would aid them in spending less on gas, the Federal Trade Commission said that U.S. fuel card firm FleetCor Technologies Inc. billed...

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Booking.com Will Change Sales Tactics At EU’s Request
Booking.com Will Change Sales Tactics At EU’s Request
December 20, 2019  |  Regulation

Booking.com has agreed to change the way it sells on its site, including ending time limits for offers and claiming that a room is the...

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Wawa Says Thousands Affected By Data Breach
Wawa Says Thousands Affected By Data Breach
December 20, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Gas station and convenience store chain Wawa said it discovered a data breach in which thousands of customers’ debit and credit card information was stolen,...

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Apple Working On Secret Satellite Communications Project For iPhone
Apple Working On Secret Satellite Communications Project For iPhone
December 20, 2019  |  Apple

Apple is reportedly working on a project involving satellite technology to potentially be able to communicate with iPhones without the use of third-party equipment, according...

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Facebook Buys Video Shopping Startup For Marketplace
Facebook Buys Video Shopping Startup For Marketplace
December 20, 2019  |  Facebook

Earlier this year, Facebook acquired Packagd, a five-person startup that was building a shopping aspect for YouTube videos, according to a report by Bloomberg. Get...

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Top News In Payments: Facebook Is Developing Its Own OS; PayPal Acquires 70 Pct Stake In China’s GoPay
Top News In Payments: Facebook Is Developing Its Own OS; PayPal Acquires 70 Pct Stake...
December 20, 2019  |  News

In today’s top news, Facebook is developing its own operating system to increase its independence, and PayPal is acquiring a 70 percent stake in China’s...

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American Airlines And Citi Crack Down On Account Abuse
American Airlines And Citi Crack Down On Account Abuse
December 20, 2019  |  Loyalty & Rewards

Citi and American Airlines have cracked down on customers they say are abusing the airline’s rewards program, signing up for multiple accounts fraudulently just to...

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Hackers Access Unsecured Facebook Database With 267M Users’ Info 
Hackers Access Unsecured Facebook Database With 267M Users’ Info 
December 20, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Security researcher Bob Diachenko and Comparitech discovered that a Facebook database with 267 million user IDs, phone numbers and names was left unsecured and accessed...

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