The Vaccine: Who’s Getting It And What It Will (And Won’t) Change
The Vaccine: Who’s Getting It And What It Will (And Won’t) Change
March 19, 2021  |  Coronavirus

Vaccine progress is rolling along in the United States, as since early March more than 2 million shots a day have been issued to American...

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Escalating COVID Cases Prompt Paris Lockdown
Escalating COVID Cases Prompt Paris Lockdown
March 19, 2021  |  Coronavirus

Escalating COVID-19 cases coupled with limited vaccine rollout — due to France and much of Europe pulling AstraZeneca shots — has prompted the country to...

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Cash (Flow) Is King Amid SMBs’ Digital Shift 
Cash (Flow) Is King Amid SMBs’ Digital Shift 
March 19, 2021  |  Cash

If the great digital shift has upended the ways in which consumers buy and receive goods, it’s also highlighted friction inherent in the way businesses...

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Volkswagen Explores Customer Interest In Subscription Model
Volkswagen Explores Customer Interest In Subscription Model
March 19, 2021  |  Subscriptions

Volkswagen wants to gauge customer interest in pay-per-mile billing and on-demand charges for optional car functions through a pilot subscription service due for unveiling this...

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Chubb Makes $23 Billion Offer For Insurance Rival Hartford
Chubb Makes $23 Billion Offer For Insurance Rival Hartford
March 19, 2021  |  Acquiring

The insurance company Chubb Ltd. has offered a $23.2 billion cash and stock deal to acquire its rival Hartford Financial Services Group Ltd., Reuters reported...

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Is Ocado’s 40 Percent Revenue Growth The ‘New Normal’ For Grocery Retail?
Is Ocado’s 40 Percent Revenue Growth The ‘New Normal’ For Grocery Retail?
March 19, 2021  |  Retail

At the end of 2020, as the then-new, more contagious strain of the coronavirus spread throughout the United Kingdom, the country went into another round...

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Nacha’s WEB Debit Account Validation Rule Takes Effect
Nacha’s WEB Debit Account Validation Rule Takes Effect
March 19, 2021  |  Regulation

The nonprofit Nacha, which enables Automated Clearing House (ACH) payments, announced that the WEB Debit Account Validation Rule took effect on Friday (March 19), according to...

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New FBI Report Details Shifts In Cybercrime And Strategies To Fight It
New FBI Report Details Shifts In Cybercrime And Strategies To Fight It
March 19, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

Everyone has heard of the CIA, and even the U.K.’s MI6. But what about IC3? Or the RAT team? No, they’re not organizations that will...

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Visa Faces Justice Department Probe On Debit Card Processes
Visa Faces Justice Department Probe On Debit Card Processes
March 19, 2021  |  Regulation

Visa Inc. is facing a probe from the Justice Department concerning allegedly anticompetitive processes in the debit card industry, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing...

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