Russian Hacker Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison
Russian Hacker Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison
January 07, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

Russian hacker Andrei Tyurin, who helped carry out an attack on J.P. Morgan Chase, among other companies, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison,...

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BBVA To Close Simple, Move Customers Over To BBVA USA
BBVA To Close Simple, Move Customers Over To BBVA USA
January 07, 2021  |  Banking

Customers of Simple Bank are receiving emails telling them the bank is closing and that the intent is to transfer them to BBVA, a report...

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SoFi-Social Capital Merger Will Fuel Growth Of One-Stop-Shop Financial Supermarket
SoFi-Social Capital Merger Will Fuel Growth Of One-Stop-Shop Financial Supermarket
January 07, 2021  |  IPO

Online FinTech startup SoFi announced Thursday (Jan. 7) that it was merging with publicly-traded Social Capital in an $8.6 billion deal that brings it instant liquidity...

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Change Is In The Air: Optum’s Acquisition Signals New Era For Healthcare Payments
Change Is In The Air: Optum’s Acquisition Signals New Era For Healthcare Payments
January 07, 2021  |  Healthcare

In the bid to transform the most paper-laden of verticals, to render an opaque system transparent, 2021 is already shaping up to be a banner...

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Facebook, Apple Lead Future Of Smart Glasses
Facebook, Apple Lead Future Of Smart Glasses
January 07, 2021  |  Innovation

The connected economy will someday have glasses. Smart glasses. Nine years after Google’s misfire with the product, smart glasses are making a return in a...

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PayJunction Debuts Digital Invoicing For Virtual Terminal Clients
PayJunction Debuts Digital Invoicing For Virtual Terminal Clients
January 07, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Payment processing technology developer PayJunction has rolled out a digital invoice function for companies that harness its virtual terminal offering, according to a Thursday (Jan....

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Today In B2B: Orange Bank’s SMB Takeover; EU Supply Chain Default Fears
Today In B2B: Orange Bank’s SMB Takeover; EU Supply Chain Default Fears
January 07, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Today in B2B payments, Orange Bank acquires the SMB neobank Anytime, while Europe braces for a wave of supply chain finance defaults. Plus, Udaan lands...

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Today In Payments: Crypto Market Tops $1 Trillion; UnitedHealth’s Optum Buys Change Healthcare
Today In Payments: Crypto Market Tops $1 Trillion; UnitedHealth’s Optum Buys Change Healthcare
January 07, 2021  |  News

In today’s top news, the cryptocurrency market topped $1 trillion after bitcoin set new record highs above $37,000, and UnitedHealth’s Optum bought Change Healthcare. Plus,...

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Gig Apps Enabling Crucial Workforce Connections In 2021
Gig Apps Enabling Crucial Workforce Connections In 2021
January 07, 2021  |  Mobile Applications

In the humming world of gig apps, three variations dominate. There’s the platform model, where contractors create profiles and upload portfolios; we’ve got the on-demand...

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