In another blow to bitcoin legitimacy, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has denied the second bitcoin-based ETF bid up for consideration this month — the Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.’s NYSE Arca exchange’s request to list and trade the SolidX Bitcoin Trust. Get the Full...
Microsoft announced this week that Cortana, its voice assistant that it rolled out a year ago on Android and iOS devices in the U.S. and more recently in the U.K., can now be seen on the Android lock screen, giving users the ability to glance...
Industrious, the second-biggest U.S. coworking firm by number of locations, announced that it acquired PivotDesk, a search website for spare office space. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...
Wells Fago has come to a settlement agreement with customers whose personal information their staff used to set up fake bank and credit card accounts. With this announcement, Wells gets one — rather expensive — step closer to putting the incident in the rearview mirror....
According to reports out of an FBI official stationed in the Philippines, the theft of $81 million in funds hacked out of the Bangladesh central bank’s account at the NY Fed was a “state-sponsored” job. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
As the Trump administration has stepped up the efforts of immigration and border control officers, immigrants to the U.S. are starting to avoid public places for fear of being stopped. This has been bad news for small business that serve immigrant communities like Nadine Robinson’s...
Urban real estate prices have seen a steady increase over the years. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By...
Fraud detection and prevention is no cottage industry. As debit and credit cards grow in the field, making inroads to consumers where they’d not been held before, so too has the opportunity grown for skimming and pilfering. And FICO has seen an alarming uptick and uptake in...
A new report from Global Financial Integrity (GFI) is highlighting the contribution fraudulent trade invoicing makes to the $2.2 trillion in transnational crime every year. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
