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Will Consumers Adopt A Digital Financial Conscience?
January 19, 2015

What’s wrong with a consumer who eats lunch out every day, prefers Starbucks to the office Keurig coffee machine and splurges on Uber instead of public transportation? Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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Hiring Hackers Just Got A Whole Lot Easier
January 19, 2015

Think your significant other is cheating on you? Don’t want your parents to know you actually flunked English? There’s a hacker waiting for you. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Target’s Canadian Omnichannel Fail
January 19, 2015

Who’s to blame for Target’s demise in Canada that will shutter 133 stores and lay off 17,600 people? 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...

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US And UK Will Stage Cyber Attacks Against Banks
January 19, 2015

The U.S. and U.K. will hold joint “cyber wargames” to improve cooperation between the two countries. But President Barack Obama stopped short of endorsing British Prime Minister David Cameron’s campaign to outlaw encryption for phones and email that law enforcement wouldn’t be able to penetrate,...

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In Russia’s Wake, Belarus Wants Visa And MasterCard Alternatives
January 19, 2015

Just days after Russia’s central bank said both MasterCard and Visa are back in its good graces, the payment-card giants are being prodded by the central bank next door. President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus said the National Bank of Belarus should look for alternatives to...

2015 Retail Sales Will Rise 4.5 Percent, Kantar Says
January 19, 2015

The outlook for the retail industry in 2015 looks bright, with lower gasoline prices and decreasing unemployment boding well for consumer spending, Kantar Retail is predicting. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Are Payment-Card Breaches Already Being Reported In 30 Days?
January 19, 2015

Are businesses that suffer payment-card breaches already reacting to last week’s push by the White House to speed up disclosures? For the third time in the past week, a notable breach has been publicly disclosed within 30 days. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Credit Union Regulator Will Pay For Losing Audit Data
January 19, 2015

Three months after examiners from the National Credit Union Administration lost a thumb drive containing names and account numbers of a credit union’s members during an audit, the federal regulator said it will reimburse the credit union for its costs in the breach, Bank Info...

Unmasking Dread Pirate Roberts — The Bitcoin Edition
January 17, 2015

If only Piper Chapman’s girlfriend, the protagonist in the Netflix series, “Orange is The New Black,” knew the alleged Dread Pirate Roberts and his Libertarian bitcoin Web project, Silk Road, maybe she wouldn’t have had to ask Piper to carry the suitcase full of drug money...