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Lawsuit Says Starbucks Habitually Underfilled Lattes
March 22, 2016

Coffee and lawsuits usually lend themselves to courtroom comedies rather than dramas, but even memories of farcical lawsuits in the past aren’t enough to stop consumers who think they’ve been taken for a ride. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Walmart Bribery Probe Ends With A Whimper
March 22, 2016

After chasing a trail of alleged corruption around the globe for the past four years, U.S. Justice Department officials are reaching dead ends in several of their probes into Walmart’s business operations overseas. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Treasury Slaps MasterCard With Flagged Iran Bank Violation
March 17, 2016

The second-largest U.S. payments network in the United States has found itself in some hot water with the Treasury Department. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

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Recommended Free E-File Tax Sites Fail Security Test
March 14, 2016

As your grandmother was doubtlessly fond of saying, you get what you pay for. 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...

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Could Uber And Airbnb Have Helped Make President Bloomberg?
March 11, 2016

The 2016 election season is reaching that point where every story has, more or less, been written already. Almost every candidate has had one or several verbal gaffes scrutinized over the course of one or several news cycles, and viewers who might have found early...

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Foreign Banks Knock Fed’s ‘Too-Big-To-Fail’ Plans
March 11, 2016

A number of banks based outside of the United States have been raising opposition to proposals by the Federal Reserve to bring “too-big-to-fail” rules into force. The non-U.S. banks have said that the rules would be unfair to the U.S. units of those very banks....

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Obama Takes On Dodd-Frank Criticism
March 08, 2016

U.S. President Barack Obama is taking on a defensive front when it comes to his ongoing efforts to crack down on Wall Street. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

A Surprising Payday Lending Advocate Emerges
March 08, 2016

Though the CFPB has yet to release its proposed rules for payday lenders, the drop is expected any time now and is rather eagerly anticipated. Though the exact contents of the rules are not known, the year or so of speculation on the topic has...

Why Police Say Criminals Target iPhones
March 07, 2016

Apple, the beloved creator of such devices as the iPod, the iPad and, of course, the game-changing iPhone, has come under scrutiny lately from, of all places, law enforcement agencies. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...