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Italian Gov’t To Pay Consumers To Ditch Cash For Digital Payments
Italian Gov’t To Pay Consumers To Ditch Cash For Digital Payments
December 27, 2019  |  Cash

Italy, which has one of the lowest rates of credit card use in Europe, may start to see that change soon as the government will...

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Argentine Currency Controls Could Trigger Black Market Trading
Argentine Currency Controls Could Trigger Black Market Trading
September 09, 2019  |  International

Black-market money changers are expected to return in Argentina following the government’s recent rollout of currency controls in an attempt to quell the demand for...

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No-Deal Brexit Could Cause Grey Market Retail ‘Explosion’
No-Deal Brexit Could Cause Grey Market Retail ‘Explosion’
August 21, 2019  |  Retail

In the case of a no-deal Brexit, an “explosion” in grey market goods could occur per a U.K. retail expert. The term “grey market” references...

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Dark Web Down But Not Out
Dark Web Down But Not Out
August 21, 2017  |  Markets

The black market took a hit when, in July, law enforcement took down two of the biggest dark web marketplaces, AlphaBay and Hansa Market. AlphaBay...

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BTC-e Operator Indicted Following Tuesday Arrest
BTC-e Operator Indicted Following Tuesday Arrest
July 28, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Alexander Vinnik, the 38-year-old Russian man behind the bitcoin exchange BTC-e, has been arrested and indicted. Reuters reported news that a U.S. jury made the decision...

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Dark Web Marketplace Hansa Bans Fentanyl Sales In Wake Of AlphaBay Takedown
Dark Web Marketplace Hansa Bans Fentanyl Sales In Wake Of AlphaBay Takedown
July 20, 2017  |  Markets

What would happen if Amazon went offline today? Not a service blip, like the June outage that redirected users to 503 error pages featuring cute...

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Appeals Court Upholds Life Sentence For Silk Road Creator
Appeals Court Upholds Life Sentence For Silk Road Creator
June 01, 2017  |  News

Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht lost his bid to get out from a life sentence for operating the underground illegal drug marketplace. According to a report in...

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Indian Currency: No More 500- or 1,000-Rupee Notes
Indian Currency: No More 500- or 1,000-Rupee Notes
November 08, 2016  |  Cash

And just like that, two swaths of Indian currency are gone. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that the country’s 500-rupee and 1,000-rupee banknotes are...

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Black Market Demand Fuels Mobile ID Fraud
Black Market Demand Fuels Mobile ID Fraud
December 15, 2015  |  Security & Fraud

The demand for U.S. smartphones on the black market overseas is at an all-time high. According to law enforcement officials, criminals are using new fraud...

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