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Subscriptions Change How Online Gaming Plays To Win
Subscriptions Change How Online Gaming Plays To Win
August 13, 2019  |  Merchant Innovation

Video games have changed a lot since the early days of home gaming in the late 1970s and early ’80s. The graphics improved, the games...

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Deep Dive: Online Gaming Struggles With Subscription Competition
Deep Dive: Online Gaming Struggles With Subscription Competition
August 02, 2019  |  Subscription Commerce

The video game market was one of the first to move into the subscription economy, even before gaming went online. Companies like GameFly cropped up...

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Deep Dive: How Account Takeovers Are Affecting The $138B Gaming Industry
Deep Dive: How Account Takeovers Are Affecting The $138B Gaming Industry
June 14, 2019  |  Fraud Prevention

The $138 billion video game market has become a lightning rod for cybercriminals looking to make a quick buck. Game-related crime such as piracy is...

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Google Launches Gaming Service
Google Launches Gaming Service
March 20, 2019  |  Google

Google has launched its cloud gaming platform, a service called Stadia, with the introduction coming as payments is commanding a bigger role in online and...

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Red Envelopes, Fortnite And The Rise Of Micro Money Laundering
Red Envelopes, Fortnite And The Rise Of Micro Money Laundering
February 08, 2019  |  Fraud Attack

One of the main differences between a successful criminal and a wanna-be is that the smart one knows how to hide (often in plain sight),...

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Data Dive, Rainy Days Edition: Fines, Misses And Video Game Money Laundering
Data Dive, Rainy Days Edition: Fines, Misses And Video Game Money Laundering
January 28, 2019  |  Data Dive

The poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow famously wrote that “Into each life some rain must fall,” a reminder that not every day can be a perfect...

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Fortnite’s In-Game Currency Used In Money Laundering Schemes
Fortnite’s In-Game Currency Used In Money Laundering Schemes
January 21, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

A new report has revealed that Fortnite’s in-game currency is being used to launder money from stolen credit cards. According to a report by The...

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2018 Teen Holiday Wish List: Apple iPhones, Fortnite ‘V-Bucks’
2018 Teen Holiday Wish List: Apple iPhones, Fortnite ‘V-Bucks’
November 15, 2018  |  Retail

All teens want for the holidays this year is a new iPhone and some Fortnite “V-Bucks” virtual currency. According to Market Watch, a new report...

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Bitcoin Daily: Yale Mulls $400M Investment In Crypto; Fortnite Targeted With Bitcoin Wallet Malware
Bitcoin Daily: Yale Mulls $400M Investment In Crypto; Fortnite Targeted With Bitcoin Wallet Malware
October 08, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy’s second largest financial institution (FI) — along with 13 other banks — has completed the first phase of an interbank blockchain trial....

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