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Canada Finance Department Assesses Cyberattack Risk

Canada Finance Department Assesses Cyberattack Risk
Canada Finance Department Assesses Cyberattack Risk
July 12, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Internal analysis at Canada’s federal Department of Finance is warning of the risk of a cyberattack that could have significant effects on the entity, reports...

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Augmented Reality Tries To Capture B2B Suppliers’ Attention
Augmented Reality Tries To Capture B2B Suppliers’ Attention
July 12, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Augmented reality (AR) is quickly proving to be a technology about more than video games as the enterprise gets creative in how to use AR...

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Kroger Bows To Supplier Pressure On Payment Policy
Kroger Bows To Supplier Pressure On Payment Policy
July 12, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Food retailer Kroger is reportedly backtracking on a previous decision to extend payment terms to 90 days for suppliers, following an outcry from the industry....

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CA Technologies Sold To Broadcom For $19B
CA Technologies Sold To Broadcom For $19B
July 12, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Broadcom has agreed to buy software company CA Technologies for $18.9 billion. According to The Wall Street Journal, Broadcom will pay $44.50 a share in cash...

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Supreme Court Nominee Had Tens of Thousands Of Dollars In Credit Card Debt
Supreme Court Nominee Had Tens of Thousands Of Dollars In Credit Card Debt
July 12, 2018  |  Debt

Brett M. Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court, racked up tens of thousands of dollars in debt purchasing baseball tickets during the...

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Bitcoin Daily: Crypto Phone Coming Soon, South Korean Lawmakers Draft Crypto Rules
Bitcoin Daily: Crypto Phone Coming Soon, South Korean Lawmakers Draft Crypto Rules
July 12, 2018  |  Bitcoin

The government of India is not looking to ban crypto assets, despite recent central bank policy that has told banks to not service accounts of...

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Square Cash Crypto Trading Soars Despite Bitcoin’s Decline
Square Cash Crypto Trading Soars Despite Bitcoin’s Decline
July 12, 2018  |  Mobile Payments

Despite bitcoin’s fall, Square‘s mobile payment app, which launched crypto trading in late January, is surging. In fact, Square Cash is growing roughly three times...

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Pinterest Takes On Facebook With Event Planning Tools
Pinterest Takes On Facebook With Event Planning Tools
July 12, 2018  |  Mobile

Pinterest has launched new collaboration tools to allow users to plan parties and projects on the site. Launching on group boards, users are able to...

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NY Dept Financial Services: Online Lenders Need Oversight
NY Dept Financial Services: Online Lenders Need Oversight
July 12, 2018  |  Regulation

New York’s Department of Financial Services is recommending that online lenders are subjected to the same scrutiny and regulations that traditional banks face. Get the...

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