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Google Offered To Display Rival Comparison Shopping Sites To Appease EU
Google Offered To Display Rival Comparison Shopping Sites To Appease EU
September 19, 2017  |  Regulation

Google, aiming to prevent more fines from the European Union (EU), is offering to display competing comparison shopping websites through an auction, reported Reuters. Get...

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PEPFAR And Mastercard Team To Fight AIDS In Africa
PEPFAR And Mastercard Team To Fight AIDS In Africa
September 19, 2017  |  International

On Monday (Sept. 18), during the 2017 Concordia Annual Summit, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and Mastercard announced a new public-private...

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When The Payday Lending Rule Drops, Opponents Are Ready To Attack
When The Payday Lending Rule Drops, Opponents Are Ready To Attack
September 19, 2017  |  CFPB

The new rules are coming for payday lenders, and opponents of those rules are readying themselves for what will likely be a fairly dizzying battle...

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Why Would Someone (Literally) Flush ~$100K Down The Toilet?
Why Would Someone (Literally) Flush ~$100K Down The Toilet?
September 19, 2017  |  Europe

Anyone who has ever been accused of wasting money with the phrase “flushed it down the toilet” will likely be tickled to know that somewhere...

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Equifax Admits To A Different Security “Incident” In March
Equifax Admits To A Different Security “Incident” In March
September 19, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

So, about that data breach at Equifax — it turns out this isn’t quite their first rodeo when it comes to serious cybersecurity situations. In...

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Student Loan Collection Draws CFPB Attention And Ire
Student Loan Collection Draws CFPB Attention And Ire
September 19, 2017  |  CFPB

The CFPB laid down some serious fines on National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts and its debt collector, Transworld Systems, Inc. The firms were collectively ordered...

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Bridging Speech and Loyalty with Voice Activated Rewards
Bridging Speech and Loyalty with Voice Activated Rewards
September 19, 2017  |  Tech Center

The voice-activated assistant is gaining currency with consumers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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Using AI To Power The Retail Experience
Using AI To Power The Retail Experience
September 19, 2017  |  Merchant Innovation

When is milk not milk? This is no trick question — it’s a distinction that artificial intelligence (AI) is going to have to learn to make...

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The Prescription For Prescription Commerce
The Prescription For Prescription Commerce
September 19, 2017  |  Retail

Think the neighborhood pharmacy is dead and gone? There are more than 22,000 reasons to think otherwise, and Deepak Thomas, CEO of Phil, noted in the...

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