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How Did Tens Of Millions In ‘Consumer Relief’ Paid By Banks End Up In The Hands Of Political Groups?
How Did Tens Of Millions In ‘Consumer Relief’ Paid By Banks End Up In The...
August 29, 2016  |  Regulation

The Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Working Group (RMBS) is not exactly a household name, though the coalition of federal and state regulators and prosecutors created in 2012...

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Finland Customs Agents Seized Drugs, Money From Dark Web
Finland Customs Agents Seized Drugs, Money From Dark Web
August 29, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Finland customs agents announced on Friday (Aug. 26) they seized around €1 million earlier in 2016 in connection with a operation that was being run on...

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Amazon Account Suspensions Worrying Merchants
Amazon Account Suspensions Worrying Merchants
August 29, 2016  |  Amazon

For Amazon merchants, probably the biggest fear is their account being suspended, which a recent Bloomberg report said is more reality than most might believe....

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In Canada, SMB Shifts Signal Big Bank Challenges
In Canada, SMB Shifts Signal Big Bank Challenges
August 29, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Up north, SMBs are looking beyond the "Big Five" for banking business. CFIB’s Doug Bruce details the trends and challenges that lie before the biggest...

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Ethereum Woes Validate Conservative Nature Of Bitcoin Developers
Ethereum Woes Validate Conservative Nature Of Bitcoin Developers
August 29, 2016  |  Bitcoin

For some time now, some people have thought the Bitcoin Core development team is too conservative and too concerned with technical failures to take action...

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Amazon Opening Up Physical Store In Chicago
Amazon Opening Up Physical Store In Chicago
August 29, 2016  |  Amazon

Amazon is dominating in the eCommerce world, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t see value in physical store fronts, with the eCommerce retailer gearing up...

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New FinTech Federation Takes Shape
New FinTech Federation Takes Shape
August 29, 2016  |  Innovation

A federation of FinTechs is taking shape, as tech groups from as many as 20 cities are planning to band together to create hubs in...

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Google, Apple Eyeing Blockchain For Payments
Google, Apple Eyeing Blockchain For Payments
August 29, 2016  |  Blockchain / Distributed Ledger

Apple and Google haven’t shown much interest in blockchain technology, but that appears to be changing, with increasing interest in Ripple and the distributed ledger financial company’s Interledger...

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