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FTC, DOJ Launch Consultation To Tighten Grip on Big Tech M&A 
FTC, DOJ Launch Consultation To Tighten Grip on Big Tech M&A 
January 19, 2022  |  Regulation

On Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division launched a joint public inquiry to review merger rules to strengthen enforcement...

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SoFi Granted Bank Charter
SoFi Granted Bank Charter
January 19, 2022  |  Banking

Digital finance firm SoFi Technologies was granted approval to become a national bank pending its acquisition of Golden Pacific Bancorp (GPB), according to a press...

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Digital DNA Helps Online Lenders Make New Account Fraud an Old Problem
Digital DNA Helps Online Lenders Make New Account Fraud an Old Problem
January 19, 2022  |  Authentication

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Responding to ‘Pandemic Fatigue,’ Companies Lead With Empathy
Responding to ‘Pandemic Fatigue,’ Companies Lead With Empathy
January 19, 2022  |  Personnel

After two years of the pandemic — and the new way of living and working that came along with it, with no end in sight...

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AP Automation Is Going for the Ecosystem Play to Take the Hassle out of Hybrid Work
AP Automation Is Going for the Ecosystem Play to Take the Hassle out of Hybrid...
January 19, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Even as digitization roared through 2021, it wasn’t at all unusual to find firms still sending paper invoices and appointing staffers to print checks, bringing...

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Trade Finance Platforms Provide Lifelines to Asian B2B Marketplaces Hit Hard by Pandemic
Trade Finance Platforms Provide Lifelines to Asian B2B Marketplaces Hit Hard by Pandemic
January 19, 2022  |  Cross Border Commerce

The great digital shift is bringing B2B more fully into the 21st century — and digital marketplaces are a key component of it. Get the Full...

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Government-Issued Digital IDs Lay Foundation for Trust — Online and Offline
Government-Issued Digital IDs Lay Foundation for Trust — Online and Offline
January 19, 2022  |  Identity

More businesses than ever are using biometrics to make sure that people accessing services and making transactions are who they say they are. Get the...

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BJ’s Wholesale Club Ditches ADS, Moves Credit Cards to Capital One
BJ’s Wholesale Club Ditches ADS, Moves Credit Cards to Capital One
January 18, 2022  |  Legal

Alliance Data Systems Corp (ADS) has lost BJ’s Wholesale Club as a client, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Tuesday (Jan. 18). Get the Full...

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US Probes Alibaba’s Cloud Unit Security on US Consumer Data Concerns
US Probes Alibaba’s Cloud Unit Security on US Consumer Data Concerns
January 18, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

The Biden administration is looking at Alibaba’s cloud business and determining whether that facet of the eCommerce titan is a risk to U.S. national security,...

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