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CORE Taps Blackhawk Network For Grant Disbursements By Prepaid Card

CORE Taps Blackhawk Network For Grant Disbursements By Prepaid Card
CORE Taps Blackhawk Network For Grant Disbursements By Prepaid Card
March 12, 2021  |  Disbursements

Children of Restaurant Employees (CORE), which offers help to families in the restaurant service industry, has teamed with Blackhawk Network to harness prepaid cards for...

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Germany Reports Third COVID-19 Wave As Italy Plans Easter Lockdown
Germany Reports Third COVID-19 Wave As Italy Plans Easter Lockdown
March 12, 2021  |  Coronavirus

Germany is seeing a third wave of coronavirus infections as Italy begins planning lockdowns over Easter weekend, CNBC reported on Friday (March. 12). Get the Full...

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Today In B2B: MSTS’s Rebrand; Taulia’s Funding Facility
Today In B2B: MSTS’s Rebrand; Taulia’s Funding Facility
March 12, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Today in B2B payments, MSTS embraces a new identity, while Taulia secures a $6 billion finance facility. Plus, the latest on the ongoing Greensill Capital...

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University Of California Pays Students To Skip Spring Break
University Of California Pays Students To Skip Spring Break
March 12, 2021  |  Coronavirus

Would you skip your college spring break for $75? If you’re a student at the University of California, Davis, your school’s officials are hoping the...

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Big Tech Faces Global Regulatory Blowback
Big Tech Faces Global Regulatory Blowback
March 12, 2021  |  Regulation

Seismic shocks ahead for Big Tech loom — certainly in China, and almost certainly for firms here in the U.S. Bloomberg reported on Friday (March 12)...

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Apple Car And High-Tech Partnerships Hit The Road
Apple Car And High-Tech Partnerships Hit The Road
March 12, 2021  |  Innovation

Technology and automobiles have evolved side by side ever since Henry Ford’s assembly line began rolling in 1913. Back then, the company’s Model T was...

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World Wide Web Inventor: One-Third Of Young People Lack Internet Access
World Wide Web Inventor: One-Third Of Young People Lack Internet Access
March 12, 2021  |  International

This year found many of the world’s young people living their lives online in ways they might never have dreamed. Get the Full Story Complete...

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The Week In Payments: Challenger Banks, NFTs And The End Of Banks’ ‘FinTech Tourism’
The Week In Payments: Challenger Banks, NFTs And The End Of Banks’ ‘FinTech Tourism’
March 12, 2021  |  News

This week, the world celebrated the ignominious anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic period being declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization. While it...

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Ripple Asks Court To Deny SEC’s Demand For Personal Finance Info
Ripple Asks Court To Deny SEC’s Demand For Personal Finance Info
March 12, 2021  |  Legal

Two Ripple executives have sent a letter to the Southern District Court in New York requesting that subpoenas for personal finance information from the U.S....

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