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SEC Issues Corporate Fraud Warning As BEC Scams Climb

SEC Issues Corporate Fraud Warning As BEC Scams Climb
SEC Issues Corporate Fraud Warning As BEC Scams Climb
November 16, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

The risk of fraud continues to climb for organizations of all sizes as the latest data reveals third-quarter spikes in business email compromise and ransomware...

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How Alternative Lending Technology Stays Flexible For SMBs
How Alternative Lending Technology Stays Flexible For SMBs
November 16, 2020  |  B2B Payments

In the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, and banks’ subsequent pullback from the small- to medium-sized business (SMB) lending arena, a slew of...

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Overcoming FinTech Skepticism To Meet Asian SMEs’ FX Needs
Overcoming FinTech Skepticism To Meet Asian SMEs’ FX Needs
November 16, 2020  |  B2B Payments

The global trading markets are in flux, and it’s not only the COVID-19 crisis influencing international supply chains. Ongoing trade wars and rising costs of...

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KeyBank On Fighting APP Fraud During The COVID-19 Pandemic
KeyBank On Fighting APP Fraud During The COVID-19 Pandemic
November 16, 2020  |  Fraud Prevention

Fraudsters are preying on consumers’ anxieties by turning to authorized push payment (APP) fraud for COVID-19-related schemes. Deploying multiple fraud prevention tactics is therefore a...

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CVS Taps PayPal For QR Code Payments For PayPal, Venmo Users
CVS Taps PayPal For QR Code Payments For PayPal, Venmo Users
November 16, 2020  |  Payment Methods

Customers at 8,200 CVS Pharmacy locations can use PayPal and Venmo to pay for purchases contact-free starting Monday (Nov. 16), the retailer announced in a...

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Mastercard Adds A2A Capability For Track Business Payment Service
Mastercard Adds A2A Capability For Track Business Payment Service
November 16, 2020  |  Mastercard

Mastercard has added a new Account-to-Account (A2A) service to its Track Business Payment Service, to help businesses exchange data more efficiently and perform payments across...

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COVID Crisis: What Happens If Most People Don’t Get The Vaccine?
COVID Crisis: What Happens If Most People Don’t Get The Vaccine?
November 16, 2020  |  Coronavirus

On the same day that COVID-19 cases in the U.S. topped 10 million and hit 50.5 million globally, the world got news that Pfizer and...

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US Economic Forecasts Grim Amid Escalating COVID-19
US Economic Forecasts Grim Amid Escalating COVID-19
November 16, 2020  |  Economy

Fears of economic freefall are mounting as the U.S. continues to post an alarming increase in the number of new COVID-19 cases without word of...

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Digital Dining and Ghost Kitchens Gain Steam And Converts
Digital Dining and Ghost Kitchens Gain Steam And Converts
November 16, 2020  |  Restaurant innovation

It seems like not a day goes by that a major restaurant chain doesn’t launch a new digital-only concept store, ghost kitchen, enhanced drive-thru, curbside...

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