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Report Warns Of Aviation Cybersecurity Risks

Report Warns Of Aviation Cybersecurity Risks
Report Warns Of Aviation Cybersecurity Risks
October 09, 2020  |  Risk Management

A government report found that airplanes have a number of digital technologies that might become susceptible to hackers and says American regulators have not put...

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Robinhood Reports Potential Hacking Incident
Robinhood Reports Potential Hacking Incident
October 09, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Online brokerage Robinhood, which offers a suite of tools aimed at making investing easy and comparatively cheap for the uninitiated, said on Friday (Oct. 9)...

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Feds Charge Texas Man With CARES Act Fraud
Feds Charge Texas Man With CARES Act Fraud
October 09, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Federal prosecutors on Thursday (Oct. 8) charged a Dallas-area man with allegedly playing a role in a scheme that sought to fraudulently obtain $24.8 million...

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Instant Pay Startup Clair Notches $4.5M To Help Gig Workers
Instant Pay Startup Clair Notches $4.5M To Help Gig Workers
October 09, 2020  |  Investments

New York City-based FinTech startup Clair has raised $4.5 million in seed funding to disrupt payday lending schemes and help gig workers and freelancers get...

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Restaurants, Cybersecurity And Government Stimulus Top This Week’s News
Restaurants, Cybersecurity And Government Stimulus Top This Week’s News
October 09, 2020  |  The Weekender

It’s the end of another work week, and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to catch you up on the latest news. We have deep dives...

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Today In Payments: Central Banks Frame Criteria For Digital Currency; Amazon India Gets $95.5M For Festive Season
Today In Payments: Central Banks Frame Criteria For Digital Currency; Amazon India Gets $95.5M For...
October 09, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, the Federal Reserve and seven central banks are collaborating on a framework for digital currency, and Amazon India prepares for its...

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Google Backlash Triggers Indian Movement To ‘Free The Internet’
Google Backlash Triggers Indian Movement To ‘Free The Internet’
October 09, 2020  |  International

Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Indian billionaire and founder of payments decacorn Paytm, is leading a charge to topple Google’s dominance over the internet. Get the Full...

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UK Weighs New Regulatory Unit To Police Tech Firms
UK Weighs New Regulatory Unit To Police Tech Firms
October 09, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Britain’s top antitrust regulator proposed Friday (Oct. 9) that the country contemplate creating a new regulatory unit whose approval would be required before any dominant...

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New US ‘Cryptocurrency Enforcement Network’ Takes Aim At Bitcoin Scammers
New US ‘Cryptocurrency Enforcement Network’ Takes Aim At Bitcoin Scammers
October 09, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are continuing to attract attention from authorities for all the wrong reasons. For instance, a new U.S. Justice Department report is...

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