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Capital One Tries to Woo Travelers With Airport Lounges
Capital One Tries to Woo Travelers With Airport Lounges
September 10, 2023  |  Travel Payments

Capital One is expanding its airport lounge chain in a bid to win cardholding travelers. As Bloomberg News reported Friday (Sept. 8), the lender just opened its...

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Walmart Weighs Investment in ChenMed Senior Care Clinics
Walmart Weighs Investment in ChenMed Senior Care Clinics
September 10, 2023  |  Retail

Walmart is reportedly considering purchasing a majority share of primary care chain ChenMed. The proposed deal, reported Friday (Sept. 8) by Bloomberg News, would mark Walmart’s largest healthcare foray...

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Ruling: White House Can’t ‘Coerce’ Social Platforms Over COVID Content
Ruling: White House Can’t ‘Coerce’ Social Platforms Over COVID Content
September 10, 2023  |  Legal

A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling limiting how the White House can communicate with social media platforms. The ruling Friday (Sept. 8) by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court...

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Can Selfridges’ Play on Nostalgia Revive the Yellow Pages?
Can Selfridges’ Play on Nostalgia Revive the Yellow Pages?
September 09, 2023  |  Retail

When was the last time you saw the Yellow Pages? Probably in 2019, since that was the last time it was published. Well, that thick,...

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Owners Bank Unveils Credit Card for Small Businesses
Owners Bank Unveils Credit Card for Small Businesses
September 08, 2023  |  SMBs

Owners Bank, a new digital bank created to cater to the needs of small business owners, has launched a business credit card. This product aims...

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SAP Fioneer and Mastercard Partner on Embedded Payments and Lending
SAP Fioneer and Mastercard Partner on Embedded Payments and Lending
September 08, 2023  |  Partnerships

SAP Fioneer, a global provider of financial services software solutions and platforms, has partnered with Mastercard to enhance its embedded financial services. The collaboration aims to enable...

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Ripple to Bolster Regulatory Licenses With Fortress Trust Acquisition
Ripple to Bolster Regulatory Licenses With Fortress Trust Acquisition
September 08, 2023  |  Acquisitions

Ripple, a provider of enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions, has announced its agreement to acquire Fortress Trust, a financial institution specializing in licensed Web3 financial, regulatory...

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Square Promises ‘Full Review’ After Widespread Outage
Square Promises ‘Full Review’ After Widespread Outage
September 08, 2023  |  Payments As A Service

Square has said it will investigate and publish a full review of an outage that impacted merchants for about 19 hours late Thursday (Sept. 7)...

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FDIC Review Identifies Supervision Shortcomings in First Republic Bank’s Failure
FDIC Review Identifies Supervision Shortcomings in First Republic Bank’s Failure
September 08, 2023  |  Banking

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has identified supervision shortcomings around the failure of First Republic Bank. In an internal review released Friday (Sept. 8),...

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