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New Digital Taxes Loom On Tech Firms In Europe

New Digital Taxes Loom On Tech Firms In Europe
New Digital Taxes Loom On Tech Firms In Europe
November 25, 2019  |  Regulation

Amid the continuing drumbeat for taxes on global commerce done through digital means, the Czech government has approved a new seven percent digital tax on...

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Amex App To Offer Mobile Restaurant Booking For Platinum Cardholders
Amex App To Offer Mobile Restaurant Booking For Platinum Cardholders
November 25, 2019  |  Mobile

American Express has announced that it is launching a new restaurant booking tool in the Amex mobile app. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Late Payments Epidemic Continues To Have Ripple Effects In Europe
Late Payments Epidemic Continues To Have Ripple Effects In Europe
November 25, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The data show that late payments continue to have significant impact across the UK – and firms are devoting at least one work week a...

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How To Defend Corporate Banking Against Trojans, Malware
How To Defend Corporate Banking Against Trojans, Malware
November 25, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Hackers are leveraging increasingly sophisticated attacks against FIs, and have corporate transactions in the crosshairs.  Will LaSala, director of security services at OneSpan, tells PYMNTS...

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SoftBank, Ant Financial Back India’s Paytm With $1B Funding
SoftBank, Ant Financial Back India’s Paytm With $1B Funding
November 25, 2019  |  Payment Methods

India’s mobile payments startup Paytm said on Monday (Nov. 25) that it secured $1 billion in new funds from Japan’s SoftBank and China’s Alibaba affiliate...

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WWW Creator Tim Berners-Lee Shapes Web Rescue Strategy
WWW Creator Tim Berners-Lee Shapes Web Rescue Strategy
November 25, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

British scientist and World Wide Web (WWW) creator Tim Berners-Lee has designed a strategy to save the internet from corruption and falsehoods,  The Guardian reported...

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Bitcoin Daily: Singapore Blockchain Firm To Boost Philippine Startups With $300K Fund; OKEx Crypto Exchange Lands New Partners For OKB Coin
Bitcoin Daily: Singapore Blockchain Firm To Boost Philippine Startups With $300K Fund; OKEx Crypto Exchange...
November 25, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Singapore-based BCB Blockchain announced that it has launched a $300,000 fund to support incubators and startup accelerators in the Philippines under the Department of Science...

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Facebook Says Facial Recognition App Was Only Used By Employees
Facebook Says Facial Recognition App Was Only Used By Employees
November 25, 2019  |  Facebook

Facebook built a facial recognition app that was intended only for internal use, a company spokesperson told VentureBeat on Friday (Nov. 22).  Get the Full...

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Does ‘Google Checking’ Foreshadow Big Tech, FinTech Payments Changes?
Does ‘Google Checking’ Foreshadow Big Tech, FinTech Payments Changes?
November 25, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

Banks and credit unions are certainly not on their way out, even as they face more pressure from challenger banks, FinTechs and Big Tech in...

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