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Tech Glitch Halts Card Processing For Some Mexico Merchants
Tech Glitch Halts Card Processing For Some Mexico Merchants
August 11, 2019  |  Payment Methods

Shops in Mexico started asking customers to pay with cash after several of the country’s biggest banks started having issues handling debit and credit card...

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Bitcoin Daily: NJ Assembles Blockchain Initiative Task Force; IBM Eyes Blockchain Browser
Bitcoin Daily: NJ Assembles Blockchain Initiative Task Force; IBM Eyes Blockchain Browser
August 11, 2019  |  Bitcoin

New Jersey’s governor has signed a bill to implement a Blockchain Initiative Task Force. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Uber Dials Back New Engineering Hires
Uber Dials Back New Engineering Hires
August 11, 2019  |  Ridesharing

Facing losses, San Francisco-based Uber is instituting a tech hiring freeze among other cost-savings measures, Bloomberg reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Amazon Delivery Causes USPS Shipments To Decline
Amazon Delivery Causes USPS Shipments To Decline
August 11, 2019  |  Earnings

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) reported a decline in package shipping for the third quarter of fiscal 2019. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Lawsuits Pile Up For Cap One, Amazon Post Hack
Lawsuits Pile Up For Cap One, Amazon Post Hack
August 11, 2019  |  Legal

Capital One and Amazon Web Services are being sued by customers due to the massive hack that impacted more than 106 million people, GeekWire reported....

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Money-Inspired Music And Why Hip Hop Tops The Charts
Money-Inspired Music And Why Hip Hop Tops The Charts
August 10, 2019  |  Digital Payments

It used to be all about the Benjamins, all about the cold hard cash – in this case, U.S. $100 bills, as expressed in a...

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Google Pay Removes Support For Visa Checkout
Google Pay Removes Support For Visa Checkout
August 09, 2019  |  Digital Payments

Visa is moving toward discontinuing its Visa Checkout service sometime next year, according to reports. It appears the company’s service, which was introduced in 2013...

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Carsharing App Car2go Raises Rates For Short Trips
Carsharing App Car2go Raises Rates For Short Trips
August 09, 2019  |  Ridesharing

Car2go, a car rental app that lets users pay by the minute, is significantly raising its rates, according to a report by TechCrunch. Get the...

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Uber And Lyft Earnings Tell Tales Of Two Strategies
Uber And Lyft Earnings Tell Tales Of Two Strategies
August 09, 2019  |  Earnings

In what seems to be shaping up to be a modern-day version of The Beatles vs. The Rolling Stones, Uber and Lyft have put out...

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