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Hackers Plead Guilty For Charging Uber To Delete Stolen Data

Hackers Plead Guilty For Charging Uber To Delete Stolen Data
Hackers Plead Guilty For Charging Uber To Delete Stolen Data
October 31, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Two hackers pleaded guilty Wednesday (Oct. 30) in federal court on charges that they hacked both Uber and LinkedIn, and then extorted the companies in...

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Particle Lands $40M To Become ‘All-In-One’ Solution For IoT Devices
Particle Lands $40M To Become ‘All-In-One’ Solution For IoT Devices
October 31, 2019  |  Investments

Internet of Things (IoT) platform Particle announced that it has raised $40 million in a funding round led by Qualcomm Ventures and Energy Impact Partners....

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When AR Meets Social Networking
When AR Meets Social Networking
October 31, 2019  |  Accounts Receivable

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Samsung’s Strong Q3 Smartphone Sales Weighed Down By Weak Memory Chip Business
Samsung’s Strong Q3 Smartphone Sales Weighed Down By Weak Memory Chip Business
October 31, 2019  |  Earnings

Samsung’s third quarter results showed that profit fell sharply from a year earlier, but improved from the previous quarter. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Mastercard: It’s The End Of Rewards Points As We Know It
Mastercard: It’s The End Of Rewards Points As We Know It
October 31, 2019  |  Mastercard

Consumers are awash in points. Starbucks gives them Stars, airlines give them frequent flier miles, Bee Built has Swarm Swag and Pixi Beauty hands out...

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Fiserv: Optimizing Both Sides Of A B2B Transaction
Fiserv: Optimizing Both Sides Of A B2B Transaction
October 31, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Billing and payments are processes that touch the financial lives of every consumer and business. With FinTech innovation yielding more choices than ever for both...

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Why It’s Time To Reboot The ISO’s Value Proposition
Why It’s Time To Reboot The ISO’s Value Proposition
October 31, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Just a few weeks left in 2019, and it will go down in history as the year of the payments mega-merger. The headlines were full...

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Visa: How Mass Transit Is Driving Contactless Payments’ Global Future
Visa: How Mass Transit Is Driving Contactless Payments’ Global Future
October 31, 2019  |  VISA

Seven years ago, when Visa first started working on bringing contactless payments to London’s Mass Transit system, the landscape for tap and go cards looked...

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Etsy’s Q3 Results Show GMS, Revenue Boost After Reverb Deal
Etsy’s Q3 Results Show GMS, Revenue Boost After Reverb Deal
October 31, 2019  |  Earnings

Etsy announced strong Q3 earnings results, with total revenue up 31.6 percent year over year, and gross profit increasing more than 24 percent. Get the...

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