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Bitcoin Daily: Crypto Firms Gear Up To Fight SEC; Consumers Can Use Crypto To Pay Bills Down Under
Bitcoin Daily: Crypto Firms Gear Up To Fight SEC; Consumers Can Use Crypto To Pay...
May 31, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Canadian social media company Kik has announced a crowdfunding effort aimed to help it — and other cryptocurrency firms — fight the U.S. Securities and...

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Student Loan Scammer Settles With FTC For $11M
Student Loan Scammer Settles With FTC For $11M
May 31, 2019  |  Legal

The leader of a student loan debt relief scheme has agreed to settle with the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) charges that he stole $11 million...

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Uber’s Growth Slows Sharply
Uber’s Growth Slows Sharply
May 31, 2019  |  Earnings

All eyes were on Uber's first quarterly report as a publicly traded company. Management pointed to some improvements in the competitive pricing dynamics in ridesharing...

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Why Waiting For The Fax Machine To Break Isn’t AP’s Catalyst For Change
Why Waiting For The Fax Machine To Break Isn’t AP’s Catalyst For Change
May 31, 2019  |  Accounts Payable

Accounts payable (AP) processes are anything but efficient, mired in paper and manual labor. Waiting for the fax machine to break is no spur of...

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Solving Healthcare’s $200M/Year Abandoned Rx Shopping Cart Problem
Solving Healthcare’s $200M/Year Abandoned Rx Shopping Cart Problem
May 31, 2019  |  Healthcare

Way back when, medicine used to be simple. Grind up, boil and drink a few roots here, employ a few leeches there. Pay a barber...

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How QSRs Balance Security With A Great Order-Ahead Experience
How QSRs Balance Security With A Great Order-Ahead Experience
May 31, 2019  |  Mobile Order Ahead

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Startup Pillar Aims To Help Students Pay Down Debt
Startup Pillar Aims To Help Students Pay Down Debt
May 30, 2019  |  Investments

A new startup named Pillar, which aims to help students pay down loan debt, recently received $5.5 million in seed money from Kleiner Perkins, according...

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Ongoing US China Trade War Causes Morgan Stanley To Slash Apple Price Target
Ongoing US China Trade War Causes Morgan Stanley To Slash Apple Price Target
May 30, 2019  |  Markets

A Morgan Stanley analyst has cut the price target on Apple from $240 to $231 in a note to investors, according to a report by...

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JPMC Customers Leave For Higher-Interest Alternatives
JPMC Customers Leave For Higher-Interest Alternatives
May 30, 2019  |  Banking

Deposit growth at banking giant JPMorgan Chase is slowing because customers are taking out money and stashing it in accounts at other banks that have...

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