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ECB: Setting The Stage For Pan-European Real Time Cross-Border Payments

ECB: Setting The Stage For Pan-European Real Time Cross-Border Payments
ECB: Setting The Stage For Pan-European Real Time Cross-Border Payments
May 19, 2020  |  Real-Time Payments

The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken both the United States and global economies, with 38.4 percent of small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) reducing their payroll and...

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How To Make Instant Payments Ubiquitous
How To Make Instant Payments Ubiquitous
May 19, 2020  |  Real-Time Payments

The U.S. consumer has literally thousands of options for financial services given that America has traditional banks, credit unions and FinTech challenger banks of all...

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Igloo On Payments As A Strategy, Not Just A Way To Pay
Igloo On Payments As A Strategy, Not Just A Way To Pay
May 19, 2020  |  BNPL

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Why Fraudsters Like ‘Delivery Attacks,’ And Why AI and ML Alone Won’t Stop Them
Why Fraudsters Like ‘Delivery Attacks,’ And Why AI and ML Alone Won’t Stop Them
May 19, 2020  |  Cybersecurity

The pandemic — and specifically, the lockdowns resulting from it — has spurred criminals to shift their cyber fraud schemes to exploit new avenues of...

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Treasury: 4 Million IRS Stimulus Payments To Be Sent Via Visa Prepaid Debit Card
Treasury: 4 Million IRS Stimulus Payments To Be Sent Via Visa Prepaid Debit Card
May 18, 2020  |  Disbursements

The U.S. Treasury Department and the IRS are planning to send out around 4 million Economic Impact Payments (EIP) via Visa prepaid debit cards rather...

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Bitcoin Daily: FalconX Notches $17M In Funding; Venezuelans Now Can Use Bitcoin At POS Terminals
Bitcoin Daily: FalconX Notches $17M In Funding; Venezuelans Now Can Use Bitcoin At POS Terminals
May 18, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Digital currency trading platform FalconX has notched $17 million in an Accel-led funding round, CoinDesk reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Amazon Eyes JCPenney Buy
Amazon Eyes JCPenney Buy
May 18, 2020  |  Retail

Amazon could be in talks to acquire the bankrupt clothing retailer JCPenney, Fox Business reported Monday (May 19), citing Women’s Wear Daily (WWD). Get the...

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FTC Refunds $12M To Consumer Victims Of Bogus Online Trial Memberships
FTC Refunds $12M To Consumer Victims Of Bogus Online Trial Memberships
May 18, 2020  |  Cybersecurity

More than 147,000 consumers who were scammed by I Works are getting full refunds totaling $12 million, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Monday (May...

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