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Bitcoin Daily: Ripple Goes To College To Research Blockchain; Bitcoin Value Drops To Lowest Level In 7.5 Weeks
Bitcoin Daily: Ripple Goes To College To Research Blockchain; Bitcoin Value Drops To Lowest Level...
February 08, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Bitcoin continues to struggle, reaching its lowest level in 7.5 weeks on Wednesday (Feb. 6) to end the session at $3,328. As CoinDesk reported, the crypto...

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Western Union Digs Into Its Digital, Powered-By Platform Future
Western Union Digs Into Its Digital, Powered-By Platform Future
February 08, 2019  |  Earnings

Western Union shares took a slight dip in after-hours trading yesterday (Feb. 7) when its Q4 earnings met analyst expectations on adjusted earnings per share (EPS), but came in...

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Grubhub’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Grubhub’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
February 08, 2019  |  Earnings

If bad days are measured by declines in stock market prices, then yesterday (Feb. 7) was a really bad day for Grubhub. It was the...

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Fiserv’s Yabuki Points To Payments Digitization Amid 4Q Sales Growth
Fiserv’s Yabuki Points To Payments Digitization Amid 4Q Sales Growth
February 08, 2019  |  Earnings

Fiserv's Q4 results were in line with a preliminary announcement, including 6 percent payments growth. As the deal with First Data sinks in and becomes...

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Red Envelopes, Fortnite And The Rise Of Micro Money Laundering
Red Envelopes, Fortnite And The Rise Of Micro Money Laundering
February 08, 2019  |  Fraud Attack

One of the main differences between a successful criminal and a wanna-be is that the smart one knows how to hide (often in plain sight),...

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Car Tech Startup Aurora Snags $530M From Amazon, Others
Car Tech Startup Aurora Snags $530M From Amazon, Others
February 07, 2019  |  Investments

Aurora, a self-driving car technology company, has raised upwards of $530 million in a series B financing round led by Sequoia Capital, with a large...

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Foot Locker Invests $100M In Online Sneaker Reseller Platform
Foot Locker Invests $100M In Online Sneaker Reseller Platform
February 07, 2019  |  Retail

Legacy retail company Foot Locker has invested $100 million in Goat Group, an online platform that sells and resells rare and classic sneakers, according to...

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Barclays Invests $12.9M In Loyalty Startup Bink
Barclays Invests $12.9M In Loyalty Startup Bink
February 07, 2019  |  Investments

British financial institution Barclays has invested $12.9 million in Bink, a startup that lets customers store and view all their loyalty cards on a phone,...

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USA Tech Shares Plummet As Auditor Resigns
USA Tech Shares Plummet As Auditor Resigns
February 07, 2019  |  Investments

USA Technologies’ shares lost roughly 45 percent of their value on Thursday in intraday trading after an SEC filing by the firm revealed that RSM...

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