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Bitcoin Daily: US Senate Mulls Gov’t Blockchain; Australians Pay Bills Via Crypto
Bitcoin Daily: US Senate Mulls Gov’t Blockchain; Australians Pay Bills Via Crypto
August 22, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Bitcoin went red again on Tuesday (Aug. 21), with a slip of about 50 basis points on the day to a bit more than $6,000....

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SoftBank Invests In Rental Car Co
SoftBank Invests In Rental Car Co
August 22, 2018  |  Investments

Carsharing platform Getaround has announced that it raised $300 million in a Series D funding round led by SoftBank. Toyota Motor Corporation and inside investors also...

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Amazon ‘Pay By Invoice’ Rankles Sellers
Amazon ‘Pay By Invoice’ Rankles Sellers
August 22, 2018  |  Amazon

Earlier this month, Amazon officially launched its Pay by Invoice feature — and many small sellers aren’t happy about it. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Samsung Pay Passes The 1.3B Transactions Mark
Samsung Pay Passes The 1.3B Transactions Mark
August 22, 2018  |  Digital Payments

Samsung Electronics announced Tuesday (August 21) that Samsung Pay, its digital payments platform, recently passed the mark of more than 1.3 billion transactions globally. Get...

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Germany Wants New, Non US Global Payments System
Germany Wants New, Non US Global Payments System
August 22, 2018  |  International

Germany’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Heiko Maas has called for the European Union (EU) to create a new payments system, independent in response to the United...

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Ransomware Losses Top $1.5M Each Minute
Ransomware Losses Top $1.5M Each Minute
August 21, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

A new report has found that 1.5 organizations fall victim to ransomware attacks every minute — and more than $1 million is lost each minute...

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Uber Freight Debuts Shipping Platform
Uber Freight Debuts Shipping Platform
August 21, 2018  |  Delivery

Uber Freight is expanding its services, announcing in a blog post on Tuesday (Aug. 21) that it is rolling out a platform to enable shippers...

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Big Banks Plagued By Dark Tequila Malware
Big Banks Plagued By Dark Tequila Malware
August 21, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Kaspersky Lab announced on Tuesday (Aug. 21) that it discovered a sophisticated cyber-operation named Dark Tequila, which has been targeting Mexicans for the past five years. Using...

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Flipkart Buys Voice AI Startup Liv.ai
Flipkart Buys Voice AI Startup Liv.ai
August 21, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Flipkart, the Indian eCommerce player being acquired by Walmart, has acquired Liv.ai, the Bengaluru startup working on speech recognition platforms using artificial intelligence. Get the...

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