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Mobile Devices Are Used By More Than Half Of Consumers To Check Their Bank Account
Mobile Devices Are Used By More Than Half Of Consumers To Check Their Bank Account
September 16, 2016  |  Digital Banking

Greater than half of Americans have used a mobile device to check and/or manage their bank account at least once per month. What’s more, more...

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Ripple Closes $55 Million Venture Capital Round
Ripple Closes $55 Million Venture Capital Round
September 16, 2016  |  Investments

Ripple, the provider of financial settlement services, announced on Thursday (Sept. 15) it completed a $55 million Series B round of financing. Ripple said the...

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CheapOair Is Now Accepting Apple Pay
CheapOair Is Now Accepting Apple Pay
September 16, 2016  |  Apple Pay

CheapOair, a concierge travel service consisting of a traditional travel agency with a digital front end, announced on Thursday (Sept. 15) customers who book via...

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NFC Transaction Market Poised To Grow More Than 50 Percent In Coming Years
NFC Transaction Market Poised To Grow More Than 50 Percent In Coming Years
September 16, 2016  |  Payment Methods

Research and Markets announced on Thursday (Sept. 15) the release of the “Global NFC Transaction Market 2016–2020” report, which found that the NFC transaction market is...

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Entrata And Visa Ink Alliance To Make It Easier To Pay Rent Via A Card
Entrata And Visa Ink Alliance To Make It Easier To Pay Rent Via A Card
September 16, 2016  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Payment processor Entrata announced on Thursday (Sept. 15) it entered into a strategic alliance with Visa to introduce an improved payment and authorization program to...

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MTN South Africa Is Canceling Mobile Money Platform
MTN South Africa Is Canceling Mobile Money Platform
September 16, 2016  |  Mobile Payments

Taking a page from competitor Vodacom South Africa, MTN South Africa is canceling its mobile payments platform, Mobile Money. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Senators Question Wells CEO About Getting Some Manager Compensation Back
Senators Question Wells CEO About Getting Some Manager Compensation Back
September 16, 2016  |  Regulation

Arguing that committing a massive fraud that creates millions of phony consumer accounts should not be the sort of thing that banking executives should be...

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Ransomware’s Heavy Costs
Ransomware’s Heavy Costs
September 16, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Krebs on Security reported that ransomware — the style of cybercriminality that infects files on a computer server and then forces users to pay up in order...

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Two Former Bankrate Executives Can’t Get SEC Allegations Thrown Out
Two Former Bankrate Executives Can’t Get SEC Allegations Thrown Out
September 16, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Two former executives at Bankrate were unsuccessful in convincing a federal judge to throw out U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission allegations that they manipulated the...

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