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Alliance Data’s $2.3 Billion Acquisition Deal
Alliance Data’s $2.3 Billion Acquisition Deal
September 12, 2014  |  Loyalty & Rewards

Alliance Data systems has agrees to acquire Conversant for $2.3 billion.  The purchase will reportedly allow Alliance to form an end-to-end marketing service, reports The...

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Drug Dealer’s Best Friends Are Bitcoin, Prepaid Debit
Drug Dealer’s Best Friends Are Bitcoin, Prepaid Debit
September 12, 2014  |  Alternative Credit

For those who say there is no e-commerce application for social media the drug dealing population of Instagram stand as a stark, if weird, counter-example. ...

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Bank Of England Says Bitcoin’s A Bank Killer
Bank Of England Says Bitcoin’s A Bank Killer
September 12, 2014  |  Alternative Credit

Will bitcoin really be the great bank killer?  It’s got potential, according to a new report released by The Bank of England, but as of...

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Home Depot Malware Pretended To Be Anti-Virus Protection
Home Depot Malware Pretended To Be Anti-Virus Protection
September 12, 2014  |  Cybersecurity

The huge cyber attack on Home Depot apparently used malware that was disguised as anti-virus protection (beware of cybergeeks bearing gifts), which suggests that, contrary...

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UPS Delivery Headache: Too Much E-Commerce
UPS Delivery Headache: Too Much E-Commerce
September 12, 2014  |  News

There once was a time when E-Commerce was a gift to delivery services, where replacing all of those personally-picked-up purchases with a truck-delivered one a...

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