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Today In Data: Self-Employment, Finance Jobs And PayPal’s Woes

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Those jobs could also be created outside the market in the next few years — particularly if the nation is unable to secure relatively unobstructed access to the EU single market — according to recent research published by Morgan McKinley Financial Services. because of Brexit.

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NRF Warns Against EMV Verification Flaws

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Chip cards have been heralded for their improved functionality and security, but they have still failed to address critical authentication problems, leaving retailers to bear the brunt of these vulnerabilities. Europe was the first region to adopt EMV technology, and sees a transaction rate of more than 99 percent. and Europe.

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Data Dive, Breaches And Security Blips Edition: Key Bank, Microsoft And Bulgaria 

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Unfortunately, also adding heat this week was the world of fraudsters and hackers – with a few pretty sizable security blips and glitches. Regional banking force KeyCorp disclosed a massive fraud that could potentially cost as much as $90 million – according to reporting out of CNBC last week. Starting with.

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Hacker Tracker: U.S. Most Willing To Pay On Ransomware

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This according to the latest volume of the Internet Security Threat Report published today by software company and security product provider Symantec. To start, ransomware threats escalated globally through 2016 in size, number and kind. Its end users were also the most willing to pay. But it’s moved into doing more.

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Inside China’s Cyber, Financial Regulatory Changes And Challenges

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Financial institutions (FIs) and merchants from other regions have been dipping their toes into the Chinese market, but open banking has compounded the difficulty involved in setting up operations. The major difficulty for FIs and businesses is that some compliance standards are harsher than others, which can lead to security weaknesses.

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A Continued Decline in Housing Inventory

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The graph below shows the active listings of residential homes from 7/2016 to 5/2021. The graph shows the active listings of residential homes in the United States as published by Realtor.com (7/2016 to 5/2021). The active listing count by metro region has also declined when compared to the previous 4 year average.

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Banking's Total Return Top 5: 2016 Edition

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Independent Bank Corporation (Nasdaq: IBCP) Independent Bank dates back to 1864 as the First National Bank of Iona. billion in asset company headquartered in West Virginia, providing community banking services primarily in the Eastern Panhandle and South Central regions of the state, and the Northern and Shenandoah Valley regions of Virginia.