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West Virginia University On Transitioning New Student Onboarding To An Online Future

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Large-scale orientation events meant to establish bonds among students are naturally out of the question, and universities are also having to adjust the ways they identify students or finalize their housing or student aid to suit online channels, according to Corey Farris, dean of students for West Virginia University.

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Capital One to buy Discover Financial in $35B stock deal

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agreed to buy credit-card lender Discover Financial Services in a $35 billion all-stock deal to create the largest US credit card company by loan volume. McLean, Virginia-based Capital One will pay 1.0192 of its own shares for each Discover share, a 26.6% Capital One Financial Corp. premium to the closing price on Feb.

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WEX Extends Fuel Card Contract With Sheetz

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announced a 10-year extension of its fleet fuel card contract with convenience chain retailer Sheetz, Inc., WEX supports the Private Label, Universal and Tri-Brand fleet cards available at Sheetz, which can be used to purchase gasoline at store locations. On Wednesday (Oct. 18), payment solutions company WEX, Inc.,

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Darden Cyberattack Puts 567K Cards At Risk

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Darden Restaurants announced Wednesday (August 23) that the data on 567,000 payment card numbers may have been exposed. The company said payment card information — including card numbers — from visitors who went to the restaurants from Nov. 3, 2017, through Jan. 2 2018 may have been affected.

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Smart Card Alliance opens Washington, DC-area training center

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The National Center for Advanced Payments and Identity Security in Crystal City, Virginia, will be a permanent facility for live educational activities hosted by SCA.

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Curating Greeting Cards In A Digital World

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When Jesse moved to California and Ross went to the University of Virginia, they were connected in the sense that they posted on one another’s Facebook walls or liked each other’s photos. The two brothers ended up co-founding Scribe , an eCommerce website that sells paper greeting cards.

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Walmart Card Skimmer Targets Card-Swiping Consumers

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The transition to EMV was supposed to all but eliminate the danger of credit card fraud, but incomplete changeover, both in chip cards and compatible payments terminals, leaves plenty of room for the less scrupulous among us to take advantage and credit card numbers in equal turns.

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