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JULY 31, 2022

The Social Bankers, a collective of community bank marketers, offers inspiration, information and professional development advice to community bankers focused on marketing and social media. While so many things about banking have changed in recent years, social media continues to grow in its impact on prospects, customers and employees.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

In today’s top news, Chinese authorities have made several arrests alleging cybercriminals laundered $2 billion through faux eCommerce purchases, and Square announced the launch of two real-time payment features. Plus, Facebook could face a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) antitrust suit. Square on Tuesday (Sept.

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JULY 2, 2020

WhatsApp will be allowed to operate its payments service in Brazil once the company formally seeks permission and shows it can operate in the country without putting customers’ data at risk or violating rules intended to preserve competition, the company’s chief central banker said Thursday, according to Reuters. and other countries.

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DECEMBER 8, 2019

Social media giant Facebook is selling Oculus Medium, its virtual reality sculpting tool, to Adobe , reports revealed on Saturday (Dec. Facebook bought the tech and VR firm for $2 billion in 2014 and launched Medium two years later. The terms of the deal were not shared by either of the companies. .

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FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Facebook , which has been under fire for months over data scandals, expressed openness to new regulation. According to a report in Reuters citing Facebook’s public policy manager Karim Palant, the executive said the social media giant is “open to meaningful regulation.” All told, Facebook said about 2.7

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FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Early Facebook investor Peter Thiel once had 45 million shares in social media company Facebook , but he recently let go of most of them, and now he’s left with a comparatively paltry $2 million, according to a report by Bloomberg. billion toward older companies, and everything else would go to newer ones.

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APRIL 17, 2020

Those were quantified yesterday in a new Internet Advertising Bureau survey that shows a steep decline expected in ad spending across digital media. media properties programmatic providers and media platforms. In fact, TV advertising may come out with less damage than newspapers and print media. Time will tell.

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APRIL 5, 2018

Another data issue for Facebook: The company announced that “malicious actors” were able to use search tools to discover the identities and collect information on most of its 2 billion users worldwide. In fact, Facebook now says that up to 87 million users may have had their data shared with the research firm.

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JULY 9, 2019

Facebook is dangling the promise of more fans and endless money in an effort to lure video creators away from YouTube and other social media sites. YouTube is the first place most people think of regarding video but Facebook aims to change that. Facebook is looking to step in and grab the crown jewel of video.

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JUNE 4, 2020

The eCommerce company is in the early stages of exploring a deal to take a $2 billion stake in Bharti Airtel , India’s third-largest telecom operator, Reuters reported , citing three sources with knowledge of the talks. based tech companies in Reliance Jo, Bharti’s corporate rival.

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JANUARY 15, 2019

Social media giant Facebook asked its users what kind of news people wanted to see on the site, and also asked the news industry how it could better work with them to make “a real impact.”. 15), was clear: People wanted more local news, and local newsrooms wanted more support from the company.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2019

Facebook has acquired GrokStyle , the maker of image-matching technology, to beef up its work in the field. Bloomberg reported Facebook spokeswoman Vanessa Chan confirmed the acquisition, saying the social media giant is excited to bring in GrokStyle. It didn’t say Facebook was the place they would be landing.

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JULY 4, 2018

government probe into the Facebook data breach connected with Cambridge Analytica has widened, shares of the company dropped 2 percent in early trading on Tuesday (July 3). The fall took approximately $12 billion off Facebook’s market valuation, Reuters reported. and beyond,” a spokesman for Facebook had told WSJ.

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APRIL 3, 2018

With Facebook under intense criticism following the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, the company’s Chief Executive, Mark Zuckerberg, is pushing back against criticism from Apple CEO Tim Cook. and spurred a sell-off of Facebook’s stock. and spurred a sell-off of Facebook’s stock. And not at all aligned with the truth.

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JULY 30, 2019

According to that report, Udaan has some 2 million buyers in 900 cities and towns across India, along with up to 35,000 wholesale buyers. The company was founded in 2016. As it stands, the company rolled out Prime services in the country in 2016.

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JUNE 19, 2020

Plus, DoorDash is raising $400 million, valuing the company at $16 billion. the global technology company specializing in retail, and JD.com Inc., billion, better numbers than last year as the companies rebounded from the coronavirus. Facebook Buys Mapping Company Mapillary. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.,

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DECEMBER 2, 2019

Facebook is launching a new tool that allows users to transfer their photos and videos to other services, CNBC reported on Monday (Dec. Facebook released a white paper on data portability in September following a March op-ed about the subject in The Washington Post by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. In October, Sen.

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MARCH 1, 2017

In today’s social media sphere, politics might seem to be the most talked-about topic, but that would be an incorrect assumption. In Mastercard’s 2017 Digital Payments Study , the credit card company found that digital wallets were the high topic of conversation among social media users. Here are the numbers: 3.5

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MAY 16, 2018

At least one thing is clear about Facebook ’s new interest in blockchain: It will help the social media giant keep up with the Joneses. No one outside Facebook has yet cracked why the company is creating a blockchain unit and putting David Marcus, one of its senior executives, in charge of it. “Could it be? .

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JULY 27, 2021

A Maryland federal district court has dismissed a putative class action lawsuit filed against nine companies that manage apartment buildings in the Washington, D.C. The Complaint alleged that Facebook allows advertisers to target their advertisements using characteristics such as age, gender, location, and preferences of Facebook users.

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APRIL 2, 2019

According to a report in The Financial Times , Cerda was at the company for a little over two years but decided to quit his job after growing tired of commuting from the west coast to New York. Cerda was previously head of media products for Facebook. After all, a bank was able to lure a Facebook executive to New York.

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JANUARY 4, 2023

Takeaway 2 The FTC recommends that financial institutions watch for these top ten crypto scams. According to the FTC, the top ten crypto fraud trends to watch in 2023 are: Investment scams: Investment scams come with "get rich quick" and "no risk" promises, often initiated through social media or online dating apps. Stay in the know.

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MARCH 29, 2018

Facebook, in an effort to quell some of the backlash since it revealed its latest data scandal with Cambridge Analytica, is limiting the information it shares with third parties that turn around and sell the data to advertisers. This product enables third-party data providers to offer their targeting directly on Facebook.

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MARCH 19, 2020

EWCs represent the interests of employees of multinational companies, giving them the right to consult with management about any issues that could affect their employment. If enough employees ask for a council, the EU mandates that the company complies. That’s a roster that includes Google, Amazon and Facebook.

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MARCH 21, 2017

Facebook placed an ad looking for a GTM retail program manager as all signs point to the social media site establishing a stronger retail presence in consumer hardware. The ad leads many to believe that the company is looking to take on established hardware competitors like Apple and Alphabet.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2014

Much like the internet was once considered a fad, the same was said not so long ago about social media. Earlier this year, Facebook reported more than 1.35 Clearly, those in the “social media is a fad” camp were mistaken. Clearly, those in the “social media is a fad” camp were mistaken.

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OCTOBER 8, 2018

The impact of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR ) continues to take shape roughly five months after taking effect, and Facebook could be on the hook for billions of dollars in fines tied to a data breach of about 50 million user accounts. accounted for 94 percent of the total amount of penalties handed down on companies ($24.4

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APRIL 16, 2018

After the Cambridge Analytica data scandal raised privacy concerns, Facebook reportedly tabled a proposal to work with multiple U.S. The social media platform reportedly wanted hospitals to share anonymized patient data that it would match with its own data in an effort to identify patients that might need special care, CNBC reported.

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JULY 9, 2018

Timehop , the mobile app that gathers photos from social media, disclosed on Monday (July 9) that it was the subject of a data breach. In a blog post, the company said that on July 4 it experienced a network intrusion that led to a breach of some of its customers’ data.

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MAY 26, 2020

London-based global payment provider Checkout.com has purchased Pin Payments, an Australian startup, the companies announced Tuesday (May 26). The purchase allows Checkout access to Australia’s $33 billion eCommerce market and expands the company’s reach in the Asia Pacific region of the globe. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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AUGUST 26, 2019

He said the government is targeting overall tax revenue of 2 trillion baht in the current fiscal year to Sept. Thailand businesses are selling directly to people over Facebook, Instagram and messaging apps like Japan’s Line Corp. Sales via social media in Thailand more than doubled to 334.2 billion baht ($10.92

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APRIL 25, 2017

Reveal Mobile, a leading innovator in monetizing location-based audience data, announced the launch of Social Direct, a platform that enables advertising agencies, retailers and brands to leverage location-based audience data for highly targeted social media campaigns.

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AUGUST 12, 2019

Facebook and Arun Sarin, the former CEO of Vodafone, also invested. . The platform connects customers over social media apps such as WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram. . Of the company’s 2 million users across 700 towns, resellers are primarily female homemakers with smartphones, the report said.

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JULY 17, 2017

Facebook has just about maximized the amount of money it can make from people scrolling their newsfeeds, so the social media giant is shifting its ad placement focus to sister platforms WhatsApp, Instagram and most recently, Messenger. Facebook plans to integrate payments, along with the assistance of its AI unit “M,” said Yu.

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JUNE 23, 2019

Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne said that he welcomes Facebook ’s entry into the cryptocurrency market. Byrne told CNN Business that the social media giant’s launch of its own digital currency validates the space — and Overstock would be open to partnering with Facebook on the project. McDonnell ran the scheme out of his home.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Just in time for the holidays, Walmart employees are being lured to download a smartphone-based social media app aimed at advocating for better pay and labor benefits. At the same time, the app is a separate extension for what is naturally taking place on other platforms like Facebook and Reddit.

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MARCH 21, 2017

Before a certain social media giant started participating in the chatbot scene, consumers were required to download various apps on their devices for access. With Facebook’s Messenger welcoming businesses to create their own chatbots for integration, we’ve been seeing more companies looking for ways in which to participate and take advantage.

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