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Mastercard, Rockefeller Foundation Launch Online Data Platform For Non-Profits

PYMNTS

They intend to build on the legacy of the original DATA.org website—launched in 2002. We must make sure that even as people have unprecedented access to technology, we don’t allow a new digital divide to emerge.”.

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Deep Dive: Online Gaming Struggles With Subscription Competition

PYMNTS

The video game market was one of the first to move into the subscription economy, even before gaming went online. Companies like GameFly cropped up back in 2002, sending physical discs and cartridges to customers. Gaming subscriptions shifted direction as the world moved online, making things a little more complex.

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CFPB files complaint against online lender alleging MLA violations

CFPB Monitor

On September 29, 2002, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) filed a complaint against online lender MoneyLion Technologies, Inc, and several dozen of its subsidiaries (collectively, “MoneyLion”), alleging violations of the Military Lending Act (“MLA).

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PayU Taps Feedzai To Protect Its LATAM Payment Networks

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Online payment tech company PayU is teaming up with cyber-fraud prevention firm Feedzai to beef up its network protections in a key global market, the companies announced on Wednesday (July 29). The partnership with Feedzai comes seven months after PayU acquired a majority, $185 million stake in PaySense.

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IdentityMind Global Appoints Business-Tech Vet To Board

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Lauded by the company as a technology visionary, Zander joins a team who will work with IdentityMind Global president and CEO, Garrett Gafke, with the goals of guiding the company’s mobile business strategy and overall direction. Before that, he served as president and chief operating officer of Sun Microsystems until June 2002.

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Deep Dive: Striking A Balance In Digital ID Security

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Digital identification technology continues to advance, bringing both benefits and drawbacks. Microsoft is delving into the technology with its recently announced ION project, a blockchain-based digital identity system developed in collaboration with the Decentralized Identity Foundation.

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Fintech Hall of Fame: The Top Digital Innovations in Financial Services

Fintech Labs Insights

Long before fintech was a thing (1995), I launched the first, and by most measures the biggest, newsletter during the first two decades of online/digital banking. It was called Online Banking Report and was read by a sizable portion of major industry players. And each January, we ranked all previous recipients into a master list.