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CashCall, Courts And California’s Increasingly Confusing Lending Market

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Headquartered in Orange County, California and founded in 2003, CashCall is a big firm that consumers likely know best from its early commercials featuring the late Gary Coleman. The ad itself seems somewhat silly, which is probably why it is so memorable, but CashCall is far from a joke. At least, they did. The California Court Loss. “The

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MercadoLibre: The ‘Amazon Of Latin America’ Spreads Its Wings

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Imagine if a North American company had the market share of Amazon, the payment flexibility of PayPal and the credit portfolio of Visa. One difference is the use of debit cards online. Since some people don’t have access to bank accounts or online payment methods, there is an option to pay using cash in most countries.”.

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Merchants Gone Wild: The Surcharge Edition

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Card networks, under pressure from regulators, modified their rules in 2013 to allow merchants to surcharge – basically ending the ban – under very specific conditions and with very tight parameters for how to calculate that surcharge. And then regulators are forced to backtrack. Surcharging has been permitted Down Under since 2003.

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Govt Eyes BEC, Govt Slammed By BEC

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The South China Morning Post reports that the SFC has set up a form online through a page titled “Reporting corporate fraud and market misconduct.” The total spending came to as much as 12 million euros between 2003 and 2012.

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Walmart May Be Looking To Sell Off Its Japanese Business

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and around the world, it seems the Japanese market is dropping from a place of prominence. Walmart first purchase Seiyu in 2002, but has faced difficulties gaining traction in the extraordinarily challenging Japanese market. The Japanese market for mass merchandisers fell 6 percent in retail value to ¥6.7

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The Final CFPB Prepaid Card Rule Is Here (Expect Controversy)

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The use of prepaid cards has exploded over the last decade or so — in 2003 consumers put less than $1 billion on prepaid cards annually, but by 2012 that figure had grown to $65 billion and by 2018 that figure is projected to reach as much as $121 billion. The user base of prepaid cards has grown significantly as well.

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ID Experts Light Up Portland

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Early in August, The Oregonian reported that a private equity firm had paid more than $50 million to acquire Tigard-based ID Experts, a cybersecurity firm founded in 2003. The capital Radar raised will be spent on technology, sales and marketing. A lot has been happening for a firm called ID Experts. Investments for 8.19.2016.

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