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Red Envelopes, Fortnite And The Rise Of Micro Money Laundering

PYMNTS

The country’s holiday tradition of people giving red envelopes stuffed with cash has — as befits a nation where consumers have embraced mobile payments and commerce more than just about anywhere else — turned digital. A demonstration of that truth came around again recently with the observance of the Chinese New Year in early February.

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11 Lessons From Startup Chapter 11s

CB Insights

In tests conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), The Coda was awarded a rating of 5 stars out of 5 for its side-impact and rollover tests. Founded: 2006. Nasty Gal, today under the ownership of the UK-based BooHoo Group, was founded in 2006 by Sophia Amoruso. Declared Bankruptcy: 2016.

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Memes That Kill: The Future Of Information Warfare

CB Insights

In internet-speak the word “meme” often refers to an amusing picture that goes viral on social media. ” From “Tutorial: Military Memetics,” by Dr. Robert Finkelstein, presented at Social Media for Defense Summit, 2011. Government regulation & national security.

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Why Peer-to-Peer models struggle against oligopoly

Lex Sokolin

The core premise at its founding was to recreate the dynamics of the sharing and social media revolutions. and by the way banking licenses are sort of hard to find in 2006?—?why The high tech platforms outlived all of the individual fintech competitors, and used their size and credibility with regulators to remain in business.

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