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UBS to pay $1.43bn in penalties over mortgage fraud prior to 2008 crisis

TheGuardian

The civil action was filed in November 2018 alleging misconduct related to UBS’s underwriting and issuance of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) issued in 2006 and 2007, according to the justice department. Continue reading.

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Microsoft Issues Emergency Internet Explorer Security Update

PYMNTS

Microsoft issued an emergency security update for Internet Explorer after hackers were able to exploit a new flaw in several versions of the browser. Unfortunately, the security issue come right before what is expected to be the biggest shopping day of the year: the Saturday before Christmas.

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Security Research Firm Finds Vulnerability In Vatican’s ‘eRosary’

PYMNTS

A major security flaw has been discovered in the Vatican’s eRosary smart device. But French security researcher Elliot Alderson said that he actually discovered a major security flaw in the app within 15 minutes, which would allow a hacker to take over a person’s account by knowing the user’s registered email address.

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Taking Control of Your Funds to Mitigate Risk with Kyriba

Perficient

I was onsite at a client’s office on September 29, 2008, when the stock market began to crash. As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to breed its own economic and logistic chaos for businesses globally, I am reminded of the Treasury Management system’s importance.

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£1.1bn in fees, 3.1m hours, 14 years: the UK cost of winding up Lehman Brothers

TheGuardian

PwC, administrator of Lehman’s London arm since bank’s failure in 2008, secures three more years to finish process Administrators will spend at least three more years winding up the London-based arm of Lehman Brothers, swelling the almost £1.1bn in fees that PwC has already raked in since the bank’s calamitous collapse in 2008.

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Bitcoin Daily: Ripple Expands In Europe; Morningstar Makes Blockchain Plans For Debt Securities

PYMNTS

He is accused of setting up and operating Darkode, a black marketplace that operated between 2008 and 2013, as well as creating and deploying Mariposa, one of the largest botnets. And Samsung-backed Blocko is now in the UAE after it secured funding in Asia Pacific and Europe.

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Comerica keeps government’s prepaid benefits card, balancing access with security

Payments Source

Treasury’s Direct Express prepaid card program, beating out other banks for the third time since the program launched in 2008, despite a high-profile glitch in 2018 that drew lawmakers’ scrutiny. Comerica will continue to handle the U.S.

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