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FTC Refunds $12M To Consumer Victims Of Bogus Online Trial Memberships

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The FTC alleged the Utah-based company operated deceptive trial memberships and bogus government grant and money-making schemes in 2010. More than 147,000 consumers who were scammed by I Works are getting full refunds totaling $12 million, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Monday (May 18). will receive their refunds via PayPal.

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Leader Of Russian Cybercrime Ring Pleads Guilty

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Infraud was created in 2010 by Svyatoslav Bondarenko, 34, of Ukraine, to promote and grow interest in the Infraud Organization as the premier destination for purchasing retail items with counterfeit or stolen credit card information online, the Justice Department alleged in the indictment. In April, a joint study by the U.S.

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Data Shows 42 Pct Of Small Cap US Businesses Failing To Turn Profit

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The number is the highest since 2010’s 44 percent, the index says. broker-dealer Strategas Securities , said the downturn was “just getting started,” and that the velocity at which the number had risen was concerning. The Russell 2000 index shows 42 percent of small-caps are either just breaking even or operating a loss.

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Drone Company Flytrex Secures $7.5 Million

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The company also partnered with online marketplace Aha in 2017 to debut an on-demand delivery service in Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik. In May of 2010, a few states were selected to be part of the UAS Integration Pilot program , with the goal of creating traffic management systems that can accommodate drone traffic.

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A Debit-Enabled Fix To In-Store Checkout Abandonment

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Debit cardholders often choose this payment method because it is more secure than carrying cash — which cannot be recovered if lost — and may safeguard them against spending more than they have, which is not the case with credit cards. Deep Dive: How Card Networks Must Compete For Merchants’ Debit Routing.

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The Next Frontier In Connecting Across Channels

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It might be a bit of a cliché to note that we live in an increasingly connected world – though given that literally tens of billions of connected devices are predicted to go online in the next year or so, it is a mathematically accurate one. billion: The number of stolen emails and passwords that have surfaced online. $30

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Today In Data: Building A Better Self-Service World

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Online or in the real world, while shopping for goods or ordering food , consumers’ favorite experiences seem to be the ones they can self-direct. 75 percent: Share of online bill payments done on bill payer sites in 2017. 38 percent: Share of online bill payments made through banking apps in 2010.

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