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Barclays Shuts Down Online Banking Services on Easter Weekend

Bank Innovation

bank said it will be switching off access to 24 million customers as the bank restructures itself as required by national regulation. These changes were established by the Bank of England in 2011, and is referred […]. Barclays customers across Europe will not be able to use their mobile banking app this weekend. The major U.K.

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Singapore’s HIV Registry Data Exposed Online

PYMNTS

million people were compromised, Singapore’s Ministry of Health said the personal details and HIV-positive status of 14,200 people were placed online. It also has information on 8,800 foreigners up until December of 2011 and 2,400 contact up to May of 2007, noted TechCrunch. TechCrunch reported that Mikhy K.

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Report: Digital Lender SoFi Eyes IPO Via SPAC

PYMNTS

Social Finance (SoFi), a San Francisco-based online lending startup, is holding talks about selling to a blank-check acquisition company, Reuters reported, to help it debut on the stock market. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for its application for a national bank charter. SoFi was valued at $4.8

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24 Big European Banks Take On Visa, Mastercard With Their Own Payment System

PYMNTS

A so-called “scheme manager” will be the central governing body, the online news service reported. In 2011, PYMNTS reported on the Monnet Project , where two dozen European banks from seven countries considered starting a new European card system. This is not the first time that European banks have tried such a model.

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Industry Slant // Bo Berg Talks Giant Schnauzers, DJing, Financial Services

Perficient

BB : In 1992, I discovered these online bulletin boards, where you could communicate with people all around the world. I eventually got headhunted to work for City National Bank in Los Angeles. MM: So, you started at City National Bank, and was the bank online before you got there? Programming, Perficient, & Planning.

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Payment Method Trends: Canada Edition

PYMNTS

Canadian national payments provider Payments Canada just released its Canadian Payment Methods and Trends report for the past year. The report compares, among other things, the relative distribution of payments methods for the nation of over 35 million between 2011 and 2015. Online is up? Of those 20.9 billion) and C$33.7

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With Terrorists And Scammers Lurking, Is A Crypto Storm Looming?

PYMNTS

Across the globe, terrorists and criminals are leveraging cryptos in what is gearing up to be a significant national security threat to the United States. That’s according to the U.S. and international sanctions, and decrease America’s influence in the global marketplace.