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Noncash Payment Fraud Values On The Rise Since 2012

PYMNTS

between 2012 and 2015, surpassing growth in noncash payments, the Federal Reserve found. billion in 2012. The Federal Reserve said in a press release that the fraud data was collected as part of surveys of depository institutions in 2012 and 2015 and payment card networks in 2015 and 2016. billion in 2015 from $6.1 to $9.15.

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Facebook to pay $5 billion for violating 2012 FTC consent order

CFPB Monitor

Just two days after the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced a historic settlement of privacy and security claims against Equifax, the FTC today announced that Facebook has agreed to pay $5 billion in civil fines, arising from its violation of a 2012 consent order with the FTC. 2012 Consent Order. government.

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Thiel's founders fund has been quietly buying bitcoin since 2012

Payments Source

Bitcoin has gained global fame in the past year, but it’s been popular at Peter Thiel’s venture firm since at least 2012.

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Payments players caught in venture capital squeeze

Payments Dive

The flow of venture capital to startups ebbed in the first quarter for the biggest quarterly decline since 2012. Payments players, which have been big beneficiaries of such investments, are beginning to feel the pinch.

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5 Things a Data Scientist Can Do to Stay Current

With the number of available data science roles increasing by a staggering 650% since 2012, organizations are clearly looking for professionals who have the right combination of computer science, modeling, mathematics, and business skills. Demand for data scientists is surging.

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Bank Super Bowl Ads 2012

Jeff For Banks

Awesome: Would my marketing readers, being given the keys to the Super Bowl jumbo tron, offer this lack of creativity: Not a 2012 commercial, but this is my favorite Super Bowl bank ad. This, my friends, is a training program: E*Trade, the gold standard for Super Bowl bank ads. speed dating. E*Trade''s milkoholic Lyndsey.

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Guest Post: 2012 Economic Year in Review by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

Looking Back at 2012 Every year, I usually write about the past year with mixed feelings, at times nostalgic for those events and at times, glad that the year is over. 2012 brought us highs, lows, and surprises. The dominant theme of 2012 was the Presidential election. per gallon price level rather than the $4.00

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