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Estonia Shelves Plans For National Cryptocurrency

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Estonia has shelved plans to develop its own national cryptocurrency after the idea prompted criticism by banking authorities and Mario Draghi, the Italian economist and president of the European Central Bank. In 2012, more than €7.3 billion in securities from Russia were processed through the Estonian financial system.

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Ex-Amazon Security Chief Joins Capital One Board

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29) that it has brought on board Amazon’s former chief security officer, Tom Killalea. WSJ noted that “especially valuable” is Killalea’s experience within the customer service arena, with security complementing expansion efforts by Capital One into data usage and software development, among other areas.

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SWIFT Too Slow On Security Risks?

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The financial messaging service known as SWIFT — which operates as a bank-owned consortium and helps payments in the billions of dollars move globally — has been beset by security flaws, has known about those flaws and has done little to address those flaws. So reported Reuters on Wednesday (Aug. So reported Reuters on Wednesday (Aug.

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Guest Post: 2012 Economic Year in Review by Dorothy Jaworski

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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. Housing markets have begun to improve with the national indices showing year-over-year growth of 3% to 4% recently.

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The American Dream Of Homeownership On Hold For Millennials?

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The last time home loans were in the low 3s was 2012 when the rate fell to 3.36 There’s no question that millennials have been laid off at a higher rate because of the pandemic,” Jessica Lautz, vice president of demographics and behavioral insights at the National Association of Realtors (NAR), told PYMNTS.

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Cybersecurity Firm Cybereason Snags Another $200M From SoftBank

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It also plans to build the world’s first full stack offering for truly autonomous security, as well as increase investment in its core organic R&D. Founded in 2012, Cybereason boasts distribution in all major global markets. AI-driven technology from Cybereason is helping secure our increasingly connected world.”.

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Apple Says User Data Demand Is On The Rise

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It received anywhere between 0 and 499 national security orders. Since the inception of Twitter’s Transparency Report in 2012, we have received government information requests from 84 different countries,” according to the report. Apple is not the only company to see a boost in data requests this year.

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