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NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The Duma security and anti-corruption committee’s chairman, Vasily Piskaryov, told the publication that Apple is now in adherence to Russia’s constitution, noting that labeling Crimea as a Ukrainian territory was a criminal offense. Russian annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014.

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OCTOBER 22, 2018

Ukrainian government officials are defending payments made to their digital procurement platform provider, following claims of wasted funds as detailed in the nation’s 2017 budget. 19), the nation’s First Deputy Economic Development and Trade Minister Maksym Nefyodov defended the more than $2.3

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JULY 27, 2018

intelligence experts are warning of the risks of major cyberattacks on the technology operating throughout businesses’ supply chains, according to BBC reports Thursday (July 26), raising alarms for enterprises that increasingly rely on software to function and interact with their business partners. A report by the U.S.

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JULY 11, 2022

Here are critical facts to know about some of the most popular BNPL service platforms: Afterpay: Afterpay was founded in Australia in 2014 but was acquired by fintech Square earlier this year. When deciding whether to use a BNPL service for a purchase, it is essential to read the fine print.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The Duma security and anti-corruption committee’s chairman, Vasily Piskaryov, told the publication that Apple is now in adherence to Russia’s constitution, noting that labeling Crimea as a Ukrainian territory was a criminal offense. Russian annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2019

The most visible moment so far for cyberattacks in North Korea came in 2014, when the country was linked to the hacking of Sony Pictures after a movie was released that showed the country and its dictator in a supposed bad light. There was an impression that these [banking hacking operations] were opportunistic targets.

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JUNE 16, 2018

Russia’s corporate treasurers are working with the nation’s central bank on a blockchain initiative, reports in CoinDesk said Friday (June 15). Russia’s FinTech Association and 14 of the nation’s largest banks collaborated on the development of Masterchain, reports noted, citing a white paper.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Reports in Reuters said the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) announced the completion of its review into Australia’s top four banks and how they managed and remediated issues of non-compliance. .” Australian regulators on Tuesday (Sept. Those breaches resulted in $361.9

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

In one recent case study tied to instant issuance, Entrust Datacard stated that Woodforest National Bank, a community bank operating across 17 U.S. The firm has said that, to date, it has instant issuance deployments at more than 30,000 locations globally, with more than 10.6 in the past year.

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JULY 28, 2017

Some speculate that evolving a nuclear program is not easy work when a nation is under extreme sanctions — and the money has to come from somewhere. Prior cyberattacks that can be connected to North Korea’s military force include the 2014 hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment and a cyberheist at Bangladesh’s central bank.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

He and an accomplice operated from Nigeria, targeting the U.S., The scams netted an alleged $25 million from 2014 to 2016. “In In terms of data illuminating larger trends, the National Cyber Security Alliance found that roughly 50 percent of smaller firms have been victim of a cyberattack.

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JULY 28, 2016

Shipt , the online grocery ordering and delivery service, has announced that it has secured $20.1 2014, thanks to an investment from “serial entrepreneur” Bill Smith, according to TechCrunch. Under CEO Bill Smith’s leadership, Shipt has quickly become a nationally recognized company in the home grocery delivery space.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Before joining Sterling, Hoesley was at CIBC Bank USA with Josh Roberts, where the two established the Innovation Banking group in 2014. He was a technology banker with Wells Fargo Securities and RBC Capital Markets before launching CIBC’s Innovation Banking practice. Roberts has nearly 20 years of banking experience.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The firm reported it had stopped its mining operations for approximately 24 hours as of Thursday (Dec. At least 36 heists have been perpetrated against cryptocurrency exchanges since 2011, most notably the 2014 collapse of bitcoin market Mt. Early estimates came in around 47,000 bitcoins, but the number has since risen.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2016

Investors may be flocking to blockchain technology startups that are seeking out new ways to use the tool, but one startup just secured investment for making sure that the businesses using blockchain are doing so within the confines of the law. We have already been able to expand operations to the U.S. The company is based in the U.K.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2016

digital loyalty service for SME retailers and eateries, is raising £500,000 in funding to support ongoing growth and establishing operations in the U.S. The company has already secured most of its target amount from existing investors and has launched on the Seedrs crowdfunding platform to secure further investment.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2018

Whenever it happens, it’s safe to say that a $150 billion valuation would make Ant’s IPO one of the biggest ever, putting it ahead of Facebook ’s $104 billion IPO in 2012 and behind Alibaba’s $168 billion IPO in 2014. The deal was established in the lead-up to Alibaba’s 2014 IPO. Reasons To Invest.

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AUGUST 29, 2016

26) they seized around €1 million earlier in 2016 in connection with a operation that was being run on an online dark market. In a report by CoinDesk , a representative of Finland’s customs office said the online drug site was named Valhalla, which has been in operation since Oct. Finland customs agents announced on Friday (Aug.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Joyo Bank, a regional lender located north of Tokyo, will begin operating the new anti-fraud ATMs early next year. Data from the National Policy Agency revealed that the instances of this particular type of fraud have increased over the past six years. We discussed the issue with Hitachi and decided to implement this solution.”.

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JULY 25, 2017

In recent studies, as noted by EKN Research and Radial, developed nations are seeing an increase in card not present (CNP) fraud, which now accounts for as much as 70 percent of all card fraud and is growing at double-digit percentage rates in some nations. . the year before. Phishing follows close behind at 66 percent.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

The arrest adds complications to an already tense situation between the two nations, who are locked in an ongoing trade war. Meng used a Hong Kong company known as Skycom Tech to do business with telecom companies based in Iran from 2009 to 2014. The New York Times reported that Ms. Meng met with an executive from one of the U.S.

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DECEMBER 20, 2017

Reuters, citing the FATF, reported that in addition to failing to punish money launderers, Mexico’s tax authorities aren’t regulating money from real estate and luxury goods firms, which are just a front for drug operations. The allegations came in a draft report on Mexico’s efforts to fight back against illicit finance.

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PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2016

In a statement , Wil van Gemert, Europol deputy director of operations, said: “The majority of the payment card fraud crimes have an international dimension, taking into account the origins of suspects, places where cards were obtained and illegal transactions made. .”

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PYMNTS

APRIL 20, 2017

While there’s still a bit more growth to go before breaking through all-time highs seen in November 2014, some analysts’ sentiments peg Alibaba’s shares at well past that threshold in twelve months’ time. The acquisition of MoneyGram would provide the AliPay operator with a global payments and remittance network.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2016

The Russian national in charge of a criminal hacking enterprise that stole nearly $1 million in tickets via online vendor StubHub has pleaded guilty. Polyakov was arrested while on vacation in Spain in 2014 and extradited to the U.S. over Russian objections. He is not the only party charged in the case. Others have pleaded not guilty.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Dozens of countries already have real-time payments programs in operation, with several more under development, as identified by financial services technology provider FIS in its latest Flavors of Fast report. This scheme supports near real-time transactions and, like Denmark’s, operates 24/7.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2018

If one were to take a very quick trip back in time to the year 2014, when the eIDAS regulations were first passed, they would see the EU was lagging behind when it came to offering the same single market harmony that was the expected norm across most trade relationships in the single commerce zone, Cohen told Webster.

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JANUARY 6, 2017

To be certain, many accountants could make a full-time job out of simply trying to understand the various types of technology that can make their personal lives easier and their practices more profitable and secure. These three trends are: the progress of blockchain technology, the continued shift to the cloud, and advances in automation. “The

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Making instant and secure money transfers any time of day, shamelessly skipping out on the lines in front of brick-and-mortar agents. “We WorldRemit touts a diverse workforce with many females in senior management and employees ranging in nationalities and backgrounds. And like a family does, WorldRemit has grown.

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JULY 28, 2016

Louay Ibrahim Houssein was arrested in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia in 2014 on charges of making fake U.S. His co-conspirator is Nazer A-Shekh Mosa aka Mohammed Hasan Haidar, a Syrian national. According to a report from Courthouse News, Houssein was being investigated as part of a long-term undercover investigation that lasted for years.

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APRIL 25, 2016

World First found a 75 percent increase in the volatility of the pound should the nation leave the European Union. billion worth of the industry in 2014. A few other security companies are slated for their own floats, reports said, including Blue Coat Systems and Optiv Security. companies, reports said.

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JULY 24, 2017

This innovator secretly hoped the government would be so enamored with his innovation and its potential to transform commerce (and any number of other uses cases) that they’d want to own and operate it. Western Union launched its national money transfer, which provided fast payments between people and businesses, in 1871.

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DECEMBER 8, 2014

Yet here we are, months past the April 8, 2014, deadline and you still have a whopping 24% market share. Windows XP was the first truly enterprise grade Windows Desktop Operating System available. Microsoft has retired many operating systems previously. With Microsoft’s recent security alert MS14-068 , it really hit home.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2016

It has lost more than 80 percent of its market cap since its late December 2014 IPO. On January 21, 2014 Marc Andreessen explained , “why bitcoin has so many Silicon Valley programmers and entrepreneurs lathered up” and compared it to the “Internet in 1993.” It’s all transparent and secure. Most others have struggled, too.

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DECEMBER 21, 2020

This digital shift — doing less in the physical world and more in the digital world for the same activity — is based on 16 longitudinal studies that PYMNTS has conducted of a national sample of more than 40,000 U.S. According to a national study conducted by PYMNTS of 2,683 consumers on Nov. consumers since March. [1]. 23-25, 2020.

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JULY 22, 2016

It feels like 2014 again with the ongoing popularity of alternative lending startups. with the latest figures stating that the industry has lent $943 million in the nation to SMEs in just the first quarter of this year. Alternative Lending. MarketInvoice. Invoice financing is in the midst of a boom, at least in the U.K., ezyCollect.

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JUNE 19, 2016

Home Depot doesn’t think the “chip”cards on offer today in the United States are living up to the hype – the hype being the security levels enjoyed by European merchants who are currently using EMV. It’s the latest large retailer to raise the security concerns, with a lawsuit filed this week in U.S.

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