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12 Coolest Brands in Banking 2016

Bank Innovation

We are proud fintech nerds, and for five years we have marked the Coolest Brands in Banking on Bank Innovation based not on the type of sunglasses worn by a CEO, but on the Read More. When we think of cool, James Dean doesn’t immediately come to mind. The app Songsterr does.

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Report: ABG May Buy Bankrupt Ann Taylor Parent Firm Ascena

PYMNTS

Authentic Brands Group ( ABG ), the New York-based brand management company, could be the latest potential buyer of Ascena Retail Group , the recently bankrupt parent firm of Ann Taylor, Footwear News reported. The New Jersey-based company operates about 3,000 stores, mostly at malls. They also purchased Forever 21 in February.

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PYMNTS’ 2016 Roundup: Retail Edition

PYMNTS

2016 started off with a bang in the retail world when MPD and PYMNTS uncovered a few discrepancies in the retail data that many major retailers and reporting institutions were using to underestimate the impact of digital sales on brick-and-mortar sales. “In A Retail Data Reporting Error Was Uncovered.

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Blockchain Security A Moving Target For Both Developers And Hackers

PYMNTS

Regardless of where blockchain makes its mark, what is certain is that corporates have to trust that a largely unfamiliar innovation will work the way it should; that means securely, efficiently and easily. billion raised via controversial initial coin offerings (ICOs) have been lost to lapses in security, including phishing attacks.

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Citi Wants Revlon Lenders To Return $900M Paid In Error

PYMNTS

13) they had been fully repaid on a loan issued in 2016, the sources said. Citi executives asked for the money back, saying it was paid inadvertently due to an operational error, sources said. Lenders who sued Revlon were surprised to learn Thursday (Aug. Revlon is involved in a legal dispute with some of its lenders.

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Weak Websites: How Brands Are Putting Their Customers At Risk

PYMNTS

Krebs on Security reported Monday night (April 2) that the fast-casual bakery/café chain had been leaking names, emails, addresses, birthdays and partial credit card numbers (the last four digits) from its website for at least eight months. 1, 2016 through Dec. Panera took down its website on Monday after hearing from Krebs.

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InsurTech Lemonade To Go Public

PYMNTS

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulatory filing. “We JMP Securities, Oppenheimer & Co. Founded by tech veterans Daniel Schreiber and Shai Wininger in 2016, Lemonade is a property and casualty insurance carrier. Morgan Stanley & Co., Allen & Company, Barclays Capital Inc., population.

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