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Today In Payments: Chinese Tech Investments In US Plummet; Ransomware Attacks Up 41 Pct In 2019

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Data Shows 41 Pct Hike In Ransomware Attacks In 2019. In the fourth quarter of 2019, companies paid on average $84,116 to get their files back from online thieves. Reynolds CEO: Recreating Grocery’s Home Goods Aisle For The Millennial. Crypto Fraud Scores More Than $4B In 2019.

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What ‘The Simpsons,’ Art And Millennials Have In Common

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Because the millennial art buyers are arriving – and what they buy, how they buy it and how they relate to it is very different than prior generations. The Simpsons,” Dolls, Shoes – The Eclectic World of Millennials’ Collections. It wasn’t the only big sale for a KAWS piece that day – a millennial Chinese buyer dropped $2.6

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AltFin’s Bumpy Ride Into An Uncertain 2019

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That means that on the brink of 2019, it remains uncertain whether the next year will look more like the best of times or the worst of times when it comes to providing consumers and small businesses (SMBs) with access to financial services — both in and outside the traditional bank-backed channels. The Two Faces Of Consumer Credit.

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Sprint And T-Mobile Merger, Spend Management And State Tax Top This Week’s News

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We have a deep dive into spend management in addition to news involving the Sprint and T-Mobile merger, as well as data on state tax laws. . These are are the 2019 payment trends that made the most significant impact and promise to make even more substantial impacts in the new decade. Did Blockchain Peak In 2019?

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Disbursements By Voice Are Growing In Popularity – And Other Instant Disbursements Trends

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Consumers and microbusinesses now get an average of two disbursements each year, excluding tax disbursements from local, state and federal governments. 1: Instant disbursements as a percentage of all non-tax disbursements in the U.S. percent in 2019 and 9.5 Fast Fact No. are growing — but slowly. percent as of 2018.

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How fraudsters target different generations

Independent Banker

Fraudsters typically target millennials via text messages that promise rewards, shipment tracking and other automated messages that make them vulnerable to phishing attacks.”. Fraudsters tend to target baby boomers via robocalls about healthcare, taxes or Social Security, but they aren’t immune to social scams. Millennials.

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Deep Dive: Safeguarding B2B eCommerce And The Corporate Customer Experience

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Forty-four percent of 200 millennials surveyed last year stated they were wholly responsible for making purchasing decisions at the B2B companies at which they worked, and an additional 33 percent played some role in this process. A 2019 PYMNTS survey found that 60.8 Detecting Fraudsters.