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DOJ Indicts Four Chinese Army Spies For Equifax Hack

PYMNTS

The Equifax cyberattack exposed the financial data of almost 150 million Americans and British and Canadian nationals. Four members of China’s People’s Liberation Army – Wu Zhiyong, Wang Qian, Xu Ke and Liu Lei – were indicted on nine counts by a federal grand jury in Atlanta. “There are exceptions, though.”

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Home Depot Connects Opioid Addiction To Thievery Uptick

PYMNTS

The thefts — which retailers call shrink — will result in lower operating profit margins in 2020, Home Depot executives told analysts and investors during a meeting. Shrink costs retailers about $51 billion each year, according to a report from the National Retail Federation (NRF). Home Depot’s claim is among the first times a big U.S.

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New Orleans City Services Hit With Cyberattacks

PYMNTS

13) about “suspicious activity” on the city’s networks, and then later told residents that it had “activated its Emergency Operations Center.”. One of the tweets informed the city’s residents that it was working with “ cybersecurity resources” from the National Guard, the Secret Service and the FBI. On Friday (Dec.

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Team USA Launches Omnichannel Strategy For Olympic Retail

PYMNTS

professional sports leagues such as the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Football League (NFL). Mall operator Simon Properties, for example, has been trying out a pop-up concept called The Edit, which allows a much shorter commitment — only one to six months. The Economics.

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PYMNTS’ Data Dive: Strange Bedfellows Edition — Card Networks, EMV And Retail

PYMNTS

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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Banking's Total Return Top 5: 2013 Edition

Jeff For Banks

Access National Corporation #4. versus 68.5%, respectively) and its operating expenses as a percent of average assets compared to peer banks (1.66% versus 3.09%, respectively).So, So, as a branchless bank, BofI has leveraged its significantly lower operating expenses into profit. BofI Holdings, Inc. #2. Not too shabby. #3.

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E-Signature Approval

Independent Banker

She’s chief operating officer and vice president of the mortgage company, a division of Private Bank of Buckhead, in Atlanta. She’s chief operating officer and vice president of the mortgage company, a division of Private Bank of Buckhead, in Atlanta. By Howard Schneider. The process can begin much faster.”.