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Bitcoin Daily: TV Show Creator Sues Facebook For Bitcoin Ad Scam; Vancouver Cracks Down On Bitcoin ATMs

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Dutch billionaire John de Mol, who created the reality TV program “Big Brother,” is suing Facebook for allowing fake ads which used his name and image to commit bitcoin-related fraud that swindled 1.7 De Mol’s lawyers accuse the social media giant of failing to prevent the ads, as well as not responding fast enough to complaints.

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Bitcoin Daily: Overstock CEO Shares Movement In Bitcoin Efforts; Russia Might Be Open To Crypto Trading

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Byrne told CNN Business that the social media giant’s launch of its own digital currency validates the space — and Overstock would be open to partnering with Facebook on the project. Patrick McDonnell, a scammer that called himself the “coyote of Wall Street,” has pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud.

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Top News In Payments: Facebook Expenses Rise 51 Pct; Goldman Targets $125B In Consumer Deposits

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In its Q4 2019 earnings release, Facebook reported a 51 percent spike in expenses for 2019, as the social media platform faces more questions from regulators and policymakers. As fraud evolves, old forms of cybersecurity are not enough to keep up criminals’ increasingly innovative attacks. FICO’s Take on Debit Security.

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Three Things an Identity Fraud Platform Needs

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Identity fraud is a significant risk to your business; expense, customer satisfaction and brand reputation are all at risk. The financial impact is significant: Consumers lost more than $16B to identity theft (application and account take-over) in 2016, and annual first-party fraud losses, including synthetic ID fraud, for U.S.

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Kobe Bryant, Virtual Cards, Self-Service Technology Top This Week’s News

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Bank’s Adam Kruis, senior vice president and manager of working capital consulting, and Jennifer Swenson, vice president of corporate payment systems, discuss how the bank ensures smooth implementation of virtual card solutions. Managing Spend in a Sector Where Unplanned Expenses Are the Norm. Trackers and Reports.

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Data Dive: Buying, Selling And Foreclosing

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In July, it was reported that HMNY arranged a short-term $6 million loan from Hudson Bay Capital Management , $5 million of which will go toward paying its partners. Meanwhile, MoviePass customers were busy on social media this weekend, protesting the latest unexpected change to the site.

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How FIs Can Train Human And AI Employees To Work Together

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In the area of fraud detection, for instance, it is much faster and more thorough than humans when weeding out fraud attempts from millions, even billions, of daily transactions that live employees would never have time to sort by hand, handing over only the most suspicious activities for manual review.

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