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Google Quits Cookies As Data Privacy Regs Show Fangs

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That’s a bad moon rising for some Big Data operators. In the middle are the consumers whose data fuels eCommerce, social media and basically the entire internet as we know it. The European Union (EU) has levied $126 million USD in fines in that brief time, the biggest against Google at $57 million.

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Socure CEO: Facebook’s Big Data Fix

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That kind of deep reach into their user group is great news for Facebook , and is why they are second only to Google when it comes to capturing digital advertising revenue (and also why both are light years ahead of everyone else on the web). It was built to share information like the internet. And it has grown like the internet.”.

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Amazon, Alipay, Other Internet Players Pose Risk To Traditional Banks

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Amazon, Alibaba’s payment affiliate Alipay and other internet and Big Data players are a threat to traditional banks, warned Agustín Carstens, head of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), on Tuesday (Dec. There are also rumors swirling that Amazon , Google and Facebook could get into the financial services market in some form.

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Frightful Five: The Apple Update That Pays

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Amazon takes another swing at Etsy, Apple catches up in the proprietary Pay game and Facebook matriculates a new generation of social media users with its new Messenger product for kids — this and more of the latest news from the Frightful Five, just in case you missed it.

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Is Salesforce Eyeing Twitter For Acquisition?

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CNBC’s list includes Salesforce and Google. There is also an outside chance that Verizon might be in the mix, though Verizon is in the process of acquiring Yahoo (and the biggest data breach in history), so it is possible it has a bit too much going on right now to try to tame Twitter. 23) on sales rumors.

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The bank as a technology company – is this the future of financial services?

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He recently told the Economist that efforts by the likes of Facebook, Amazon and Google to move more into the financial services market will be one of the biggest threats to the established banking sector. Being able to integrate customer data with innovative new digital services will also be essential.

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Community Service with the Personal Touch

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But look at it this way: The unending parade of social media channels and mobile apps, accompanied by the widespread public adoption of each new innovation as it arrives, gives us more information about each customer than ever before. Insights branch consumer customer customer service local social media'