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

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China’s Central Bank To Start Re-Lending Funding To Fight Virus. Crypto Fraud Scores More Than $4B In 2019. The costs resulting from bitcoin- and cryptocurrency-related crimes hit $4.3 Amazon (And Others) Brace For India’s New eCommerce Tax. India has levied a new tax on eCommerce companies and platforms.

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Bitcoin Daily: IRS To Meet With Crypto Groups; Thieves Take $630,000 In Ether From Lender bZx

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The summit, according to BloombergTax, will include four 90-minute panels on technology updates, problems with cryptocurrency exchanges, tax return preparation and regulatory guidance and compliance. The summit will include both private sector panelists and government officials sharing their views and engaging with the audience.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Bitcoin Busts, Payments Get Faster And The Eyes Have It

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Visa also announced that it had extended the real-time, ubiquitous capability to other disbursement types as well including insurance claims, contractor payments, tax refunds and even merchant account real-time funds settlement. So, we all know this – chip cards were not going to fix the problem of fraud at the POS.

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Data Dive: The Yes, No, Gotcha! Edition

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Bitcoin turned nine, and was celebrated by seeing its price per coin exceed $20,000. Credit Karma said yes to early tax refunds for consumers – for free. Good Tax Lending Karma. Funds can be deposited into a consumer’s account with 24 hours of the IRS accepting their fully filed tax return.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

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million gets the vaunted consumer lender a much-prized bank charter, low-cost deposits to juice current earnings, and a business lending capability to drive future growth. Rex Johnson, Baxter Credit Union founder and former CEO – Rex was a legend in the credit union industry who will always be remembered as the “Yoda” of lending.

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Fintech Fundings: 36 Companies Raise $480 Million Week Ending March 18

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million for its P2P lending platform for small businesses. Emailage raised an undisclosed sum for its fraud prevention technology keyed off email address. Alt-lender focused on lending against existing automobile titles. P2P real estate lending marketplace. Peer-to-peer lending marketplace. SmartAsset raised $3.8

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Fintech Fundings: 13 Companies Raise $900 Million Week Ending Nov 12

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Bitcoin exchange. Lending marketplace targeting Hispanic-owned small businesses. Tags: Enterprise, fraud, security, online banking, payments, API, developers, big data. HQ: New York City. Source: Crunchbase , WSJ. Mobile bank. Latest round: $1.45 million Seed. Total raised: $1.45 HQ: London, England, UK. Source: Crunchbase.