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CA College Student Accuses TikTok Of Illicit Data Harvesting

PYMNTS

Some of TikTok’s investors, like Sequoia Capital and SoftBank Group, believe continued growth in the U.S. But the reality is that the TikTok app does not operate in China, and we have been further building out and empowering teams in the markets where it does operate.”.

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Risk of Derivatives – The Fall of an Index

South State Correspondent

Barings Bank, Orange County (CA), Enron, Long-Term Capital Management, and other entities misused derivatives or didn’t understand the difference between hedging and speculating. Unfortunately, some banks adopted BSBY as one of their preferred indexes and in doing so created risk in derivatives and operations.

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eBay Snags Former Amazon Alexa Executive

PYMNTS

Before his work at Amazon, he was chief operating officer of TiVo and held executive roles at Microsoft, T-Mobile, Ericsson and Sonos. Rawashdeh had technology leadership roles with eBay from 2003 to 2011 before heading over to Twitter to serve as vice president of infrastructure operation engineering at Twitter.

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The Top 20 Venture Capitalists

CB Insights

For the third consecutive year, we worked with The New York Times to identify and rank the top 100 venture capital professionals from around the globe. 15 of the top 20 operate in the Greater Bay Area. 15 of the top 20 operate in the Greater Bay Area. Below are the detailed profiles of the Top 20 Venture Capital Partners.

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It’s Always 5 O’Clock Somewhere: Distilleries Get Into Subscription Retail

PYMNTS

During the latest edition of the PYMNTS Matchmakers series with Karen Webster, Stock not only spoke about the sweet spot in which Shots Box operates, but how it reflects the joy that many drinkers get from quality, hard-to-find liquor — an experience that used to require a trip to certain, specially oriented bars or a local distillery.

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Recap of Money 20/20 USA 2023 and 10 Banking Thoughts

South State Correspondent

Our Top 10 Insights From Money 20/20 From these sessions and announcements, we pulled out ten of our most important takeaways, each having an impact on bank operations in the coming year. This bill of “personal financial data rights” is similar to the California Privacy Protection Act that is already in force for banks doing business in CA.

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CFPB announces new appointments to advisory groups

CFPB Monitor

Paulina Gonzalez, Executive Director, California Reinvestment Coalition, San Francisco, CA. Arjan Schutte, Founder and Managing Partner, Core Innovation Capital, Los Angeles, CA. Raul Vazquez, Chief Executive Officer, Oportun, Redwood City, CA. William Howle, Head of U.S. Retail Bank, Citibank, New York, NY.