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Corporate Card Data Spared In Capital One Hack

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Corporate credit card data was not exposed in the massive Capital One data breach that came to light earlier this week, according to Business Travel News reports. While customers of Capital One’s commercial banking division were not affected, reports noted that small business customers were affected by the breach.

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Hacker Arrested In Capital One Breach Affecting 100M+ 

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A former Amazon systems engineer working for Capital One is said to be the woman behind a breach that accessed the data of over 100 million people. Software engineer Paige Thompson, 33, allegedly boasted about the hack and left crumbs for investigators to follow, The New York Times reported.

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Bitcoin Daily: Lender Vauld Nets $2 Million To Expand To Full Crypto Bank; SEC Freezes Assets Of Virgil Capital In Alleged Fraud In Crypto Trading Fund; Japan's SBI Holdings Claims Ripple's XRP Is Crypto, Not A Security

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Cryptocurrency lending platform Vauld raised $2 million to expand into full banking services, including issuing credit and debit cards and providing fiat and crypto order books, CoinDesk reported. The funding round was led by Pantera Capital and included Coinbase Ventures and LuneX Ventures. In other news, the U.S.

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Capital One Hack Prompts Lawsuit, NY AG Probe

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The security breach at Capital One that exposed 100 million credit card applications and thousands of bank accounts and Social Security numbers is rapidly seeing repercussions. . Also on Tuesday, a man affected by the Capital One breach filed a lawsuit against the firm. Reuters reported.

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Capital One Disclosed Inquiry Into Anti-Money Laundering Practices

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Capital One Financial disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing last week that it’s being investigated by the New York District Attorney’s Office, the Justice Department and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the Treasury Department for its anti-money laundering program.

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Retail Payments Fraud: How Consumers and Banks Can Fight Back

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With any change, fraud comes hand-in-hand. Some of the changes are related to new digital payments methods like P2P apps, tap-to-pay, and cryptocurrency, which are all growing options in retail environments. All these evolutions mean a changing landscape for retail fraud and scam trends.

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Merchant Cash Advance Firms In NY AG’s Crosshairs

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News came this week that New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood has opened an investigation into small business lending – specifically, whether finance firms known as merchant cash advance companies have been engaged in abusing their smaller customers. That disclosure comes from an anonymous source.

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