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JANUARY 18, 2021

After announcing that it was hit by a cyberattack in December, Russian cryptocurrency exchange Livecoin announced in a note that it is shutting its business and refunding its clients. There is no way to continue operative business in these conditions.”. Flynn purchased bitcoin for his roughly 450 clients, the report stated.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Pizza Hut will now accept cryptocurrency as a form of payment at its stores in Venezuela, Cointelegraph reported. 27 that it was partnering with the pizza chain to process cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Litecoin, Binance Coin, Binance USD, Tether, Dash, Ether, Dai and XPT, Cryptobuyer’s native coin.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Binance Holdings has applied for an operating license in Singapore under the country’s new payments legislation, which aims to be a comprehensive regulatory agency for digital currencies. The idea behind Steemit was a melding of forums with cryptocurrency to start toward more adoption of the currency.

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APRIL 10, 2019

The DFS cited deficiencies in capital, according to Reuters , and “failure to demonstrate that it will conduct its business honestly, fairly, equitably, carefully, and efficiently.”. Bittrex was ordered to stop operating in New York and close shop within 60 days. The men face five years in prison and a maximum fine of $147,000.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Grabbing capital is relatively easy if the latter continues, enough so that the former turns from red to black. Investors have clearly signaled that attention must be paid to operating leverage. Beating the fraudsters: Visa said that since their inception, chip cards have reduced counterfeit fraud by 87 percent.

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JANUARY 13, 2021

13) on the Nasdaq Global Select Market and the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbols “BTRS” and “BTRSW,” respectively. Swap.com Uses Data Analytics To Fight Post-Holiday Fraud Surge. Billtrust has completed a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger with South Mountain Merger Corp., Starbucks announced on Tuesday (Jan.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

27), Gorman said cryptocurrencies are “certainly something more than just a fad,” reported CNBC. None of us operate in isolation in the ecosystem in which we live,” Gorman said. “If If banks behave badly, the government says, ‘Raise more capital.’ Speaking during a Wall Street Journal event on Wednesday (Sept.

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OCTOBER 5, 2020

MyChargeBack Vice President of Global Operations Michael Cohen indicated that credit card chargebacks are a potential option 18 months following the transaction date in some instances. And, in regard to digital currency, consumers might only be able to recoup money in the event of unauthorized transactions.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 27, 2020

In other news, LVC Corporation , which operates LINE, is announcing the launch of two new products: LINE Blockchain Developers, a developer platform for blockchain services; and the BITMAX Wallet, for managing digital assets, a press release stated. Other sites, including cryptowikipedia.ru

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Cryptocurrencies — Facebook’s Libra included — face at least some new headwinds as they target a mainstream embrace. In reference to the regulatory climate, don’t expect it to ease anytime soon. In remarks to reporters this past week in Geneva, Switzerland, U.S. FINMA’S Take.

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APRIL 26, 2019

Cryptocurrencies declined in trading Thursday (April 26) night after the New York Attorney General went after Bitfinex, a crypto exchange, for hiding the fact it’s missing $850 million. Fortune noted that it’s not clear the impact this will have on the cryptocurrency market. The situation looks bad.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Not to ruin your holiday spirit, but let’s start this story with the cold and brutal truth: One of the largest risks that payments and commerce operators face in 2019 is being called to account by government officials, regulators or media about a failure to secure their organizations from cyberattacks.

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DECEMBER 12, 2018

Financial institutions are in the midst of becoming more mobile, with many of those legacy operations opting to — or at least considering — working more closely with FinTech providers to upgrade services, retain customers and acquire new ones. The debut of 5G promises to add another tool that can aid such efforts. What does that mean, then?

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MARCH 29, 2018

Parker said the startup is working to get the payments industry comfortable with the idea of operating in the cloud. Emailage stopped almost twice as much potential fraud in 2017 as in the previous year. billion in potential fraud was prevented, compared to last year’s $1 billion. ModoPayments. Chargehound. Jewel Paymentech.

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BankUnderground

MAY 25, 2023

Closer inspection reveals an ecosystem experiencing several hacks, attacks, and fraud. Within this brief period, the borrower must request the funds, call on other smart contracts to perform near-instantaneous trades with the loaned capital, and return the funds before the transaction ends. Estimates show at least US$6.5

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APRIL 10, 2017

Wells Fargo found yet more fraud problems in its organization; Amazon announced some hi-tech staffing expansions and bitcoin finally found a government with the will to recognize it as a currency. Ready to make the leap? Yes, we checked. A few times. It wasn’t an April Fool’s prank. But the deal has some conditions.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Meanwhile new competitors regularly emerge, including person-to-person facilitators such as digital wallet provider Venmo, crowd-funding loan provider Lending Club and real-time cryptocurrency settlement company Ripple. Now it has a small-business financing program, Square Capital.

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South State Correspondent

JULY 25, 2022

Providing a narrative around your “fortress balance sheet,” ever-more-efficient operations, and defensive vision is now critical. Loan Pricing: Loan pricing has increased in the capital markets, yet bank loan pricing has continued to compress. General Performance. Most pipelines are thinning out, so be ready to discuss.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 10, 2018

One of the biggest challenges these companies face is that many operate without a bank charter or license. Both have access to significant financial capital to scale far beyond what’s available to even well-funded startup challengers. why profitability won’t come easy. As a result, they can only offer limited services.

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MARCH 23, 2018

A $65 million fundraise will help blockchain startup Plug — also known as PL^G — scale its platform, which aims to develop blockchain apps that operate in a broader, interconnected network of blockchain systems. The company raised $20 million , reports this week said, with China-based cryptocurrency hedge fund FBG Capital leading the way.

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MAY 3, 2020

The system could possibly monetize every single social media post on a given network for operators as well as content creators. The program will likely make use of Voice, Block.one’s own social media network, which Block.one invested millions of dollars into last month so it could operate independently of Block.one.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In the US, legislation emerged to forbid investment banks from prop trading, or trading with their own capital, and forcing them to keep more capital on hand. While the rules against prop trading have more recently been loosened, the restriction has still changed how investment banks operate. Table of contents. STAYING PRIVATE.

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OCTOBER 31, 2018

gears up to leave the European Union (EU), for commerce, there remains the unknowns of how trade will be affected, as well as how capital, goods and services can be tracked. As the U.K. The concept of blockchain used in Brexit’s aftermath — specifically to help navigate a new customs landscape — is nothing new. In the U.S.,

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DECEMBER 20, 2019

There are estimates that cryptocurrency-related fraud and theft has made off with $4.4 The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision said the risks are tied to liquidity, credit and fraud. Along the way, bitcoin — and all digital coins, really — have had a rough time of it.

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JANUARY 5, 2020

Meenavalli , CEO of the cryptocurrency firm Longfin, has agreed to settle with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and pay $400,000 in disgorgement and penalties, the SEC announced on Friday (Jan. There were 150 active cryptocurrency-type firms in 2019 compared to 113 in 2018. investors in the future,” said Anita B.

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

Gangs in Latin America are increasingly turning to cryptocurrency to operate illegal trades of drugs, guns, sex and people, Reuters reported. Criminals deposit cash in small amounts in different bank accounts and then use it to buy bitcoin.

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DECEMBER 7, 2017

Blockchain and crypto companies may be operating with cutting-edge technology, but in the back-office, accounting and bookkeeping strategies are stuck in the stone age. There is a huge gap right now, and traditional accounting software doesn’t integrate with blockchains and cryptocurrencies.”.

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AUGUST 26, 2019

In addition, a number of revolutionary ideas have recently hit the financial services industry, including digital and cryptocurrencies, as well as distributed ledger technology and blockchain. Adoption of ISO 20022 as “the global language for financial messaging”.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Blockchains operate through decentralized peer-to-peer platforms, building resilience against the spread of corrupted information and boosting resistance to fraud. Imbrex is reportedly planning to launch smart contract-enabled transactions using its own cryptocurrency. Moreover, title fraud poses a risk to homeowners worldwide.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Anyone who follows the industry knows this focused institution led by Findlay is all about executing the timeless principles of capital management, credit quality, efficiency and customer service. They should have been investing in fintech growth businesses and they had the capital to do it.” Grab some popcorn and watch.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In December, the founder and CEO of Crypto Exchange company FTX was arrested in the Bahamas (yah, don’t ask) and charged with fraud and conspiracy. 2022 was the year the fintech industry and venture capital firms figured out that banking is harder than everybody thought. Now that’s what you call a change of momentum.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Hugo Sergio Mejia, 49, of Ontario, allegedly operated his virtual currency business from May 2018 to September 2020, according to the release. Lastly, Sygnum Bank and Fine Wine Capital have tokenized a number of premium investible wines, according to a press release. Attorney’s Office of the Central District of California stated.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 25, 2016

Two Finovate alums raised fresh capital: Emailage raised another $5 million for its email-based fraud prevention solutions. Equities markets operator. Fraud protection for financial institutions. Tags: Consumer, SMB, investing, working capital finance, trade finance, P2P, peer-to-peer. billion, also double the $4.4

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JULY 15, 2019

It has been about a month since Facebook pulled back the curtain on its vision for Libra – a blockchain-backed cryptocurrency with the lofty aim of connecting the 1.7 They will also kick in the capital to support the project – $10 million apiece – with some exceptions.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

It is a vehicle to perpetrate fraud.”. But this very loud and public backlash against cryptocurrencies from banks begs the question: What do banks have to be afraid of? We’ll provide the definitions and analogies you need to know for bitcoin, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and more. What is blockchain technology?

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CB Insights

MAY 15, 2019

With recent advances in blockchain, cryptocurrency, contactless payments, and more, finance is primed for disruption. Companies are turning to accelerators, funds, and labs to try to find the next big thing that will reduce fraud, speed up transaction times, and catch on with consumers. Capital One — Capital One Labs.

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AUGUST 25, 2017

Ultimately, the use cases for a transparent, verifiable register of transaction data are practically endless — especially since blockchain operates through a decentralized platform requiring no central supervision, while still remaining resistant to fraud. Payments and money transfers.

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