PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2019

’Tis the season for corporate fraud? The holidays are unfortunately one of the busiest times of the year for fraudsters looking to capitalize on the surge of shopping and payments activity. Unfortunately, this time of year fails to bring relief for businesses that fall victim to corporate and B2B payments fraud, too. In the U.S.,

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

This growth has created major opportunities in the payments space, and companies like Stripe — the payments unicorn valued at a masive $35B — are hungry to capitalize on them. Fraud prevention tools. Additionally, the company must underwrite risk, and is on the hook in the event of fraud or returned items. Source: Finix.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

Additionally, Capital One used Amazon cloud services when it was hacked in July, and the accused hacker is a former Amazon engineer. The newest lawsuit, which was filed earlier this month in federal court in Seattle, includes Amazon as a defendant. When asked about specifics, Amazon would not comment.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Meanwhile, in America, Amazon has reportedly slashed the number of open positions at its Seattle headquarters and is even talking about a hiring freeze leading up to major capital expenditures on its forthcoming second headquarters in a city TBD.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 28, 2016

Point-of-sale financing for retailers. HQ: Seattle, WA. Connects marketplace lenders to institutional capital. Tags: Investors, big data, business intelligence, investing, capital markets. Total raised: Unknown. HQ: New York City. Source: Crunchbase. Flexiti Financial. Latest round: $25 million Debt. Source: Crunchbase.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 14, 2018

Here’s IBM’s chairman minimizing how Amazon might transform retail and internet sales all the way back in 1999. “Amazon.com is a very interesting retail concept, but wait till you see what Wal-Mart is gearing up to do,” he said [IBM Chairman, Louis V. Gerstner Jr.]. “It won’t end well.

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CB Insights

JUNE 6, 2019

Accusations of fraud and mismanagement, and criticisms of the government’s decision to invest in Solyndra, were rampant in the days following news of Solyndra’s impending bankruptcy proceedings — but the core mistake here involved ignorance of a key aspect of Solyndra’s business. Declared Bankruptcy: 2018.

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