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Capital One and Discover walked away from talks before reaching a deal

American Banker

New details have emerged about the negotiations that culminated in Capital One's blockbuster $35 billion agreement to acquire Discover. At one point last December, the two parties broke off discussions, according to a securities filing.

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Fintech Funding: Capital on Tap secures a $237M credit line

BankInovation

Capital on Tap announced Thursday that it has secured a $237 million credit line from $3.8 trillion JPMorgan and investment firm Triple Point. based fintech provides fast funding to small businesses in an all-in-one business credit card and spend management platform.

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July Data Breach Prompts Transfer Of Capital One Security Chief

PYMNTS

Capital One ’s chief information security officer (CISO), Michael Johnson, is being transferred to a new position following the bank’s colossal cyberattack in July, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Thursday (Nov. Capital One employees raised red flags over security risks before the company suffered a massive data breach.

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Lull Hits B2B FinTech Venture Capital Funding

PYMNTS

A lull in venture capital funding has only a few B2B FinTechs this week securing new investment rounds. Just this week, RTP Global announced a a fund, with the venture capital firm planning to deploy that cash for early-stage technology companies in areas like FinTech and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). At the same time, the U.S.

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WSFS taps blockchain firm Intain to automate capital markets transactions

Bank Innovation

WSFS Bank is working with Intain, a blockchain firm based in Chennai, India, to help automate capital markets transactions. based bank, a subsidiary of WSFS Financial, said it’s using Intain’s blockchain-based tool to facilitate trustee reporting for asset-backed securities transactions. The Wilmington, Del.-based

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Hacker Arrested In Capital One Breach Affecting 100M+ 

PYMNTS

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. Thompson formerly worked for Amazon Web Services, which hosted the Capital One database that was breached. Capital One revealed the massive data breach in a news release on July 29, 2019.

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ANEXT Bank secures USD 148 million from Ant Group

The Paypers

Singapore-based digital bank ANEXT Bank has secured USD 148 million in added capital from Ant Group , its parent company, as per regulatory filings tracking.

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