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Study Finds Half Of UK Firms Vulnerable To Invoice Fraud

PYMNTS

As reported, invoice fraud remains among the fastest-growing conduits to fraud in the region, and UK Finance reported that it ranks as the third most-common fraud type, known as “authorized push payment” ruses. In one case, a scammer asked for help via text message to purchase iTunes gift cards.

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Making A Plant-Based Jerky For The Lone Star State

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In another nod to the Lone Star State’s geographical landscape, each of the company’s flavors represents a different region in the state. It is powered by Shopify and accepts credit card payments. (The company uses the prickly pear because it is the Texas state plant.).

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5 New Year’s Resolutions For Any Sized Bank That You Must Get Right in 2023

South State Correspondent

Popular projects for 2023 include online loan and deposit onboarding utilizing third-party data to speed the process, compliance-as-a-service, payments, card controls, service case management, leveraging data for customer insights, and providing open banking APIs to customers. This also means that rent growth will go negative in many markets.

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A Deep Dive into the Distribution of the FICO Score Across the US

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Another theory is that people’s exposure to their credit reports and FICO® Scores, like seeing their updated FICO® Score on their monthly credit card statements, may have increased awareness and resulted in more prudent management of their personal finances. For this blog, we evaluated 33 MSAs. population unless noted otherwise.

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Pierce Transit Launches Pilot With Miles App

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In honor of the launch, Pierce Transit is offering local market challenges through the app, where the first 300 users can receive a $5 Starbucks or Amazon gift card. Other companies are finding ways to promote greener travel options. Earlier this year, Uber announced that it is launching its first integration with public transit.

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How Self-Service Retail Is Becoming Mainstream Retail

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Under the terms of the agreement, USAT is now the company’s single cashless payments provider for all credit, debit, mobile and loyalty services for its vending, coffee and micro-market kiosks throughout the Denver region. For some of its partners, they are looking beyond that hyper-localized awareness to target regional awareness.

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Guest Post: Third Quarter Economic Commentary by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

And he doesn’t even have to stray far from the beautiful beaches and leisurely lifestyle of Newport Beach, California, because Denver-based Janus is opening an office in Newport Beach, California. She works continuously with our vendors and has implemented fraud detection tools to protect our customers’ debit cards. How about that?