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Wild Cards? Gambling, Payroll, Other Models Provide Fresh Fuel For Prepaid

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Cards (as in prepaid, stored-value cards that consumers can use for gambling, payroll and a variety of other uses, many of them novel) are only half the battle. To get a sense of how the world of payments and cards has changed, Cregan told Webster a story about a conference he attended in Las Vegas in 2009.

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Washington’s Metro System Plans For Mobile Payment Future

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“Mobile fare payment is the future of transit, giving customers the ability simply to tap their phone and go, all without stopping at a fare vending machine or using a separate card,” Metro General Manager Paul J. Not only will this be a better, easier experience, but will cost less to operate.”. Wiedefeld said in a statement.

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Trulioo On Tweaking The Odds In Favor Of Online Sports Betting

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Will Tom Brady turn in his jersey after the game for an AARP card and hit the celebrity golf circuit? For payments and commerce , there’s another uncertainty that hangs in the air: Will legal online sports betting keep going forward, despite a recent decision by the U.S. Which brands will blow it? More about that in just a bit, though.

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March Madness: Next Big Chance For Legal Online Sports Betting

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March Madness has a new flavor this year: legal online betting. billion – on their favored teams via sportbooks, either in person or online, with other bookies or just with friends. billion – on their favored teams via sportbooks, either in person or online, with other bookies or just with friends. And about 4.1

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Will DOJ Ruling Put The Brakes On Legal Online Sports Betting?

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3 Super Bowl approaches — heaven for football fans and gamblers, including bettors who make wagers via online channels — federal authorities have brought a new level of uncertainty into the prospect of those legal bets. Now the operators of sports betting websites are wondering if the U.S. As the Feb. Gambling Progress.

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Justice Department Announces Three Dozen Indictments In $530M Cyber ID Crime Spree

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Separately, CBS MarketWatch reported that those indicted were tied to a group called the Infraud Organization, which operated with the slogan “In Fraud We Trust. ”. Members of the Infraud Organization acquired consumers’ identities and sold them, as well as compromised credit and debit cards, and all over a period of seven years.

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Emailage Embarks On ‘FinTech Roadshow’

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Arizona-based startup Emailage — the identity verification company delivering risk scores to financial institutions (FIs) and online merchants based on customers’ email addresses — announced news that it’s going on tour. The FinTech Roadshow concludes at Money20/20 in Las Vegas on Oct. 11 through Oct. 23 through Oct.

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