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Five At Five: Facebook Hit By GDPR On Monthly Users

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Facebook, the world’s leading social media platform, reported last week that it lost about 1 million monthly active users (MAU) in Europe due to the new regulations, leaving it with 376 million. cities — like New York, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Dallas — by early 2019. GDPR Takes Toll on Facebook Engagement Figures.

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FI Highlight: America First Credit Union

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We recently spoke to Nicole Cypers, PR and Social Media Manager for America First Credit Union , to discuss how America First does just that and why they think it’s so important to do so. No matter how big or small your financial institution is, it’s important to connect with members of the local community.

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Frictionless Payments Take Center Stage at Money 20/20

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This year’s Money 20/20 event in Las Vegas drew a massive attendance with 11,000 individuals, 4,500 companies, tons of new technology, and a mind-blowing expanse of collective brain power. My colleague Ryan Rackley summed it up perfectly when he referred to social media as the “new tattoo.”. Some say it’s a gas.

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Fintech Fundings: 15 Companies Raise $125 Million Week Ending May 1

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Electronic gift card platform. Payments via social media. HQ: Las Vegas, Nevada. Tags: Payments, mobile, social, Facebook, Startup Chile (investor). Total raised: $61.7 Source: Finovate. Loop Commerce. HQ: Palo Alto, California. Latest round: $16 million Series B. Total raised: $29.2 Source: FT Partners.

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The neon ALL-CAPs crypto products of our Facebook, Uber, and Big Tech monopolies

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See for example, the signage of a Brooklyn bodega or Las Vegas at night. Second, the color sticks out like the red alarms we all associate with a dopamine kick from our social media and smartphone interactions. Today, those payment rails are going to be connected to the debit or credit card entered into your account.

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Spring Break Goes High-Tech

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From smart bags to social media, spring break is becoming a surprisingly digital and high-tech travel period in the U.S. With a tap of the card, they could enter Spring Break mode to get a sneak peek at the other Tinder users who would also be there. The words “spring break” evoke all kinds of mental images.

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Facebook’s Sizzly, Fizzly Week

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The Facebook pop-ups will be on offer in New York City, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale, San Antonio, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle from now until early February 2019. So is everything solved and sizzling for Facebook? Well, it might be a little early for that.

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