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MileagePlus GO Visa Prepaid Card Earns Holders United Airlines Miles

PYMNTS

Holders of the new prepaid card from Netspend will rack up frequent flyer miles for every dollar they spend on qualifying purchases. The MileagePlus GO Visa Prepaid Card is the only prepaid card to let customers earn United Airlines’ United MileagePlus reward miles. The card is FDIC-insured through Republic Bank & Trust Co.

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The Finanser’s Week: 3rd July – 9th July 2017

Chris Skinner

This week’s main blog headlines are … The Top 1000 banks in the world I’ve written a column for The Banker magazine for the last 15 years and, during that time, have collected their special July edition each year. The new debit and credit cards will have a tiny computer screen on the back of the plastic near the signature strip.

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Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Sets New Record For Days Closed At Over $10K; Conaway Introduces Bill To Make Crypto A Commodity

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In other news, CoinFlip will now offer a bitcoin-enabled gift card marketplace, according to a report by Bitcoin Magazine. The marketplace came about through a partnership with eGifter and will allow for the sale of gift cards in exchange for bitcoin.

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Pizza Hut Gets Hit With Breach

PYMNTS

16) news reports from QSR magazine shared that yet another well-known brand has recently been hit with a cyberattack. QSR magazine described Pizza Hut’s cyberattack as a “temporary security intrusion.” Monday (Oct.

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Analysts Have Mixed Views On Apple Card, Subscription Services

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a month and will give subscribers access to 300 magazines as well as articles from newspapers including The Los Angeles Times and The Wall Street Journal. For payments peeps, the day’s highlight event was the announcement of the coming Apple credit card. That card will come with no card number or expiration date on it.

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Fraudsters Try New Spins On The BEC Scam

PYMNTS

Separate analysis from Singapore warned that monetary losses associated with BEC scams that specifically instruct targeted employees to send gift card redemption details are on the rise, too. Since last January, $987,000 has been lost to BEC scams demanding payment in the form of gift cards , new research out of Singapore has warned.

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Digitalisation of services and money is creating a two-tier society | Letters

TheGuardian

For what to many is innocent and inevitable progress, the millions of people in the UK who still rely on cash to live their lives are starting to find themselves excluded from parts of society, with many businesses and even organisations such as community sports centres only accepting card payments.