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State Employees In Mississippi Targets Of Direct Deposit Scam

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News comes this week from Mississippi that state workers are being targeted by similar fraud attempts. Separately, and in a more whimsical vein, amid the more outlandish attempts to wield the corporate credit card, Business.com reported that “there are no limits to what some people think is appropriate to expense.”. A Bit Of Whimsy.

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PSCU’s Lumin Enables Digital Payments For TN Credit Union

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Originally founded in 1957 to serve personnel on the naval base in Millington, Tennessee, First South Financial has expanded its financial services offerings across Tennessee and Mississippi. The addition of Lumin Digital gives the credit union (CU) another offering on its menu of digital financial products and services.

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MGM Resorts Admits To 2019 Hack

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The hotel said the data breach didn’t involve any password, financial or payment card information, and that all the guests who were affected were notified of the incident. MGM Resorts has locations in Las Vegas, Detroit, Mississippi, Maryland and New Jersey, and its properties include the Bellagio, Mandalay Bay, MGM Grand and Park MGM.

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Senate Banking Committee to hold July 29 hearing on 36% national rate cap

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Jack Lee Chair in Financial Institutions and Consumer Finance, Mississippi State University. Bill Himpler, President & CEO, American Financial Services Association. Professor Thomas W. Miller, Jr., David Pommerehn, General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Consumer Bankers Association.

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Walmart Pay Launches In 16 States, DC

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Walmart Pay does not keep any card data on the users’ phone (though it does work with all major debit, credit, prepaid or Walmart cards), instead holding that payment data virtually. The scan and go based payment system allows customers to ring in the purchase, scan a QR code with their phone – and poof, done.

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Another 44 Banks And Credit Unions Sign Onto Apple Pay

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The list of banks and credit unions issuing cards that will work with the Apple Pay mobile wallet has once again grown. IH Mississippi Valley Credit Union. Another 44 banks and credit unions in the United States are now officially attending the Apple Pay party. It has been an active week for Apple Pay. Crane Credit Union. Luzerne Bank.

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Vending Machine Commerce Encourages Digital Payments Growth

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consumers (maybe not so much in New Orleans, but not every city can be as wonderfully without care as that 300-year-old Mississippi River port), but the rise of digital payments and mobile commerce. The app will then convert money from a credit card or bank account into digital cash. Vending Investment. School Food.

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