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Major Retailers Brace For Gift Card Fraud

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To counter fraud as the holiday season approaches, Best Buy , Target and Walmart made changes to their gift card programs. The moves were announced by the attorneys general of Pennsylvania and New York, Reuters reported. They also come amid an initiative to take on fraudsters that has run for a year. “By

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India Topples B2B Invoice Scam

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Daya Shankar Kushwaha was arrested by tax officers in New Delhi for allegedly using fake invoices worth over Rs 1,200 crore to get tax benefits, according to reports on Monday (Feb. Kushwaha reportedly used fraudulent Input Tax Credit (ITC) of Rs 124 crore. .

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Sprint And T-Mobile Merger, Spend Management And State Tax Top This Week’s News

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It’s the end of a short holiday workweek, and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything with the latest in payments and commerce news. We have a deep dive into spend management in addition to news involving the Sprint and T-Mobile merger, as well as data on state tax laws. . Trackers and Reports.

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Ascension Leak Exposes 24M+ Loan, Mortgage Details

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A server running an Elasticsearch database contained sensitive data from as far back as 2008 that included loan and mortgage agreements, repayment schedules and other financial and tax documents. The database, which is believed to have been exposed for two weeks, was discovered by independent security researcher Bob Diachenko.

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Regulations Keeping SMEs On Their Toes In 2017, Says Paychex

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Tax reform takes the top spot of regulations SMEs are watching most closely, Paychex said in its release of the survey results Wednesday (Dec. According to analysts, a Republican-controlled Congress means tax reform may come early in the Trump administration, and plans for such action include cuts to business tax rates.

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Mobile Order-Ahead Delivered The Goods In 2019

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As city councils all over the nation get a hankering for MOA tax revenue, the category just keeps growing and evolving. Uber Co-Founder Travis Kalanick has even secured $400 million to develop his new CloudKitchens concept, which rents fully equipped cooking spaces to delivery-only restaurants in major metros. MOA is a Goer.

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Aadhaar No Panacea For India’s Ills, Says Economist

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According to an article in The New York Times on Sunday (Jan. But then again, the number does not guarantee access to the benefits, and people need to link the number to their accounts or a ration card — a hurdle that has barred some recipients from getting what they need. Is India’s push for biometric IDs a bust?

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