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US DOJ Charges 14 With $28M In PPP Fraud

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Levy, 50, of Bedford, Ohio; and Abdul-Azeem Levy, 22, of Cleveland, Ohio. 46, of Cleveland, Ohio; and Bern Benoit, 44, of Burbank, California. In Arkansas, a project manager employed by a major retailer has pleaded guilty to bank fraud charges for filing fraudulent bank loan applications seeking more than $8 million in PPP loans.

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Rocket Trims IPO By 39 Pct From $3.3B To $2B After Investors Reject Valuation

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billion and offered 150 million shares for $20 to $22 each, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Rocket describes itself as the largest retail mortgage lender in the U.S. Last month, Gilbert sought an IPO for $3.3

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Retail Enabler: CardinalCommerce Protects SMBs From Holiday Fraud

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Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales continue to increase year over year — while some project online holiday sales at $98 billion, new estimates from the National Retail Foundation project that this year’s online holiday sales could reach $117 billion. ‘Tis the season … to be very, very wary of phishing and other types of fraud.

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Rocket Mortgage Parent Plans $3.3B IPO

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The company is offering 150 million shares for $20 to $22 each, according to the Tuesday (July 28) filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Bloomberg wrote. According to Rocket Companies, which describes itself as the biggest retail mortgage lender in the U.S., billion, Bloomberg reported. the company earned $97.7

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BofA Consumers Can Add Credit, Debit Cards To PayPal From Mobile Banking App

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It’s all about providing our customers the most convenient and secure payments experience possible,” said Mark Monaco, head of Enterprise Payments at Bank of America, in a press release announcing the integration. “As At the same time that Bank of America is embracing digital payments, it’s also expanding its retail footprint.

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Overstock CEO: Why Immunity Passports Could Move Blockchain Tech Mainstream

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If you are the Cleveland Indians or the Browns or Cavaliers, your biggest interest right now is getting people back into the seats and watching games in their stadium,” Johnson said. As a transactional technology, cryptocurrency has uses that Overstock has seen on its retail site Overstock.com, Johnson said.

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Facebook Faces Billions In Possible GDPR Fines

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The amount was disclosed in the Annual Work Program, which had been devised by the European Securities and Market authority at the end of last month. FXStreet reported last week that the ESMA wants to track retail investor activities and coordinate its own regulatory efforts stretching across Europe. Banking, Eyed by the Fed.