PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2017

This week, the two countries were the only markets that landed on the B2B venture capital board, with funding landing at SaaS, Big Data and procurement startups across a range of industries, from corporate social media management to marijuana procurement. The company said this week it raised $8.5 Software-As-A-Service (SaaS).

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2018

India is mulling the idea of requesting eCommerce and social media companies to only store customer data locally, which could impact the likes of Amazon and Facebook and its WhatsApp messaging service in the country. That recommendation will go before Parliament, which is coming up with a data privacy law for the company.

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William Mills

JUNE 8, 2017

In just a short decade, social media has grown from a couple of platforms connecting music fans and college students to the de facto channel of communication for millions of people every day. How pervasive has social media become? Social Media is for Building Relationships, Not Spamming Ideas.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Facebook is reportedly gearing up to acquire a cybersecurity company in an effort to assure users that security is a top priority of the social media company. CNET , citing a report from The Information, reported Facebook has reached out to several security companies that could be takeover targets.

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JANUARY 28, 2020

Secure payments provider PCI Pal launched a new digital service on Tuesday (Jan. 28) that will let organizations offer ultra-secure payments across a multitude of channels, from social media to email and everything in between. Using the service, customers will be able to pay securely through any channel.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Facebook will increase its security offerings, especially for high-profile users, the social media giant announced Tuesday (Dec. The company will support the use of security keys on mobile devices so anyone logging into an account will need more than just a password, a Facebook official told PYMNTS.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The workshop will cover a broad array of topics within the FTC’s jurisdiction, including truth-in-advertising law, social media marketing, data security, business-to-business fraud, and other business basics. The Truth About False Advertising (an overview of the FTC’s truth-in-advertising expectations).

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2019

Thompson , who has been accused of hacking into Capital One ’s cloud and compromising the data of 100 million people, may have also hacked into upwards of 30 other companies, according to a Bloomberg report. has revealed how many other companies were targeted. Prosecutors did not name any of the other companies involved.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2020

According to COO Sheryl Sandberg, the company had to remove gameplay functionality in order to gain approval from Apple. Apple has dismissed the criticisms, saying it affords equal opportunities and rules to any company. Apple said it had shot down Kaspersky’s app due to privacy and security concerns.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

This overwhelming reliance on smartphones has generated record profits for major telecommunications companies, including AT&T , Sprint and Verizon , with the industry generating $610 billion in revenue in 2019. Telecommunications companies face a number of challenges in their day-to-day operations, however.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Social media platforms are infested with phonies, and not just your best friend’s irritating co-worker (although he totally is). This is about the fact that fake identities comprise 25 percent of new social media accounts created every day, and that 53 percent of all social media logins are fraudulent , according to a recent study.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2019

A $5 million gift from Craiglist’s Craig Newmark Philanthropies will support a new program, led by former Facebook security expert Alex Stamos. Stamos, who left Facebook last August, called the power given to social media companies to police election issues “insane.”. But it’s because governments aren’t stepping up.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2021

Squarespace announced that it had applied for a confidential registration to go public with the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC), a release says. The brief press release doesn't constitute an offer to sell and doesn't mean there's any offer to buy securities on the table. That, PYMNTS wrote, should bode well for its chances.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

In a bit of high-tech saber-rattling, Facebook is threatening to pull the plug on its social media platform in the European Union if a controversial decision by Irish regulators is allowed to stand. according to Metro. according to Metro. government.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2019

Social media platform Facebook is set on further innovating WhatsApp features with a new U.K.-based The team will focus on building out the WhatsApp payment capabilities, as the company looks to expand them to new countries. Why Cash Security Deposits Should Be the Exception to the Rule. based team.

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Perficient

JANUARY 28, 2021

As we mostly are working remotely these days, securing your space when you’re not in the safeguards of the office walls are critical. Perficient places a high value on data security and has several processes and tools in place to protect colleague and client information, but what about the everyday person?

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Many banks, utility companies and government agencies have been leveraging two-factor authentication (2FA) for several years. It appears that these stepped-up verification approaches are warranted, too, as tales of security breaches that have ensnared unsuspecting internet users are rampant. Leveraging phone-based verification.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2019

Instagram is inviting a group of security researchers known as white hat hackers to stress-test its Checkout feature before it launches outside the United States. It’s a place to experience the pleasure of shopping versus the chore of buying,” the company said at the time. The rewards can go up to $40,000 per case.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2018

According to a report in Reuters , citing a blog post by Twitter , the social media company said it discovered the traffic to a customer support forum while looking into a security hole that makes user data, such as phone country codes, accessible to hackers. Twitter said it fixed that security vulnerability on Nov.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2020

A database of nearly a quarter-million YouTube, Instagram and TikTok public profiles that was held by a now-shuttered company called Deep Social has made its way onto the Dark Web, The Next Web reported on Thursday (Aug. ” Deep Social provided, among other things, social media data. A Wednesday (Aug.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

However, 8 percent of Cyber Monday visits did originate from social media, an increase of 17.5 It comes from WBR Insights , which credits customer engagement via social media. Brand advertisers, it says, need to justify social media ROI. percent from the prior year. We’ve identified three.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 22, 2019

Apple Pay was trending across social media today on news the payment option will soon be accepted at Target, Taco Bell and other major U.S. The company touted the service’s ease of use, security and speed at the register. According to Apple, 74 of the top 100 U.S. merchants now accept Apple Pay. But […].

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2019

Snap , the money-losing parent company of Snapchat, is issuing $1 billion in convertible debt for working capital and future acquisitions, CNBC reported Tuesday (Aug. The social media platform is also courting big pharma companies to advertise on Snapchat, reportedly pitching itself as a friendlier alternative to Twitter and Facebook.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2019

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which went into effect May of 2018, has had some serious repercussions on tech companies all over Europe, but especially in the U.K. The latest company to be affected may be food delivery app Deliveroo, according to a report in the Financial Times.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 27, 2019

As regulators call for a delay of the social media giant’s cryptocurrency project, Facebook is moving forward, pointing to the bug bounty program as evidence it is taking security seriously. “We They’re offering up to $10,000 to anyone who can find code flaws in projects developed on the foundation’s testnet.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Omni Security and Authentication. Consumers expect to do business with their bank online seamlessly, without the hassle of complicated security checks, whether through their mobile phone, smart watch, home speaker or other connected device. Around The Security And Authentication Space.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2019

You can be sure that one area of regression involves social media. New research, in fact, supports that idea — specifically, the high value that consumers attach to Facebook , and the high cost it would take to make them leave the social media platform. But that doesn’t mean consumers plan to leave Facebook anytime soon.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Bloomberg said the only response from Robinhood initially was a statement that the company was referring the matter to its fraud investigation team, which would take "a few weeks" in order to get back to them. Social media saw a deluge of complaints about the attacks, Bloomberg reported.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2019

Last month, Twitter’s first-quarter sales forecast showed weak user growth as the company aims to improve its services. Twitter isn’t the only social media site looking to boost its privacy measures. In addition, the company will not store “sensitive data” in countries that have weak track records on privacy or human rights.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 4, 2023

According to the FTC, the top ten crypto fraud trends to watch in 2023 are: Investment scams: Investment scams come with "get rich quick" and "no risk" promises, often initiated through social media or online dating apps. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) governs crypto assets that could be considered securities.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 28, 2019

BMO Harris Bank did itself a favor by being responsive to questions and criticism on social media from customers locked out of their digital accounts with the bank this past week, according to Adrenaline, an experience design company.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2021

If 2020 was the year of streaming media, of content done a million different ways, of apps and Apple, and Google’s and Amazon’s algorithms … it was also the year of Big Tech regulation, where 2020 set the stage for a 2021 that could be seismic in changing the way companies — from Facebook to Apple to debt collectors — interact with consumers.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 12, 2018

That according to new documents released yesterday by Congress that contain written responses from the social media company on its data and privacy […].

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PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2019

Across the European Union (EU), technology providers and social media platforms are increasingly playing a bigger role in the Open Banking ecosystem. Meanwhile, technology companies like Microsoft are dealing with GDPR investigations of their own. Social Media Sites and Payment Innovations Under PSD2 and GDPR.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 25, 2018

after the Information Commissioner’s Office ( ICO ) ruled that the social media network operator was engaged in “serious breaches of data protection.” Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham confirmed the action with CNBC, saying that Facebook failed to keep the personal information of its users secure.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Grubhub drivers are fuming over a new company policy that has led to dramatically reduced tipping, the Financial Times reported, citing exchanges with drivers and posts by other drivers on the Reddit social media platform. The ballot measure was supported by major companies that rely upon gig workers.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2020

While the transactions were approved by regulators, some Capitol Hill lawmakers have raised antitrust concerns and urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to break up the company and its subsidiaries. A ‘breakup’ of Facebook is thus a complete nonstarter,” the document stated, according to WSJ.

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