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Facebook Negotiates Sandberg DC Hearing Testimony

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With questions surrounding Facebook ’s market power and its plans for the Libra digital currency, the social media company is reportedly negotiating with an important congressional committee for COO Sheryl Sandberg to testify as early as October. And, another legislator, Sen.

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More Security In Wake Of Mall Brawls

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A string of major disturbances at malls nationwide on the day after Christmas has led police to increase patrols and malls to ramp up security guard presence — in case consumers needed another reason to avoid physical stores. Some states, including Connecticut and Tennessee, reported multiple incidences. ‘Tis the season to riot.

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Capital One Hack Prompts Lawsuit, NY AG Probe

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The security breach at Capital One that exposed 100 million credit card applications and thousands of bank accounts and Social Security numbers is rapidly seeing repercussions. . About 140,000 Social Security numbers and 80,000 bank account numbers were compromised. . Reuters reported. and 6 million in Canada.

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Fintech Fundings: 9 Companies Raise $73 Million Week Ending Dec 31

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Social media financial compliance specialist Gremln raised $1.4 HQ: Shelton, Connecticut. Social media management & compliance for financial institutions . Tags: Enterprise, compliance, social media, regulations, marketing, Finovate alum. One Finovate alum added cash at year-end: . million Seed.

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55 US Companies That Became Unicorns In 2018

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The solutions are designed to serve developers, operators, and security professionals. Its analytics program scans social media platforms for signifiers of breaking news and events. The startup provides services for several different industries, including finance, security, public relations, and the public sector.

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FinovateSpring 2015 Sneak Peek: Part 8

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Sneak Peek Part 7: Avoka, CBW Bank, Cloud Lending Solutions, Context Relevant, Dealstruck, DriveWealth, Dwolla, Dynamics, Encap Security, EyeBuy, FIS Mobile, Kabbage, Knox Payments, Lending Tree, LendKey. Ondot Systems builds white label solutions that enable financial institutions to provide security and convenience for their customers.

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Meets With Lawmakers, President

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Mark Warner of Virginia arranged for a dinner with the social media executive with other senators and told Fox Business Network, according to the report, “Facebook leadership realizes that failure to have federal legislation [on internet issues] is actually going to hurt them and the whole platform industry in the long run.”.

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