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PR Gov’t Loses $2.6M Due To Email Phishing

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The government of Puerto Rico lost $2.6 The department has faced strong criticism from the people of Puerto Rico about the incident, as the country has been dealing with a recession for more than a decade, and some government services have been cut as a result. “I

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FEMA Looks At Blockchain To Aid Disaster Payouts

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The United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has revealed that it might look into using blockchain technology to streamline disaster insurance payouts, as well as speed up its response to disasters.

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Fizzle Of The Week: Puerto Rico’s Cash Crisis

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Uber : The ride-hailing firm is being sued by shareholders who are claiming fraud, due to the fact that the company — via ex-CEO Travis Kalanick — allegedly did not disclose during capital-raising efforts the fact that Uber may have broken laws. Fizzle of the Week: Puerto Rico’s Cash Crisis. Puerto Rico is short on cash.

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Surprise Edition: Amex, Hackers And Starbucks E-Commerce Sign-Off

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Two American Express banking subsidiaries have found themselves on the wrong side of the CFPB’s fining pen for discriminating against consumers in Puerto Rico, the U.S. American Express discriminated against consumers in Puerto Rico and the U.S. American Express’ $96M Discrimination Problem. Virgin Islands and other U.S.

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Equifax Names Ex-Mastercard CEO To Its Board

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Prior to Mastercard, he spent 20 years at Citibank, where he held several leadership positions, including managing parts of Citibank’s Consumer Financial Services business in the United States, Brazil, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

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How the Popular Bank Associate Trainee Program sets recent graduates on a career path to success in banking

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Trainees receive close mentorship from managers and advisors, participate in leadership and community activities and initiate specific projects and solutions for different business areas of the organization. We worked with a lot of different people to figure this out–the branches, Miami and Puerto Rico offices and outside information as well.

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Fintech Fundings: 12 Companies Raise $240 million Week Ending June 25

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Payments risk & compliance management. Tax & accounting practice management. Fraud detection. Online investment manager. Puerto Rican marketplace lender. HQ: Puerto Rico. Tags: Investing, wealth management, stocks, trading, equities. Source: The Oregonian. HQ: Palo Alto, California.