PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2020

California lawmakers are moving quickly to create a financial watchdog agency as a new department of their state government, as the coronavirus pandemic accelerates financial crime across the nation. The Federal Reserve is working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to explore the possibility of issuing a digital currency.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Website DECPAPI.com spotlighted an API with a countdown that showed the national stablecoin would launch on November 20. Department of Justice announced that two Massachusetts men were arrested and charged with conducting a scheme to take over victims’ social media accounts and steal their cryptocurrency.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Or maybe that cryptocurrencies have yet to go mainstream beyond the headlines because fraud still lurks. At a high level, that means helping crypto companies and FinTechs come to market with crypto payments across the Visa rails. Keeping An Eye On Fraud. It all depends on how you look at it — and where you look, of course.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Although Alibaba and JD.com usually lead China’s eCommerce market, the four-year-old Pinduoduo is “popular with China’s lower-tier city residents” and attracts customers with offers of discounts and deals, per reports.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Honorable Mentions – while this was a quiet year for M&A, we tip our hat to Atlantic Union’s acquisition of American National Bank and Eastern Bank’s acquisition of Cambridge Bank. Lifetime Achievement Award (Bank) Cambridge Savings CEO Wayne Patenaude looks to end a long and successful career at one of Massachusetts’ 10 largest banks.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

While historically a “pen and pencil” business, technology has begun to push the global real estate market into digitized approaches. Blockchains operate through decentralized peer-to-peer platforms, building resilience against the spread of corrupted information and boosting resistance to fraud. Source: Imbrex. Title Management.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2017

According to research from LexisNexis, fraud is expected to reach $7.2 The risk of fraud is prompting eCommerce companies to seek out IoT solutions against cyberattacks. In April , PYMNTS caught up with Ayr Muir, founder of Massachusetts-based QSR and food truck Clover Food Lab. And the costs of these attacks could be severe.

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