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Bitcoin Daily: SEC Freezes Crypto Firm?s Assets, Alleging It Stole $12M From Investors; Hong Kong: 39 Pct Of New FinTechs There Are Blockchain Firms; Coinbase Eyes Selling Blockchain Analytics To IRS, DEA

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The defendant in the case is Utah resident Daniel F. Rodriguez of Utah and Jean Paul Ramirez Rico of Colombia — are alleged to have lied to investors and misappropriated funds. In Hong Kong, 39 percent of new FinTech firms launched in the last year are now operating via blockchain, Cointelgraph reported.

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FTC Refunds $12M To Consumer Victims Of Bogus Online Trial Memberships

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The FTC alleged the Utah-based company operated deceptive trial memberships and bogus government grant and money-making schemes in 2010. A federal jury in Utah convicted Johnson and Ryan Riddle of making false statements to a bank on multiple I Works merchant account applications.

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BNPL Fraud — When "Buy Now, Pay Later" Backfires

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In this post, I’ll provide a quick overview of how BNPL works, and share my thoughts on how BNPL fraud can occur and where the financial liability lays. . Other providers, such as credit card companies, operate differently; those offering BNPL typically charge a fixed monthly fee instead of interest. A BNPL Primer. In the U.S.,

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DOE: Cyberattack Interrupted US Electrical Services

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The Department of Energy (DOE) has confirmed that a distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS) perpetrated against an energy company caused “interruptions of electrical system operations,” according to a report. The affected power company provides electricity to Los Angeles, Salt Lake County in Utah and Converse County in Wyoming.

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Funding Lands T&E Firm TripActions $4B Valuation

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Car IQ’s technology aims to automate and accelerate fleet payments for scenarios like vehicle maintenance and other services, without the need for human intervention or credit cards — a tool that the company said will combat fraud. MX, based in Utah, said it plans to deploy the investment to continue building out its data solutions.

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5 ways AI can improve customer service

Independent Banker

billion-asset Sunwest Bank in Sandy, Utah. Stearns is still researching the expansion of AI operational functions, Bidinger says. With AI substantially improving operational efficiency in the back office, banks can reduce operational cost, errors and time required to process customer requests. “We Cloud, Minn.,

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Data privacy: How to keep customer data safe

Independent Banker

The privacy of customers’ personal information is at the forefront of every community banker’s decisions, says Steven Estep, ICBA assistant vice president of operational risk. Other states have enacted similar data privacy laws since the California Consumer Privacy Act came into effect, including Utah, Colorado, Virginia and Connecticut.

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