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Five At Five: France Aims To Tax Big Tech

PYMNTS

Today’s coverage includes the latest European push to tax such companies as Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon. NCR makes a fraud prevention move, Airbnb landlords get a hefty fine, Amazon does a split take and a transit startup lands a big investment. France’s Finance Minister Wants EU-Wide Digital Tax By Year End.

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Fizzle Of The Week: The NYC Amazon HQ That Will Never Be

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Amazon confirmed that it will instead move forward with plans for Northern Virginia and Nashville, and continue to hire and grow across its “17 corporate offices and tech hubs in the U.S. Card-present fraud slides, again: Continued traction is evident in the fight against fraud at the register. and Canada.”.

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Time Tried, Panic Tested. The Forgotten Story of the First National Bank of Keystone

Jeff For Banks

September 1st, 1999, regulators from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, at the behest of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, descended on a small coal mining town in Keystone, West Virginia. billion in assets, had 87 full-time equivalent employees, and accounted for two-thirds of the town's tax revenue. billion in assets.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

From nowhere, sizable regional players are being created. Performance and multiples continue to be solid, outperforming most regional banks. Goes to Larry Mazza and the crew at MVB Bank in West Virginia. Fiserv DNA continues to rack up successes in large credit unions, savings banks, and even a few regional commercial banks.

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17 Of The Biggest Startup Frauds Of All Time

CB Insights

Below, we take a look at some of these frauds and the lessons they can teach entrepreneurs hoping to launch their own products, companies, and funds. Mozido’s fintech fraud fiasco. Virgin Hyperloop One’s utopian vision derailed by fraud. Mozido’s fintech fraud fiasco. And others disappear forever.

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A Brief History Of Libra

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We have to understand what they really want: protecting consumers, avoiding fraud, avoiding terrorism financing, avoiding money launderers. The reality, Cuban noted, is that Libra could be a dangerously destabilizing factor in some regions where it is proposed for use. “I Stateside, lawmakers have been vocally pretty dubious.