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Five At Five: France Aims To Tax Big Tech

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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. NCR Buys StopLift To Prevent Retail Fraud. Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. France’s Finance Minister Wants EU-Wide Digital Tax By Year End.

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COVID-19 Vaccinations, ‘Smart’ Grocery Carts, Real-Time Disbursements Top This Week’s News

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Virginia-based CarLotz is an omnichannel site for pre-owned cars that sells vehicles through the web and an expanding network of U.S. Retail 2021: The Five Things Retailers Should Be Talking About at NRF This Week. Radius Bank: Virtual Debit, Mobile Tools Help Banks Fight Debit Fraud.

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WEX Extends Fuel Card Contract With Sheetz

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announced a 10-year extension of its fleet fuel card contract with convenience chain retailer Sheetz, Inc., states, including Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. On Wednesday (Oct. 18), payment solutions company WEX, Inc., a press release published by Business Wire reported.

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US Card Skimming Grew Nearly 5x in 2022, New FICO Data Shows

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A cluster of states in the northeastern US accounted for an additional 29%, and included New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia. When looking at total fraud cases related to skimming, we saw that 70% were tied to POCs in 5 states: California (38%), New York (16%), Pennsylvania (6%) and Florida/Washington (5%).

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Walmart Card Skimmer Targets Card-Swiping Consumers

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The transition to EMV was supposed to all but eliminate the danger of credit card fraud, but incomplete changeover, both in chip cards and compatible payments terminals, leaves plenty of room for the less scrupulous among us to take advantage and credit card numbers in equal turns.

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Amazon Cloud Investigation And Walmart’s Answer To Libra Top Week’s News

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The Federal Reserve orchestrated an official investigation of an Amazon facility in Virginia, kicking off what is expected to be ongoing oversight of cloud providers. The world’s largest retailer by sales quietly filed an application with the U.S. Bank Regulators Probe Amazon Cloud. Fun, Cool and Otherwise Interesting.

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Same-Day ACH And Unattended Retail Sizzle, Amazon Key and Fresh Both Fizzle

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No respondents have seen a boost in fraud. Attending to the unattended retail space: USA Technologies buys Cantaloupe Systems , boosting cloud and mobile functionality for vending. Some 14 months since launch, and among 125 FIs surveyed, 66 percent are making same-day funds available.

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