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Bitcoin Daily: Brazil Debuts Blockchain Solution For Gov’t Bids; BitFunder CEO Gets 14 Months For Crypto Fraud

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And the operator of BitFunder, a defunct trading platform that was denominated in bitcoin, and WeExchange was sentenced for obstruction of justice as well as securities fraud, CoinDesk reported. The slide deck was reportedly leaked through social media by an accountant. at the World Bank.

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How fraudsters target different generations

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Financial fraud and cyber attacks aren’t a one-age-fits-all scenario. Community banks can find ways to mitigate age-related fraud through technology, as well as by educating their customers of their particular risks. We look at community banks’ options for fighting this type of crime. By Katie Kuehner-Hebert. Rehman Khan, Travelers.

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Europe Grabs B2B Payments Fraud (Small And Large) Headlines

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To that end, a finance platform based in Switzerland, Advanon, has grappled with fraud, as reported by p2p-banking.com. The invoices were then financed by 78 private investors – and the fraud resulted in ill-gotten gains worth about two million euros. Underhanded Doings in the Land Down Under. 1 of 2013 and the end of March 2018.

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Instagram posts will soon help sniff out tax fraud in India

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Starting next month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government will begin amassing a warehouse of virtual information collected not just from traditional sources like banks but also from social media sites, as it looks to match residents’ spending patterns with income declarations, said people familiar with the matter.

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Top News In Payments: Amadeus Teams With Visa’s CyberSource; CitiConnect Processes Over 157M API Calls

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Today in the payments news roundup, travel technology firm Amadeus is teaming with Visa’s CyberSource to bolster anti-fraud measures for the industry. Trending: Merchants Struggle With The (Un)Certainty Of eCommerce Sales Taxes. Some of the restaurants have joined a movement with a popular social media hashtag of #logout.

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For Big Tech, Antitrust Scrutiny Deepens

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On the Continent — and Taxes in Sight. Google’s own regulatory and tax issues extend well beyond domestic markets. In other news this past week, Google agreed to pay a $548 million fine in France to settle a fiscal fraud probe that stretches back four years.

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Top News In Payments: The Fed Takes A Closer Look At Big Tech; Goldman CEO Denies Apple Card Credit Bias Claims

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People don’t know what’s true and what’s not, and what to believe,” he noted, adding that instead of uniting people, technology — like social media — is “splintering” them. Isaacson has watched remote sales tax policies unfold since that time in a flurry of new laws that differ by state, and even municipality.