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Six Countries Join Forces To Stop Cybercrime Network

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According to a report in Reuters , the Eastern European GozNym network, whose leader resides in Tbilisi, Georgia, sent phishing emails to install malware on more than 41,000 computers. Members of the group located in Bulgaria and Ukraine then took control of victims’ online bank accounts and stole money out of their accounts.

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Fintech Fundings: 15 Companies Raise $150 Million Week Ending August 31

Fintech Labs Insights

Automated online accounting. Online tools for self-directed investors. Mobile transaction security. Prepaid Online Systems (aka CashPinSafe). HQ: Kennesaw, Georgia. Tags: Payments, mobile, social media. Latest round: $67 million Series D. Total raised: $181 million. Source: Crunchbase. Nok Nok Labs.

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Finovate Fall 2016 Live Blog – Day 2

William Mills

Social media is a special challenge since social media was not created with compliance in mind. I can see how some other social media channels may be more prevalent and important in the U.S. Working for the past 6 years with many banks to design their online experience. Bank secured social funding.”

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Finovate Fall 2016 Live Blog – Day 1

William Mills

Showing a customer going online via their PC browser to make a payment by buying currency and I assume sending to someone else in a different currency. Besides Georgia, Texas seems to be a hot area for FinTech companies. I like it; I need to learn more about what they are doing as it’s the right direction from offline to online.

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32 Corporate Innovation Labs In Retail

CB Insights

Coca-Cola innovates its food and beverage lines from its Atlanta headquarters, but uses its satellite Development and Innovation Lab at Georgia Tech University to fast track key technology initiatives and accelerate its “technological responses to business issues.” Key People: Robert Long, SVP and Chief Innovation Officer. Founded: 2015.

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We analyzed 7 of the fastest-growing personal finance apps of all time to figure out the secrets to their success — here’s what we learned

CB Insights

Then, they spent an equal amount of time working on distributing that content both through social media (Reddit, personal finance forums) and through SEO (which wound up driving about 20% of Mint’s overall traffic). social security number (for tools like Robinhood and Credit Karma). Your SECURITY QUESTIONS????

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What Is Psychographics? Understanding The ‘Dark Arts’ Of Marketing That Brought Down Cambridge Analytica

CB Insights

In an economy based almost exclusively on clicks, whether on products in online marketplaces or on published content, the time lag between ad and “purchase” or “conversion” drops to a matter of seconds — and makes every lever count. Social media (i.e. The app took the form of an online personality quiz. Google analytics).