PYMNTS

AUGUST 18, 2019

A group of six lawmakers, led by Rep. Waters has been a vocal critic of the social media giant’s plans for its own digital currency. Carolyn Maloney, Lacy Clay, Al Green and Stephen Lynch — who wrote a letter calling for Facebook to stop its plans, citing risks to security, financial stability and the control the U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Across the globe, terrorists and criminals are leveraging cryptos in what is gearing up to be a significant national security threat to the United States. That’s according to the U.S. and international sanctions, and decrease America’s influence in the global marketplace.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

According to The Next Web , hours after moving all raised funds out of its wallet, the company shut down its website, deleted its social media accounts and kicked all users off its chat group. And Venezuela is trying to lure the world’s oil markets to start using its national cryptocurrency, the petro.

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC ) recommends healthcare consumers over 65 get vaccinated, few communications have targeted these groups or provided understanding and navigation to how to access the vaccine in their community. According to a 2021 Statistica report, 73% of adults over 65 are active internet users.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2020

based Kaitlyn Pan Group LLC and New York resident Hao Pan for allegedly counterfeiting Valentino’s Garavani Rockstud shoes and offering them for sale on its own website as well as on Amazon. That’s led to the removal of more than 7,000 listings on several marketplaces, more than 360 websites and over 1,000 social media accounts.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2019

There is no set national date for the beginning of school in the United States because there is no set date to go back to school. In the era of social media, there are many, many ways to track the beginning of the school year without looking at a district calendar. have already gone back to school. record set in 2017.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2017

Social media platform Pinterest is the latest site to be banned in China. But watchdog group Greatfire.org confirmed that the Pinterest block went into effect earlier this month. China’s ‘national security’ concerns may be only a convenient excuse to favor domestic dotcoms by impeding fair competition,” Chu added.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

Here stood a group of experienced and passionate community bankers who have dedicated themselves to advocating for the industry they care so deeply about. Treasurer Sarah Getzlaff, CEO, Security First Bank of North Dakota, New Salem, N.D. Bank Education chair Kathy Underwood, President and CEO, Ledyard National Bank, Hanover, N.H.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Jim Cunha , senior vice president, secure payments and fintech at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, told Karen Webster that “this is about experimenting for the purposes of educating ourselves and making sure that we really understand what the fundamental technology can do.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

Indeed, as the recently completed National Retail Federation (NRF) retail show in New York City demonstrated, commerce keeps moving to what Webster called in the webinar a “customer-centric approach.” There are different degrees of trust around the different types of things we do around commerce and social media,” she said.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2016

As smartphones become a more crucial part of consumers’ financial lives, companies around the digital banking space recently rolled out improvements or upgrades to the security and financial features to their mobile apps. The increase in mobile banking usage is also causing companies to rethink their security needs.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2016

Nothing further would extend to social media sites that are already around, such as Facebook or Twitter. Thus far, the opt-in policy has garnered some praise among advocacy groups. The proposal has been brought forth by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler and does not keep Internet providers from sharing data.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2018

Granted, “wait and see” was probably not the most highly recommended strategies going into the GDPR world, given how the European Union (EU) regulation essentially applies to every company making money in digital, not just those firms based in the EU’s 28 member nations. However, every group has its slowpokes and cautious movers.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

The social media platform has admitted the incident may have impacted as many as 87 million users. The guidelines were equally prompted by rapid social media growth, globalization and technology penetration, all of which have made it easier for personal information to be accessed or exchanged.

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2019

The Senate’s hearing ended with a lack of clarity on what data Facebook would collect from Calibra transactions, including financial habits of users, and how the company would ensure both national and personal security. For those who missed it, PYMNTS published a recap of Libra’s week in Washington.).

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2016

In an interview with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster, Garrett Gafke, president, CEO and founder of IdentityMind Global, said that the construction of digital identities, by necessity, goes well beyond data that might be thought of as standard, such as a street address, a credit card number or a two-factor security question test.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

Sending funds to friends, splitting up checks, paying rent, contributing to group gifts or spending in stores (particularly with their newly released line of cards ) – over the last several years, Venmo has evolved from a simple P2P payments platform into a robust set of financial services tools for its users.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Virginia-based PuroTrader connects approximately 10,000 active luxury cigar sellers — a group primarily made up of retailers, with a smaller share of individual sellers — with collectors interested in making purchases. These companies are also not allowed to advertise on digital platforms, such as social media or search engines, Rogers said.

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PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2017

Refugees are among the most unique groups of people for whom to enable mobile payments and other financial services. Némethi had never been a migrant, but he had been an immigrant — and he knew that something as simple as securing a bank account is not so simple for a stranger in a strange land. “It

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FICO

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

There has also been intense focus on educating consumers about scams both from consumer groups and the banks themselves. The vast media attention on the various types of payment scams has helped keep awareness high. However, both consumers and businesses were, and still are, falling victim to payment scams.

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FICO

MAY 15, 2023

AGL wanted to provide a high-quality, best-practice, secure solution that would build confidence and trust with customers while producing a high-value customer experience and deliver strong financials.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Our research shows that the impact of technology advances on jobs will be felt more profoundly by some groups than others, with education level a key differentiator,” Jon Andrews, head of technology and investments at PwC UK, said in the report, as quoted in Computer Weekly. companies or buy them outright.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 1, 2024

Leveraging social media, Gentle Monster started to get traction. How Banks Can Leverage: Niche markets abound in banking, and community banks are in the perfect position to create a following on a national level should they desire. These striking designs paid for themselves in media exposure.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Retailers scour social media to find influencers and designer bellwethers to turn trends into sales. This group of 60 million U.S. How We Will Pay 2019 is an annual national study of more than 5,000 U.S. Pundits identify bellwether states to predict election outcomes. Connected Devices: Why Less Is More.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

By creating secure and productive remote work environments for employees and helping their teams deal with the stress of working at home (with kids learning from the same house, spouses working in the next room, and myriad other pressure points). John Beale , longtime CIO of City National Bank. And, by the way, without missing a beat.

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Banking 2020

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Again, this is a generation that goes against traditional concepts of brand loyalty: These individuals turn away from their primary financial services provider at nearly double the average rate of other age groups. Meanwhile, the large regional or national banks are the biggest losers, saying sayonara to 16% in this customer age group.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2017

The more individuals leave a trail of information across websites, the more tempting the targets are for hackers to make off with everything from Social Security numbers to health care information. Your security question with your dog’s name? That old password you have? The one referencing your favorite Journey song?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2018

They were dubbed by local and national media channels “The Bling Ring” given their love of stealing shiny things — mostly jewelry — from homes of famous people, like the previous holders of the title. But the downside to social media is that it’s also an excellent information channel for the dishonest.

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FICO

JUNE 22, 2017

In doing so, FICO’s machine learning tool also facilitates stronger criminal justice enforcement and enhances national security by identifying the financing activities of terrorist groups and dangerous criminals. This tool demonstrates AI’s transformative benefits in anti-money laundering (AML) and fraud detection.

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NCR

JULY 11, 2016

This was followed by real-time ACH systems, such as the UK’s Paym system, and social media firms such as Facebook, which both received 19 per cent. One key factor in their favor is that as established brands, consumers are likely to trust them more than a new startup and believe their services will be more secure.

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NCR

JULY 31, 2017

It now accounts for more than half of all fraud recorded by the group. This additional layer of security makes it much more difficult for criminals to hack into accounts. It’s also possible that we could see an increase in banks looking to data sources such as social media to improve fraud detection.

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

From their web site: Based in San Francisco, MarketX was founded by a group of experienced professionals from finance, legal, and technology backgrounds. Social media is a special challenge since social media was not created with compliance in mind. Bank secured social funding.” I need to learn more.

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Bankelele

APRIL 27, 2015

They form a vital link being the government administrators in the community, heading security and intelligence teams, and it was to explain what the company would be doing over the next 3 years. They also raised the issue of controversial payments for land ownership that has happened in some areas of the planned Lamu port.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Increasingly scientists think there should be some regulatory oversight maybe at the national and international level, just to make sure that we don’t do something very foolish. It brings complex security challenges for not only each nation’s decision makers but also for the future of the humanity.”. Gideon Rosenblatt.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2017

Silly uses — and the social media logging of them — soon became the thing for which QR codes became best known. As nations worldwide have been working to push toward a cashless standard, QR has turned out to be a remarkable applicable technology to that end. There were $5.5 Not An Either/Or.

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William Mills

MAY 9, 2018

Samsung SDS provides purpose-built solutions & services for secure mobility, digital identity and authentication, advanced analytics and retail experience in a diverse range of industries including financial services, government, and retail. Covered Security , coveredsecurity.com @CoveredSecurity. Presenters: Chris Zannetos.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Honorable Mentions – while this was a quiet year for M&A, we tip our hat to Atlantic Union’s acquisition of American National Bank and Eastern Bank’s acquisition of Cambridge Bank. and Summit Financial Group, Inc. We remember his architecting the legendary Bank of America and Security Pacific merger on the West Coast.

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