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JULY 3, 2018

A recent California Supreme Court decision that essentially allows a negative Yelp post to stand about a lawyer could help determine how online reviews are treated in the future. The Hassell Law Group represented Ava Bird in a 2012 personal injury case for three months. A colleague disagreed.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Advanced technology is increasingly raising the stakes of how CUs should operate, with members coming to expect the instant payments and slick mobile interfaces that large banks and FinTechs have made standard. A study from the Cuna Mutual Group found that CU membership has increased 3.5 Deep Dive: How CUs Leverage Social Media.

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AUGUST 6, 2020

BigCommerce , which works in software for online business operations, saw its value rise by 292 percent after an initial public offering (IPO) for $216 million was priced above a target range, according to a report by Bloomberg. exchange for a company raising at least $100 million, according to Bloomberg’s data. 4) for $24 each.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Social-Commerce-as-a-Service app PowerBuy has rolled out its Multi Product PowerBuy group buying functionality, which is now available via the Shopify app store. Retailers on Shopify can now add social group purchasing to their eCommerce storefronts, according to a Wednesday (Oct. 21) announcement.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2020

If a retailer has been focused on an excellent customer experience, that should drive messaging to all three groups. Part of that communication and brand strategy must include social media, which too many retailers have de-emphasized. But even amid crisis, retailers need to communicate clearly — especially on social media.

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Abrigo

JULY 13, 2023

A scam usually begins with online contact via social media or dating apps. Scammers build up a victim’s trust and gain access to their online account information, sometimes “fattening the pig” by soliciting more investment in cryptocurrency before “slaughtering the pig” and stealing the cryptocurrency. billion in 2021.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2018

India-based online food ordering and delivery platform Swiggy has reportedly spent about $7.3 million to buy Scootsy , another Indian firm that offers online food delivery services. That said, online food delivery is having its moment. China, too, provides evidence that online food delivery remains a hot proposition.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2020

Malware targeting computers running the Windows 7 operating system were especially hard-hit, rising 125 percent, according to the report. How Emerging Travel Group Is Using AI To Weather Fraud-Related Turbulence. Users who clicked the links would see their computers infected with viruses. About The Playbook.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2016

The same premise holds true today and poses a knotty question in online commerce and FinTech: How do you know the person on the other end of a transaction is really who they say they are? Trust would be the operative word in the relationship between individuals and the firms with which they seek to do business.

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OCTOBER 2, 2020

Thanks to a partnership with Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group, thousands of tunes on Amazon Music will be retooled to ultra-high-definition, Amazon announced on Friday (Oct. It also hosts several free online radio stations broadcasting 24 hours a day in more than 160 countries.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2020

Amid an acute rise in orders in a climate of increasing COVID-19 cases and social distancing measures, Lazada Group SA is halting new grocery orders in Singapore for a time. RedMart , along with other platforms like Amazon’s Prime Now, has been busy during challenging economic times in the city-state.

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OCTOBER 31, 2019

EU antitrust regulators are now investigating whether Facebook’s Marketplace is unfair regarding online classified ads, according to a report by Reuters. In other Facebook news , the social media giant is filing a lawsuit against NSO Group , an Israeli cybersecurity company, alleging that it hacked WhatsApp users.

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MAY 22, 2020

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg announced Thursday (May 21) that the social media giant would be awarding $20 million to businesses owned by minorities, women and veterans, according to CNBC. The giveaway is based on those groups often taking the worst brunt in crises like the coronavirus pandemic. “

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2018

And they want opportunities to discover and buy products in specific online contexts. Online and mobile shoppers may have a seemingly endless shopping mall at their fingertips, but that doesn’t mean it’s always easy to buy. Consumers aren’t digital novices anymore, and they keep expecting more from eCommerce operators.

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OCTOBER 13, 2020

And, while terrorist use of cryptocurrency is still evolving, certain terrorist groups have solicited cryptocurrency donations running into the millions of dollars via online social media campaigns.”. and international sanctions, and decrease America’s influence in the global marketplace.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 19, 2019

Ransomware groups tend to target people in the Anglosphere, who are seen as able to pay and deserving of what they get. Gary Robinson, who serves as head of DCPCU, said that online conduits are gaining favor from fraudsters to further their schemes. “We They tend not to target poorer countries,” he said.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 20, 2016

Information overload seems to be an occupational hazard for anyone spending time on the internet these days, particularly on social media channels. 5) @AccountingWEB - AccountingWEB, an online news magazine and outlet, is another go-to source for accounting professionals looking to stay abreast of what’s going on in their industry.

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MAY 23, 2018

The social media site’s Marketplace platform is rolling out a new feature designed to make it easier for users to find contractors, carpenters, plumbers and house cleaners. Study Finds AR More Useful In Operations Than Sales For Retailers. Facebook’s Marketplace Adds Home Services. Yelp Renews Antitrust Complaint Against Google.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

Consumers are beginning to express more preferences regarding their buying and selling experiences on online marketplaces, which are seeing an increased amount of competition in the market as they attempt to hold onto their customer bases. Technology and social media company Facebook is also growing more involved in the sharing economy.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

The way the eCommerce operator uses the data it collects from those merchants who list and sell their products via Amazon’s marketplace, putting them into competition with the marketplace host. Expansion into Turkey is just the latest in Amazon’s efforts to be operational across the globe. based tech firms operating there.

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DECEMBER 7, 2017

Amazon takes another swing at Etsy, Apple catches up in the proprietary Pay game and Facebook matriculates a new generation of social media users with its new Messenger product for kids — this and more of the latest news from the Frightful Five, just in case you missed it. Microsoft.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

Businesses that function on trust were among the first to be targeted by internet crime syndicates – especially online marketplaces , where there is no face-to-face or voice communication between sellers and buyers. The digitized trust that enables the payments world to operate doesn’t just backfire on Amazon and Alibaba.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 11, 2017

FBI documents have revealed a global financial network run by a senior Islamic State official that funneled money to an alleged ISIS operative in the U.S. The affidavit indicates that several other alleged operatives had been arrested in Britain and Bangladesh. through fake eBay transactions. Since 9/11, the U.S.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 20, 2016

Humans are by nature vulnerable to social engineering and may discuss where they work on social media — LinkedIn is a treasure trove for would-be bank hackers. The most vulnerable point in a bank’s network today might just be Bill over in marketing — or any employee. A common attack against a Read More.

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JUNE 19, 2020

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., the Beijing-based online shopping site, collected record sales during their annual 618 sale, named for the date it ended, June 18 (Thursday). Facebook has purchased Mapillary in the social media giant’s efforts to expand open mapping efforts. The 18-day event delivered $136.5

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Celent Banking

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

One of the sessions mentioned that FIs are listening to anywhere from four to ten channels including web site, call center, e-mail, Internet, customer surveys and social media. These integrated groups have created silos which create a highly verticalized client experience (CX), preventing consistency across a firm.

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MARCH 12, 2020

The company also set up a multi-million-dollar subsidy program to reduce operating costs and capital risks for their merchants, in an effort to help them get back to work safely and efficiently. He’s seen TikTok become a B2B marketing platform where players are “singing funny songs, telling jokes and learning how to really interact online.”

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2019

South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) has approved blockchain operator ICONLOOP’s my-ID system to protect data collected for digital identities. Jura chose this system specifically because it is capable of recognizing blood vessels through surgical gloves.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2019

Indeed, millennials and Generation Z were expected to make up 45 percent of the high-end purchasing group in the coming years, according to a previous report in PYMNTS. The change in behavior is due, in part, to social media sites such as Instagram. Gucci Operation. percent year over year. That compares to 3.8

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2018

The eCommerce operator plans to print a holiday catalog , reportedly for distribution at Whole Foods and via mail. Online retail accounted for 53.7 But more consumers are paying attention to those catalogs than was the case a decade ago, the trade group says — 42 percent of consumers read catalogs that come through the mail.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2018

There may come a day, a generation or two from now, when stories about the data breaches and other hacking threats faced by payments and commerce operators in 2018 seem quaint — or, at the least, like relatively primitive foreshadowing of a new type of digital criminality. It’s already happening, of course, albeit tentatively.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Currently, the American department store chain’s main Chinese digital representation is a storefront on Tmall Global, a web shopping site for imported products operated by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Macy’s launched on Tmall last November.

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MARCH 21, 2017

Before a certain social media giant started participating in the chatbot scene, consumers were required to download various apps on their devices for access. After the social media site’s Messenger announcement last April, we’ve seen more businesses clamoring to move into the chatbot game.

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DECEMBER 24, 2020

Meanwhile, Visa said that crypto-banking platform operator Ternio had joined the payments giant’s Fast Track program as a cryptocurrency-focused enablement partner. PayPal announced recently that its 350 million users could deposit bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in their accounts and spend it at 26 million merchants beginning in 2021.

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MARCH 9, 2020

Then add in services like Group, LivingSocial, and Restaurant.com, which provide deep discount offers at restaurants throughout the city and suburbs,” said Eddie Fahmy, long-time restaurateur and president at A2Z Restaurant Consulting. The model for the DineVite online and mobile app is actually similar to social media.

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MARCH 10, 2020

In a recent conversation with PYMNTS, Raghav Mathur, head of data science and analytics at Singapore-based Grab Financial Group , discussed the opportunities in data technology that can address the region’s most pressing SMB lending needs. In exchange, Grab gains greater visibility into SMB operations and performance. “By

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Insights on Business

JUNE 4, 2019

Consider just a few examples: Buyers have the choice to educate themselves on products online. Buyers can serve themselves by ordering through online marketplace. Vice President, of The Alexander Group to find out answers to some key questions, covering. Chat services can now answer vexing questions with a smile.

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