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Marketplace Lender Avant Debuts Auto Refinance Loans

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Online marketplace lender Avant Inc. The new auto loan product will initially launch in California, and is expected to be live in Illinois and Georgia by early in the second quarter, with a national rollout expected by the third quarter, according to Avant.

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Google Pay Now Supports Cards From 13 More US States

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In the Midwest, the new banks reportedly include the Educational Community Alliance Credit Union in Ohio, the MidAmerica National Bank in Illinois, the Republic Bank of Chicago in Illinois and the State Bank of Waterloo in Illinois. The system lets clients make in-store or online purchases through the mobile app.

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US Biometrics Law Tested By Six Flags Lawsuit

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The Illinois Supreme Court is set to hear arguments that will help it determine when consumers can take action under the Biometric Information Privacy Act. The precise harm the Illinois legislature sought to prevent is then realized.”. Alphabet Inc.’s s Google is dealing with similar claims in federal court in Chicago.

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daVinci Payments Launches CNY Funded Prepaid Cards

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Illinois-based daVinci Payments has announced it is releasing a Chinese Yuan (CNY) corporate-funded prepaid card for employees or customers of multi-national corporations. The CNY cards will enable cardholders to make immediate purchases in stores and online.

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Instacart Rolls Out Delivery Service With Costco For Prescriptions

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The offering is now available from almost 2,000 stores in California, New York and Illinois, among other states, with plans to grow throughout the country in the months to come, according to an announcement. As it stands, Instacart partners with over 350 local, regional, and national retailers to provide delivery from over 25,000 stores.

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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Facebook Backs Data Portability Law, Amazon Considers Registering Services As Separate Entities In India

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The services are not currently registered as distinct entities, although they are provided to users in the nation. The news comes as a new Indian equalization measure came into existence in 2020 that puts a 2 percent tax on every digital transaction that foreign online shopping firms conduct.

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Pandemic Scammers Robbed US Consumers Of More Than $77M

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But that number misses an unprecedented scope of scams connected to the coronavirus, according to John Breyault , a spokesman for the National Consumers League , the Washington, D.C.-based The top five scam categories were online shopping, travel and vacation, credit card, financial institutions and text messages, the FTC data said.

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