PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2017

In late December, Los Angeles Valley College found itself to be the latest victim of a ransomware attack — when malicious software is used by to block access to files until demands are met. The Los Angeles Valley College District decided to pony up and pay the digital ransom to the tune of $28,000 in bitcoin. Francisco C.

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15) that it will launch regional commercial banking operations in New York and Los Angeles in an effort to grow its corporate client base and connect existing business customers in the markets with its senior banking professionals. The bank announced Thursday (Aug.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

They must reassure customers they are safe from viral contagion in sharing economy spaces while ensuring their personal data is secure from rising incidents of fraud. Payments providers are seeking more secure and compliant ways of onboarding and authenticating customers to help deter online fraud.

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JUNE 10, 2020

In 2018 , Ives, a software and technology analyst at Wedbush Securities in Los Angeles, said Apple was on its way to set a U.S. Last week, Apple inched closer to the all-time high market cap when its stock sold at $326 a share. On Tuesday (June 9), it rose $10.53, or 3.16 percent, hitting $343.99

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

Los Angeles-based immigrant-focused technology solution provider Welcome Technologies has announced that it has selected PSCU to provide processing and support services for its first credit card offering. To get the full story, download the Tracker.

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JULY 24, 2019

Union Bank of the Philippines is experimenting with blockchain for remittances, as its chairman believes that the technology can boost financial services in rural areas. According to CoinDesk , Michael Terpin is seeking $23.8

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

The collaboration will extend Los Angeles-based Verifi’s dispute management offerings to Kount’s platform, with solutions that help businesses to manage disputes, prevent chargebacks, give issuers and customers access to enhanced transaction information, provide fraud notifications, and stop fraudulent transactions. . “As

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OCTOBER 3, 2017

According to news in The Los Angeles Times , citing the prepared remarks Smith is expected to deliver, the former Equifax CEO will also lay out how the credit scoring company responded to the breach that put the personal data of 143 million people at risk and exposed the credit card account numbers of 209,000 customers.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

It’s National Cyber Security Awareness Month, and industry leaders are zeroing in on some of the most vulnerable targets of cyber scams: small businesses. Even more troubling, however, is the cloud security company’s finding that most SMBs estimate the cost of a data breach to be just $10,000. . $3 Stronger passwords.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2019

On the government side, that demand for transparency and fair competition means each step in procurement is scrutinized, from sourcing to the completion of a project — a reality that makes spend visibility, and technologies that can provide it, essential. Vendors, too, are feeling the weight of public scrutiny over public sector contracts.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2018

But though technology and art by nature seem to be fundamentally different things with different purposes, sometimes they can come together in unexpected ways. Ebsworth Collection sold at Christie’s this November will include a secure, encrypted certification of the sale. 23 – 27.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

According to PE.com reports, the city is accusing one developer of a now-defunct solar project, San Gabriel Valley Water and Power, of allegedly altering invoices from subcontractors to secure excess funds from the government via reimbursements. million was siphoned from one New Zealand business in a scam linked to invoice fraud.

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DECEMBER 8, 2021

In a zeitgeist moment of what is happening in payments market disruption, the Los Angeles’ Staples Center was renamed Crypto.com Arena. Digital Security.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Recent data points ( such as from the Port of Los Angeles ) show import activity is picking up ahead of anticipation of a busy holiday shopping season, so as the economy rebounds from the pandemic (the latest GDP data were strong, but the longevity may be bumpy).

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FEBRUARY 22, 2019

The OCC identified the deficiencies in the bank’s branches in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. 20), it was reported that MUFG was testing blockchain technology to digitize the paper check. The office recently examined the branches for BSA/AML and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions compliance. On Wednesday (Feb.

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APRIL 28, 2017

Although it’s still in its infancy stage of being used outside of the financial arena, blockchain technology is slowly showing signs of impacting other industries. On the tip of everyone’s tongue in the digital advertising arena is blockchain technology. Blockchain has a number of exciting implications for digital advertising.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

The technology may also be extended in the future to cover securities, derivations or loans. In fact for those with prime or near prime scores 680 or better, the new scoring system will probably act to lift their score, not lower it, which will make securing credit easier.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

At the same time, payments technology is advancing in the shared economy world, providing a counterforce of sorts. Those controversies have notably played out in San Francisco , though other cities, including Chicago and Los Angeles, are going through them at their own pace. Sharing Backlashes.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2017

18) reports from TechCrunch said AxleHire — which facilitates last-mile logistics and delivery for subscription commerce and consumer packaged goods (CPG) firms like HelloFresh and La Boulangerie — has secured the new funding from contributors like Acorn Pacific, RGA Ventures and other backers. Monday (Dec.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 27, 2019

percent, it was only the seventh-most important priority among CUs, which are instead focusing on open banking options that offer anti-money laundering (AML), data security and instant payments technology. While the PYMNTS study found loyalty programs are members’ most popular desire at 49.1

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APRIL 22, 2016

As part of the renewed and extended agreement, the firms stated, MasterCard will also be able to offer up “advanced payment technologies to baseball fans.” The payments firm also has relationships in place with four MLB franchises, including the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees.

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FICO

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

With security an agenda-topping concern of many CIOs in 2017 , the fervor to fight cybercrime is at an all-time high. The theme of this year’s RSA Conference was “The power of opportUNITY,” and we had plenty of opportunities in San Francisco to showcase FICO’s unity with security professionals and industry influencers on similar missions.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The partnership model is an increasingly popular setup for financial technology startups that don’t have their own bank charters. As reported by PYMNTS in late June, Chime debuted its Chime Credit Builder Visa Credit Card, which lets users transfer funds to a secured account (which effectively limits what can be spent).

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The physical retailer is joining forces with the online juggernaut and is debuting a “smart home” experience across 10 stores in Chicago and Los Angeles. Folks can buy Amazon products directly at Kohl’s, including smart home offerings — cementing, perhaps, Kohl’s as purveyors of cutting-edge technology. Not far enough, it seems.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Bulletin has also released an early version of software to make it easy to book a space and access sales numbers, and it will continue to improve upon that technology. With that in mind, the company has secured funding from YC, Notation Capital, Halogen Ventures and Jesse Draper.

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OCTOBER 17, 2016

Is this an example of how the three — warrants, technology and authorities — will clash or meld? Devices secured by only biometric mechanisms have a gaping security hole — the immutable characteristics of the user. Devices should never be biometric-only secured if privacy is a serious concern for the user,” says Saputo. “It

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JUNE 27, 2020

No, the last few weeks have seen a kind of creativity that crosses the bounds of mere technological upgrades and payments improvements to make consumers feel more secure in their dining choices. At H.A.N.D. “It’s the kind of out-of-the box thinking that you have to do to survive now,” Harman noted.

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JULY 31, 2017

VC-backed tech startups in the LA area saw 115 deals in Q2’17, according to CB Insights’ Los Angeles Tech Report , putting total deals to the space at 208 for the first half of the year. LOS ANGELES TECH REPORT. Artificial Intelligence. Cybersecurity. Updata Partners financed the round.

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2018

In late 2016, Evine also began the process of relocating away from its roots in Minnesota to more prime real estate locations in New York and Los Angeles. “We The firm has secured a Los Angeles-based studio and business offices in the Wilshire-Beverly Hills area, as well as a New York City office located on 54th Street and 6th Avenue.

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JUNE 7, 2018

For now, Honor operates in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Albuquerque and Dallas. Meanwhile, the use of technology to improve healthcare payments is gaining increasing focus, even beyond the recent change regarding Medicare Advantage. That round brought the company’s total funding to $115 million.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

Think of access to reliable internet service, perhaps, as roughly similar to access to reliable and secure financial services — without both, the larger worlds of payment and commerce can indeed suffer. “In communities. communities. Expensive Cities. And the DSL network might be overloaded, or not in very good shape.”.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The partnership model is an increasingly popular setup for financial technology startups that don’t have their own bank charters. As reported by PYMNTS in late June, Chime debuted its Chime Credit Builder Visa Credit Card, which lets users transfer funds to a secured account (which effectively limits what can be spent).

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MARCH 25, 2019

“This is now about one product that works for your entire life,” Kirkpatrick said, noting that Mastercard has already embedded its contactless-enabling technology in 16 metro areas, including Los Angeles, Boston, New York and Denver, “which means this is no longer a change coming on the hypothetical horizon, but one coming very soon.”.

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Abrigo

MAY 15, 2020

As the initial rush to secure PPP loans dies down, financial institutions now face a new set of questions: How do financial institutions handle misused, unforgiven loans and fraudulent loans? Crisis Business Membership Strategy in 2020: Adapting Technology and Executing in the New Normal. Is there a difference? C&I Loans.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

According to reports, Kaliningrad governor Anton Alikhanov and VEB chairman Sergey Gorkov met with officials at the Russian Investment Forum to announce their collaboration using, according to Alikhanov, VEB’s “competence in the area of blockchain technology. On the federal level, the U.S.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 6, 2019

Financial criminals are working hard, using technology and innovation to their advantage, to stay one step ahead of FinCEN and financial institutions. Blanco discussed the organization’s active approach toward addressing the top financial threats to our financial system, our national security, and our communities and families.

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MARCH 20, 2018

Through their new partnership with secure commerce technology provider Freedom Pay, Alipay gives users newer and more expansive access to merchants that use Freedom Pay’s services in North America – including vendors at the airports, but also merchants at entertainment venues, resorts, sports arenas, travel plazas and universities.

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