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After Subscription Stumbles, How Patreon Won Back Customer Trust

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They tap into consumers’ need for convenience, flexibility and affordability in buying or renting products or services, securely and in real time. Magazine and newspaper subscriptions are popular services that have been around for decades, making them a favorite for bad actors as well.

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Russian Hacker Hit With Nine-Year Jail Sentence For Targeting UK Companies

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has been sentenced to nine years in jail, according to SC Magazine. Senate Intelligence Committee has also raised alarms about Russian social media bots’ alleged influence over the U.S. A Russian hacker who was able to steal more than $2.7 million from businesses in the U.K. The publication reported Monday (Dec.

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FTC Warns Of Imposter Grandchildren Scamming For Cash

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Callers also give specific instructions on how to send cash, with many victims reporting that they were told to divide the bills into envelopes and place them in the pages of the magazine and to send them using UPS, FedEx and the U.S. “Scammers use personal details from social media sites to make their stories more believable.

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Deep Dive: How Fraud Runs Rampant In Mobile Ordering

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A QSR Magazine study found that 73 percent of diners have used mobile ordering, 63 percent have at least one mobile ordering app on their phones and 35 percent use mobile ordering every time they visit QSRs. Old-fashioned confidence schemes still run rampant, whether they take place in person or over social media.

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Apple Ups its Bets on Streamed Content and Subscription Retail

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Magazine Subscriptions. During the Monday event, Apple also said it would offer a more muscular online news subscription service — one that not only includes newspapers but some 300 magazines and costs $9.99 The service reportedly also will offer recommendations for other news stories based on the magazines being read by subscribers.

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Braintree: Behind The Contextual Commerce Buy

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Buying a dress worn by a celebrity in a picture featured on a magazine or social media site qualifies. So does securing a dinner reservation on Airbnb , at a restaurant the consumer might never have found near the house they just rented on the site. consumers to paint a landscape picture of the retail trend.

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Some Fintech Podcasts To Add To Your List

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The team also consists of Rachel Morrissey, executive producer of Fintech5, and Mike King, a fintech social media leader and author of Bankwide. Craig Sauer, senior editor of CUNA’s Credit Union Magazine, is the host, and the podcast airs weekly. Bank on IT. BankSocial.

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