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FBI Probing Hack Of US Electricity Providers

PYMNTS

The impacted utilities operate in 18 states from Maine to Washington, including Cloverland Electric Cooperation in Michigan, Klickitat Public Utility District in Washington state and Basin Electric Power Cooperative in North Dakota. We never got compromised, and never saw the phishing emails,” he said.

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TaxCloud Announces New Stripe Integration

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The move means that users of Stripe’s payments platform can now connect to TaxCloud to manage their U.S. Since the Supreme Court issued its opinion in South Dakota v. North Dakota , argued that it was “obsolete in an era of eCommerce.” TaxCloud has announced the launch of a new integration with Stripe.

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Grocery Roundup: New Amazon Fresh Store, SpartanNash Puts Incentives In ‘Fast Lane,' Walmart On Autonomous Delivery

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The company, which currently operates 156 grocery stores, noted that the complimentary pickup is available on all Fast Lane orders that are at least $50, while half-off delivery is available on orders of more than $100.

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Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Loses $18M, Microsoft Uses Blockchain To Give Consumers More Control Over Personal Data

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The second offering is a “wallet-like app” that people can use to manage their data, including the ability to take back permissions if needed. According to a company white paper , the first product is an encrypted personal data store comprised of user’s personal devices and cloud storage that Microsoft would offer through Azure.

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Georgia’s Push To Reopen Falls Flat As Consumers Stay Home

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in over a century, meaning there is no living expert with any practical expertise at managing the fallout from an incurable pandemic. It is a situation complicated by the fact that a roughly comparable event hasn’t occurred in the U.S. But starting last weekend, the U.S.

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Banking's Total Return Top 5: 2014 Edition

Jeff For Banks

Open Bank (OTCQB: OPBK) Open Bank commenced operations in 2005 as First Standard Bank in the Koreatown section of Los Angeles. It supports the claim by highlighting its efficiency ratio is in the top 2% of UBPR peers, and its operating expenses as a percent of average assets are in the top 12% of peer banks. Congratulations to them.

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The Big Gorilla

Independent Banker

Sarah Getzlaff, executive vice president and chief operating officer at First Security Bank of North Dakota, sees the detrimental effects of overly complex regulation in everyday operations, particularly in lending. “That could be time they could better spend doing something else with their customers,” she points out.