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OCTOBER 9, 2020

9) that hackers may have gained information about customers' personal email accounts, Reuters reported. Bloomberg News on Friday reported that a number of Robinhood customers had their accounts taken over in recent weeks, and they were unable to reach anyone at the company as the intruders liquidated positions and stole the proceeds.

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OCTOBER 9, 2020

A government report found that airplanes have a number of digital technologies that might become susceptible to hackers and says American regulators have not put sufficient methods in place to contend with the risk, Bloomberg reported. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) noted in a report Friday (Oct.

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AUGUST 10, 2022

Finally, a Cooler CPI Report. It wasn’t all good news in the report, however. That will keep households second-guessing the market’s positive reaction to today’s report. Keep in mind too, the Fed will see the August CPI report before the meeting which will obviously influence the decision as well.

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MARCH 30, 2022

March Jobs Report Not Likely to Move Markets. To the surprise of nobody who’s been paying attention, the feel good news around peace talks yesterday has dissipated today as Russian military activity suggests no real pull back, but rather a feint to buy some time. The Core PCE (the Fed’s favorite) is expected to climb again from 5.2%YoY

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AUGUST 26, 2022

Some Friendly Inflation News Appears. For now, the most important numbers in the report are the PCE inflation series, the Fed’s preferred measure. So, good news on inflation and it’s ammunition for the September 50bps rate-hiking crowd. for the second straight month, but that still represents the lowest savings rate since 2009.

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MARCH 28, 2019

German financial and payments company Wirecard has filed a lawsuit against the Financial Times for a series of articles the news organization wrote alleging misconduct and fraud in its accounting, Reuters reported. The company’s shares climbed 30 percent on the news of the report.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council (ITRC) released new data on the state of cyberattacks and data breaches with some surprising news: data breaches were actually down in 2020 year-over-year. Canada, Australia and Europe, reports said. last year , according to new data from the ITRC.

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AUGUST 10, 2020

Good news from athletic retailer Foot Locker looks like it’s good news for shoe giant Nike as well. 10) after Foot Locker reported an 18 percent spike in second-quarter comparable store sales, attributing the gains to pent-up demand and U.S. That’s apparently why Foot Locker’s good news helped push Nike stock up 3.5

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

Forrester Now Tech: Commerce Services, Q4 2020 Report. To find out more, download the Forrester Now Tech: Commerce Services, Q4 2020 report , and contact our commerce experts today. Forrester canvased 35 commerce service providers to help shape the shortlists of digital decision-makers and channel strategy professionals.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Bloomberg News reported that merchant chat rooms are abuzz with talk of delayed shipments, with more than a half-dozen sellers and consultants confirming such issues to the news service. The past couple of years, consumers grew accustomed to ordering products as late as Dec. 20 and having them delivered before Christmas.

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OCTOBER 14, 2020

We are excited to be listed by Forrester in its recent report, Now Tech: Azure Service Providers, Q4 2020 — Forrester’s Overview of 41 Azure Service Providers. As the report notes, “Many enterprises continue to struggle with starting and continuing their journeys to the cloud.”

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Goldilocks Appears in August Jobs Report. Expectations were for 298 thousand new jobs, so the actual increase was just above expectations but trailed July’s 526 thousand new jobs. Wage growth slowed a bit from July which will also be good news at the Fed which is looking to avoid a wage-price spiral. increase.

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OCTOBER 11, 2020

Representatives of grocery-delivery powerhouse Instacart have met with investment bankers to explore taking the company public, the Financial Times (FT) reported. News of the potential public offering comes as Instacart announced on Thursday (Oct. next year, FT reported. The company declined to comment.”.

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JANUARY 5, 2021

After a short period of time in which Alibaba Founder Jack Ma’s whereabouts were unknown, CNBC has reported that Ma is not missing. Ma, according to the report, has been "lying low" amid several controversies between his companies and the Chinese government.

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JULY 24, 2020

Hundreds of thousands of Instacart customers are having their personal data sold on the dark web, including the last four digits of their credit cards, and the data could include people who used the popular delivery app as recently as this week, according to a BuzzFeed News report. Instacart said that had never happened.

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JUNE 22, 2020

PayPal will offer direct cryptocurrency sales for customers, CoinDesk reports. The FinTech giant, which has 325 million customers, will allow this feature for those who want a new wallet functionality for the popular service, according to unnamed sources, the report said. customers using PayPal.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

A shocking new report reveals an underworld of corruption in the world’s banks and how governments allow it to thrive, BuzzFeed News reported. told the news outlet.

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AUGUST 7, 2018

News & World Report. News , said in the press release. News & World Report provides a well-established and trusted voice that consumers need as they navigate a process that can be extremely confusing.

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OCTOBER 2, 2020

is seeking to bring in roughly $3 billion in funding through an initial public offering (IPO), Reuters reported, citing unnamed sources. In August, news surfaced that Airbnb sent in a draft registration statement for an IPO. In September, news surfaced that Airbnb Inc.

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APRIL 9, 2020

Google was told by the French Competition Authority (FCA) on Thursday (April 9) that it must pay to reuse content from news outlets and publishers in France. Last year, Google was forced to obey a new European copyright mandate and stopped showing European news blurbs on French search results.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

News publishers and Big Tech platforms are in my ways “frenemies.” Publishers like all the traffic Google and Facebook have the power to send to news content, but they’re less delighted being beholden to the tech giants and at the mercy of their policies. Instead, the service launches this week in Brazil and Germany. publishers.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

22), Reuters reported. It was unclear how many users and which countries were impacted, the news service reported. The 9to5Mac site reported while there are more often issues with Apple’s iCloud services, Tuesday’s troubles impacted more services than normal including Apple School Manager and Apple Business Manager.

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AUGUST 21, 2020

As it approaches its potential introduction to the public markets, Palantir is reportedly set to be the newest in a line of tech firms to go public long prior to bringing in positive income, The New York Times reported. Palantir registered $742.5 Its technology is meant to assist in examining information.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

Social Finance (SoFi), a San Francisco-based online lending startup, is holding talks about selling to a blank-check acquisition company, Reuters reported, to help it debut on the stock market. The news reveals CEO Anthony Noto 's aspirations to go public after he succeeded SoFi Co-Founder Mike Cagney in 2018.

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AUGUST 21, 2020

JPMorgan Chase plans to launch a digital bank in the United Kingdom early next year, Sky News reported Friday (Aug. The move “will enable it to capitalize on the accelerating transition of millions of bank customers from branch-based activity to digital services during the COVID-19 pandemic,” the news outlet said.

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JANUARY 20, 2021

Restaurant chains say the recent personal stimulus checks have helped them out, a Wall Street Journal report says, though spending patterns from last time around suggest that might not last. After the first stimulus checks were sent out in April of 2020, the boost to the economy faded rather quickly, the news outlet noted.

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OCTOBER 16, 2020

The PYMNTS Weekender is here to catch you up on the latest news at the end of another busy work week. FinTech N26 Mulls New Funding Round. Trackers and Reports. NEW DATA: How We Will Pay 2020: With Connected Devices, At Home And During The Week. Mastercard: Why It’s Time For Card Issuers To Up Their Digital Game.

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

million to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ( CFPB ) for violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the CFPB said in a press release. According to the release, Santander allegedly knew that it provided incorrect consumer data to the three major credit reporting agencies (CRAs). Santander Consumer USA was ordered to pay $4.7

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OCTOBER 15, 2019

Wirecard AG fell the most since February in Frankfurt after a news report said it found repeated questionable accounting practices at the German payments firm.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Google might launch its own news aggregation service as a way to compete with rival Apple News+. The Wall Street Journal reported that Google has been discussing the issue with several publishers, talking about paying a license fee to use content in an upcoming project. reported CultOfMac.com. reported CultOfMac.com.

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AUGUST 20, 2020

Major news companies are joining other firms that are trying to get better terms on Apple ’s App Store , which is used often to draw new digital customers, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. This was brought up during a Congressional hearing with the tech giants on July 29, WSJ reported. ”

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MAY 22, 2020

reported total Q1 sales of $1.8 The retailer said it wasn’t reporting comparable-store sales, as its shops were open for less than seven weeks of the 13-week period, per an announcement. Additionally, the company reported a net loss for Q1 2020 of $306 million compared to net income of $421 million in 2019. Net sales were $4.4

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Financial services providers have looked to solve these frictions using real-time payment tools, and their efforts are being realized as businesses and consumers alike grow more comfortable with new banking technologies. For more information on these stories and other real-time payments headlines, read the Tracker’s News and Trends.

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AUGUST 21, 2020

More than $50 billion of cryptocurrency was transferred from virtual wallets in China to other parts of the world last year, a potential violation of the nation’s strict limits on how much money can be sent abroad, according to a new report. In contrast, the report said $38 billion in cryptocurrency left Western Europe.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

1 is DoorDash , on recent news of its Sam’s Club partnership on same-day prescription delivery. 4 is Grubhub having recently reported strong financials, followed by Just Eat dropping one spot to No. As proof we turn to this month’s Ranking, and the several surprises it contains. Not sprinting from its familiar position at No.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Folksam said it had accidentally allowed big tech companies to access customers’ private data, Bloomberg reported. The firm said it discovered the breach after an internal audit and that it has reported the breach to Swedish regulators. We have immediately stopped sharing this personal information and requested that it be deleted.”.

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JULY 9, 2020

Movie-theater giant AMC Entertainment Holdings’ reported deal to avoid bankruptcy is running into a roadblock as some creditors oppose the deal , according to Bloomberg News. But a group of existing first-lien lenders including Apollo Global Management Inc., Ares Management Corp. and Eaton Vance Corp.

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