PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

Japanese conglomerate SoftBank is boosting its lobbying efforts in Washington, D.C. The 36th biggest company in the world, SoftBank now ranks among the top 4 percent of the roughly 10,000 groups that engage in lobbying, the Center for Responsive Politics told the news outlet. million on lobbying in 2019.

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Tomorrow's Transactions

MAY 5, 2016

So 56% of cards presented to merchants in the US now have a chip on them. That’s good news, but on a personal level I continue to find the payment environment utterly baffling. For example, here is me trying to use Apple Pay. She came back a couple of minutes later and politely asked me to follow her….

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TheGuardian

MARCH 11, 2023

CEO Greg Becker personally led the bank’s half-million-dollar push to reduce scrutiny of his institution – and lawmakers obliged This story was first published in the Lever Eight years before the second-largest bank failure in American history occurred this week, the bank’s president personally pressed Congress to reduce scrutiny of his financial institution, (..)

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CB Insights

JULY 30, 2017

Observers believe driverless cars will make automobile transportation a whole lot safer, and McKinsey predicts they could reduce US auto accidents by 90%. She told The Transport Politic , “…buses, shuttles, minivans, school buses [will be] all gone.”. Parking garages and lots. Energy and petroleum. Media and entertainment.

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2018

When a big firm shuts down, it’s not every day a sitting president lobbies to get it un-shut. The ban was levied on the news that ZTE had been sending equipment like routers and servers with U.S.-sourced Behind Trump’s promise to get ZTE on surer footing, so to speak, obvious politics are at work. exports to the company.

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