eScooter Startup Lime Exits 12 Markets, Fires 14 Pct. Of Staff
eScooter Startup Lime Exits 12 Markets, Fires 14 Pct. Of Staff
January 10, 2020  |  Gig Economy

Lime is striving to reach profitability in 2020 and is laying off about 14 percent of its workforce — roughly 100 people — and ceasing...

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Egyptian Govt Could Move To Cash Disbursements For Needy Residents
Egyptian Govt Could Move To Cash Disbursements For Needy Residents
January 10, 2020  |  Cash

The Egyptian government is investigating the possibility of a feasible transition to a limited, new cash payment system that would replace the ration cards on...

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Thailand’s Siam Commercial Bank Teams With Ripple For Payment App
Thailand’s Siam Commercial Bank Teams With Ripple For Payment App
January 10, 2020  |  Digital Banking

Siam Commercial Bank (SCB), Thailand’s oldest bank, is partnering with Ripple to upgrade their mobile banking app to include cross-border payments for the country’s 16,000...

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ICO Fines Dixons Carphone £500K After Breach Affects 14M Consumers
ICO Fines Dixons Carphone £500K After Breach Affects 14M Consumers
January 10, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Dixons Carphone is staring down the barrel of a £500,000 (about $650,000) fine by the Information Commissioner’s Office over an incident of compromised data that...

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CFPB Charges Student Loan Debt Relief Firms With Unlawful Behavior
CFPB Charges Student Loan Debt Relief Firms With Unlawful Behavior
January 10, 2020  |  CFPB

The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) has filed lawsuits against several companies offering to forgive student loan debt for allegedly obtaining peoples’ data illegally, charging...

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Bitcoin Daily: Deribit Crypto Exchange Flees Netherlands’ Tight Regulation; Illinois Now Recognizes Blockchain Contracts As Legally Binding
Bitcoin Daily: Deribit Crypto Exchange Flees Netherlands’ Tight Regulation; Illinois Now Recognizes Blockchain Contracts As...
January 10, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Deribit, a popular global cryptocurrency options exchange, is moving to Panama in February to sidestep the Netherlands’ upcoming regulation changes on the industry, according to...

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Zuckerberg Predicts Big Advancements In AR Tech In 2020s
Zuckerberg Predicts Big Advancements In AR Tech In 2020s
January 10, 2020  |  Facebook

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is excited about augmented reality tech, which he thinks can address a number of social problems. Zuckerberg, in a Facebook post...

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UK Startup Earnt It Wants To Update Payroll Advances
UK Startup Earnt It Wants To Update Payroll Advances
January 10, 2020  |  B2B Payments

U.K. payroll startup Earnt It wants to help the “millions of people in the U.K. who often resort to overdrafts, credit cards and payday loans...

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Visa: Road-Tripping Into Connected Commerce’s Future
Visa: Road-Tripping Into Connected Commerce’s Future
January 10, 2020  |  VISA

It wasn’t long ago that the measure of a car or truck revolved around such things as the punch and pull of the engine, the...

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