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UK Cybercriminal Gets Five Years For Phishing
UK Cybercriminal Gets Five Years For Phishing
December 22, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

The Metropolitan Police’s Falcon Cyber Crime Unit confirmed that a 29-year-old cybercriminal received more than five years in prison for his role in an organized...

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Atom Bank Deposits Exceed £110 Million Across Its Fixed Saver Accounts
Atom Bank Deposits Exceed £110 Million Across Its Fixed Saver Accounts
December 21, 2016  |  Digital Banking

Atom Bank, among the U.K.’s first banks built exclusively for mobile, provided an update on business since launching in April of this year and becoming fully...

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UK Banks Shutter As Digital Banking Surges
UK Banks Shutter As Digital Banking Surges
December 16, 2016  |  Digital Banking

Which?, the research firm, has found that U.K. bank HSBC has closed more than a quarter of its branches in its hometown during the course...

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eCommerce Merchants Are Wary Of Cross-Border Sales
eCommerce Merchants Are Wary Of Cross-Border Sales
December 14, 2016  |  eCommerce

The election of Donald Trump, the exit of the U.K. from the European Union and a declining economy in China are resulting in reduced enthusiasm...

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UK Goes After Late B2B Payments — Again
UK Goes After Late B2B Payments — Again
December 13, 2016  |  B2B Payments

U.K. regulators have taken notice of the nation’s late B2B payments problem and have encouraged businesses to pay their small suppliers on-time — though with...

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Bitcoin Tracker: An Outrageous Prediction
Bitcoin Tracker: An Outrageous Prediction
December 09, 2016  |  Bitcoin

The second week of December saw bitcoin sit pretty solidly in the 750s and 760s after last week’s high point of $777 — on trend...

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ACI Aggregator Services Expediate Fast Payments
ACI Aggregator Services Expediate Fast Payments
December 08, 2016  |  Faster Payments

The Faster Payments scheme in the U.K. has changed the way payment service providers are approaching the immediate availability of funds. While the New Access...

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Viber UK Users Can Send Money Thanks To Western Union
Viber UK Users Can Send Money Thanks To Western Union
December 08, 2016  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Western Union, the global payment services company, announced Wednesday (Dec. 7) it is enhancing its relationship with Viber, the mobile messaging app that counts 745...

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Mastercard Must Pay Sainsbury’s £68M
Mastercard Must Pay Sainsbury’s £68M
November 29, 2016  |  Legal

Source: Competition Policy International The U.K.’s Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has denied Mastercard’s bid to appeal its July judgment awarding U.K. grocery chain Sainsbury’s Supermarkets damages...

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