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Bitcoin Daily: Crypto Wallet Trezor Warns Of Fake App On Google Play; Dubai Planning Digital Asset Framework
Bitcoin Daily: Crypto Wallet Trezor Warns Of Fake App On Google Play; Dubai Planning Digital...
January 19, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Trezor, a cryptocurrency wallet hardware provider, warned users Monday (Jan. 18) of a “malicious” fake Trezor app on the Google Play store, Cointelegraph reported. According...

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Banque De France Has Finished CBDC Trial
Banque De France Has Finished CBDC Trial
January 19, 2021  |  Blockchain

Banque de France has successfully conducted its own central bank digital currency (CBDC) trial, with a blockchain platform for interbank settlement, CoinDesk reported. A statement...

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Today In Retail: Bed Bath & Beyond Completes Sales Of Cost Plus World Market; Starbucks To Help Out Washington State With Vaccine Distribution
Today In Retail: Bed Bath & Beyond Completes Sales Of Cost Plus World Market; Starbucks...
January 19, 2021  |  News

In today’s top retail news, Bed Bath & Beyond said it has finished its sale of Cost Plus World Market (CPWM) to a private equity...

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Citi To Accelerate ISO 20022 Adoption Via Volante Partnership
Citi To Accelerate ISO 20022 Adoption Via Volante Partnership
January 19, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Volante Technologies, which works in cloud payments and financial messaging, is working with Citi to expedite Citi’s adoption of the ISO 20022 financial messaging standard,...

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Today In Digital First Banking: LendingClub Gets OK To Buy Radius; European Banks Lend Less Amid Pandemic
Today In Digital First Banking: LendingClub Gets OK To Buy Radius; European Banks Lend Less...
January 19, 2021  |  News

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, LendingClub said it has attained all of the regulatory approvals to close its $185 million acquisition of Radius...

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Netflix Surpasses 200 Million Members, Stays Course Amid Digital Competition
Netflix Surpasses 200 Million Members, Stays Course Amid Digital Competition
January 19, 2021  |  Earnings

Netflix announced Tuesday (Jan. 19) as part of its fourth quarter earnings that it topped 200 million paid memberships in Q4, with 8.5 million paid...

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RepSpark, PGA To Partner On B2B eCommerce For Virtual Shows
RepSpark, PGA To Partner On B2B eCommerce For Virtual Shows
January 19, 2021  |  B2B Payments

RepSpark will work with PGA Golf Exhibitions on B2B eCommerce solutions for companies participating in the PGA Merchandise Show virtual platform, the company announced in a...

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Today In Payments Around The World: UK To Make Firms Pay Small Businesses In 30 Days; Singapore’s Grab Considers US IPO
Today In Payments Around The World: UK To Make Firms Pay Small Businesses In 30...
January 19, 2021  |  News

In today’s top payments news around the world, the United Kingdom is looking to crack down on firms that take too long to pay suppliers,...

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European Banks Lend Less, Fearing Bad Loans During Pandemic
European Banks Lend Less, Fearing Bad Loans During Pandemic
January 19, 2021  |  Economy

Euro area banks have scaled back lending in order to shield against risk, a new European Central Bank (ECB) survey says. The banks’ continued reticence...

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