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Bitcoin Daily: DOJ Breaks Up 3 Crypto-Raising Campaigns Funding Terrorist Groups; 1M Drivers In S. Korea Have Digital Licenses Using Blockchain
Bitcoin Daily: DOJ Breaks Up 3 Crypto-Raising Campaigns Funding Terrorist Groups; 1M Drivers In S....
August 13, 2020  |  Bitcoin

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) interceded three cryptocurrency campaigns that were funding Hamas, al-Qaeda, and the Islamic State group in the largest seizure of...

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Airlines Prepare For Layoffs, Flight Cuts As Benefits End
Airlines Prepare For Layoffs, Flight Cuts As Benefits End
August 13, 2020  |  Economy

Robin Hayes, JetBlue‘s CEO, is adding his voice to the chorus of airline officials in need of more federal help for the airline industry, Bloomberg...

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Impossible Foods Closes $200M Funding Round
Impossible Foods Closes $200M Funding Round
August 13, 2020  |  Investments

Impossible Foods, which specializes in non-meat-based alternative foods, has closed a funding round and come away with $200 million, according to a press release. The...

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Brinker CEO Sees Permanent Shifts In QSRs, Fast-Casual
Brinker CEO Sees Permanent Shifts In QSRs, Fast-Casual
August 13, 2020  |  ResTech

Saying “I don’t think we’ll ever go back to the mix we ran prior,” Brinker International CEO Wyman Roberts this week indicated his belief that the months-long season of mobile...

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Freelance And Food Lead Latest Gig Economy Apps Ranking
Freelance And Food Lead Latest Gig Economy Apps Ranking
August 13, 2020  |  Mobile Applications

Of the seismic workforce changes that have reshaped the economy in recent years, gig work is perhaps the most meaningful. As successive disasters and economic...

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Waze Introduces Contactless Payments At ExxonMobil, Shell Stations
Waze Introduces Contactless Payments At ExxonMobil, Shell Stations
August 13, 2020  |  Payment Methods

Waze, the popular GPS navigation app owned by Google, has introduced contactless payments for ExxonMobil and Shell card holders in the U.S. When drivers pull...

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PAAY Rolls Out Partner Platform To Complement EMV 3DS Technology
PAAY Rolls Out Partner Platform To Complement EMV 3DS Technology
August 13, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

PAAY has rolled out a partner platform to let merchants and payment providers implement and track EMV 3DS, a standard that aims to help prevent...

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Corporate Card Firm Ramp Offers Expense Management Tools
Corporate Card Firm Ramp Offers Expense Management Tools
August 13, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Ramp, a corporate card startup, has launched an expansion of its software business by allowing any customer to make use of its card-integrated expansion management...

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Apple, Google Boot Fortnite From App Stores Over In-App Payments
Apple, Google Boot Fortnite From App Stores Over In-App Payments
August 13, 2020  |  Mobile Payments

After Epic Games provided gamers with a discounted way to purchase digital items directly via the company, Apple took the Fortnite app off of its...

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