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Honey, I Grew The Student Loan Default Rate
Honey, I Grew The Student Loan Default Rate
March 28, 2017  |  Loans

Defaulting on student debt has never been a good idea. The collection process is intense and one’s credit rating will be utterly ravaged for a...

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Amazon’s Bid for Dubai’s Souq.com Faces A Challenger
Amazon’s Bid for Dubai’s Souq.com Faces A Challenger
March 27, 2017  |  Retail

Amazon may be facing a big contender in its efforts to strike a deal to purchase Dubai-based online retailer Souq.com. Just last week, it was...

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Weird Commerce: Airbus Takes Urban Transportation To New Heights
Weird Commerce: Airbus Takes Urban Transportation To New Heights
March 27, 2017  |  Retail

“Where we’re going, we don’t need … roads.” These were the infamous lines spoken by Christopher Lloyd’s portrayal of Dr. Emmett Brown in the 1985...

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Lyft Rounds Up Rides For Charity
Lyft Rounds Up Rides For Charity
March 27, 2017  |  Ridesharing

Lyft just rolled out a new way for riders to easily donate to charities. In the app settings, riders can select “Round Up and Donate.”...

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Fair Square Financial Launches Credit Card Business Under Name Ollo
Fair Square Financial Launches Credit Card Business Under Name Ollo
March 27, 2017  |  Payment Methods

Fair Square Finanical Holdings, a newly formed company, recently launched consumer credit cards under the name Ollo. In a press release Friday (March 24), Fair Square...

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KfW Sends $5.4B In Error Due To Technical Glitch
KfW Sends $5.4B In Error Due To Technical Glitch
March 27, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

KfW, a state-owned bank in Germany, has mistakenly transferred more than $5.4 billion to four banks due to a technical glitch. According to a report in Bloomberg News, KfW...

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Pay Per Swipe Sues TCT Over Its Amazon Ad-Supported Smartphone Deal
Pay Per Swipe Sues TCT Over Its Amazon Ad-Supported Smartphone Deal
March 27, 2017  |  Legal

Pay Per Swipe, the mobile advertising company that makes ads that appear on locked smartphone screens, has filed a lawsuit against TCT Mobile for allegedly...

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Vista Equity Looking To Unload Vivid Seats For $1.5B
Vista Equity Looking To Unload Vivid Seats For $1.5B
March 27, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Vivid Seats, an online secondary ticket marketplace, is looking for a buyer and hoping to sell for a price of about $1.5 billion, according to TechCrunch....

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Instagram Rolls Out Two-Factor Authentication
Instagram Rolls Out Two-Factor Authentication
March 27, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Just recently, Instagram joined the ranks of other social networks that allow their users to enable two-factor authentication. Security experts recommend that all users activate two-factor...

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