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PayPal Launches Cashback Credit Card

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exclusively for PayPal members in a effort to increase usage in online and physical stores. The card will be issued by Stamford-based Synchrony Bank, which has partnered with PayPal since 2004. PayPal launches its first cash-back credit card called PayPal Cashback MasterCard in the U.S.

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: How financial institutions can stay safe and secure online

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Ideas for educating and promoting cybersecurity in October Cybersecurity Awareness Month is an opportunity for banks and credit unions to promote online safety and take steps to reduce cyber risks. First held in 2004 The history of Cybersecurity Awareness Month October is a special month for cybersecurity enthusiasts.

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Alibaba’s Ant Group Produces Preparatory Regulatory Filing For Intended IPO

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The firm runs online payment service Alipay that was introduced in 2004 and has reportedly grown into the biggest payment and lifestyle platform in the world. It was previously noted that the firm is aiming to increase its valuation to over $200 billion by selling from 5 percent to 10 percent of its shares in the offering.

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PayPal Sells Consumer Loans to Long-Time Partner Synchrony Financial

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Synchrony Bank has been PayPal’s banking partner since 2004. Yesterday, the San Jose, Calif-based PayPal said it agreed to sell $5.8 billion in consumer credit receivables to Stamford, Conn-based Synchrony Bank, a unit of Synchrony Financial. In addition to selling its credit […].

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Chinese Tycoon Jack Ma Delivers Speech In First Public Appearance Since Ant IPO Pulled

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We made a firmer resolution to devote ourselves to education philanthropy,” Ma said in the video, which was first posted online by a local blog, per ET. He then created Alipay in 2004. “Recently, my colleagues and I have been studying and thinking. Chinese regulators pulled Ant’s estimated $37 billion IPO in November.

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3 Fundamentals Every Digital Strategy (Still) Needs

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Google Trends shows a marked rise in “empathy” searches, peaking recently at levels six times that of 2004. How might we personalize online experiences? In this year of unprecedented everything, empathy is cropping up all over (the word at least, if not always the deed). How do we want customers to feel when we do?

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Last Major US Video Rental Chain Is Closing All Brick-And-Mortar Stores

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Industry leader Blockbuster Video went from a peak of more than 9,000 stores in 2004 to filing for bankruptcy in 2010. and it seems to exist as much as a curiosity, tourist attraction and online source for T-shirts and other souvenirs as it does as a functioning store. Today, only a single Blockbuster remains in Bend, Ore.,

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