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NOVEMBER 17, 2020

This overwhelming reliance on smartphones has generated record profits for major telecommunications companies, including AT&T , Sprint and Verizon , with the industry generating $610 billion in revenue in 2019. Telecommunications companies face a number of challenges in their day-to-day operations, however.

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JANUARY 1, 2021

If 2020 was the year of streaming media, of content done a million different ways, of apps and Apple, and Google’s and Amazon’s algorithms … it was also the year of Big Tech regulation, where 2020 set the stage for a 2021 that could be seismic in changing the way companies — from Facebook to Apple to debt collectors — interact with consumers.

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AUGUST 20, 2020

A database of nearly a quarter-million YouTube, Instagram and TikTok public profiles that was held by a now-shuttered company called Deep Social has made its way onto the Dark Web, The Next Web reported on Thursday (Aug. ” Deep Social provided, among other things, social media data. A Wednesday (Aug.

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AUGUST 14, 2019

Thompson , who has been accused of hacking into Capital One ’s cloud and compromising the data of 100 million people, may have also hacked into upwards of 30 other companies, according to a Bloomberg report. has revealed how many other companies were targeted. Prosecutors did not name any of the other companies involved.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

In a bit of high-tech saber-rattling, Facebook is threatening to pull the plug on its social media platform in the European Union if a controversial decision by Irish regulators is allowed to stand. according to Metro. according to Metro. government.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

Bloomberg said the only response from Robinhood initially was a statement that the company was referring the matter to its fraud investigation team, which would take "a few weeks" in order to get back to them. Social media saw a deluge of complaints about the attacks, Bloomberg reported.

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OCTOBER 4, 2020

While the transactions were approved by regulators, some Capitol Hill lawmakers have raised antitrust concerns and urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to break up the company and its subsidiaries. A ‘breakup’ of Facebook is thus a complete nonstarter,” the document stated, according to WSJ.

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JUNE 12, 2018

That according to new documents released yesterday by Congress that contain written responses from the social media company on its data and privacy […].

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DECEMBER 27, 2020

Grubhub drivers are fuming over a new company policy that has led to dramatically reduced tipping, the Financial Times reported, citing exchanges with drivers and posts by other drivers on the Reddit social media platform. The ballot measure was supported by major companies that rely upon gig workers.

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JANUARY 3, 2019

You can be sure that one area of regression involves social media. New research, in fact, supports that idea — specifically, the high value that consumers attach to Facebook , and the high cost it would take to make them leave the social media platform. But that doesn’t mean consumers plan to leave Facebook anytime soon.

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JUNE 6, 2019

Social media platform Facebook is set on further innovating WhatsApp features with a new U.K.-based The team will focus on building out the WhatsApp payment capabilities, as the company looks to expand them to new countries. Why Cash Security Deposits Should Be the Exception to the Rule. based team.

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JANUARY 25, 2019

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which went into effect May of 2018, has had some serious repercussions on tech companies all over Europe, but especially in the U.K. The latest company to be affected may be food delivery app Deliveroo, according to a report in the Financial Times.

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JANUARY 28, 2020

Secure payments provider PCI Pal launched a new digital service on Tuesday (Jan. 28) that will let organizations offer ultra-secure payments across a multitude of channels, from social media to email and everything in between. Using the service, customers will be able to pay securely through any channel.

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JUNE 10, 2020

The EU’s investigative unit will form a task force to examine TikTok’s activities across the 27-nation bloc following a request from a lawmaker concerned about its data collection and its security and privacy risks. EU authorities can fine companies for violations under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

Pharmaceuticals supply chain security expert Amy Shortman reportedly told the Financial Times: “There will always be a market for people who wouldn't necessarily have access to that medicine and wanted to protect themselves and their families. There will be, certainly globally, a lot of money that can be made by criminals.”.

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AUGUST 10, 2020

According to COO Sheryl Sandberg, the company had to remove gameplay functionality in order to gain approval from Apple. Apple has dismissed the criticisms, saying it affords equal opportunities and rules to any company. Apple said it had shot down Kaspersky’s app due to privacy and security concerns.

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DECEMBER 18, 2018

According to a report in Reuters , citing a blog post by Twitter , the social media company said it discovered the traffic to a customer support forum while looking into a security hole that makes user data, such as phone country codes, accessible to hackers. Twitter said it fixed that security vulnerability on Nov.

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JUNE 24, 2020

The bank said the decision was to “preserve an adequate competitive environment that ensures the functioning of a payment system that’s interchangeable, fast, secure, transparent, open and cheap,” Bloomberg reported. The WhatsApp payment feature was introduced by parent company Facebook earlier this year in Brazil.

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JANUARY 22, 2019

Apple Pay was trending across social media today on news the payment option will soon be accepted at Target, Taco Bell and other major U.S. The company touted the service’s ease of use, security and speed at the register. According to Apple, 74 of the top 100 U.S. merchants now accept Apple Pay. But […].

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JUNE 14, 2018

Royal Bank of Canada and Facebook today offered differing versions of why the social media company continued to give the bank extraordinary access to customer data after Facebook said publicly that it would stop doing so.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Social media platforms are infested with phonies, and not just your best friend’s irritating co-worker (although he totally is). This is about the fact that fake identities comprise 25 percent of new social media accounts created every day, and that 53 percent of all social media logins are fraudulent , according to a recent study.

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JULY 31, 2020

In my opinion, every company should treat the value and importance of data similar to that. This function will also play a key role in regulatory compliance and data security aspects of value of data. You would likely go with the website that has trusted data.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Many banks, utility companies and government agencies have been leveraging two-factor authentication (2FA) for several years. It appears that these stepped-up verification approaches are warranted, too, as tales of security breaches that have ensnared unsuspecting internet users are rampant. Leveraging phone-based verification.

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DECEMBER 5, 2018

That’s what led him to Goodworld, an online platform that removes the friction from digital donations, making them possible (and secure) by using hashtags. In fact, the company, which launched in 2014 and is based in Washington, D.C., This can serve as a powerful force when it comes to online charitable giving via social media.

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MARCH 8, 2019

Last month, Twitter’s first-quarter sales forecast showed weak user growth as the company aims to improve its services. Twitter isn’t the only social media site looking to boost its privacy measures. In addition, the company will not store “sensitive data” in countries that have weak track records on privacy or human rights.

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JULY 16, 2020

And, there will be flexible person-to-person (P2P) services with added layers of security authorizations. “Today’s consumers increasingly expect a seamless payment experience across multiple channels — whether it’s through social media, physical point-of-sale or eCommerce,” he said, according to the release. ”

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JANUARY 28, 2021

Squarespace announced that it had applied for a confidential registration to go public with the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC), a release says. The brief press release doesn't constitute an offer to sell and doesn't mean there's any offer to buy securities on the table. That, PYMNTS wrote, should bode well for its chances.

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MAY 16, 2019

Across the European Union (EU), technology providers and social media platforms are increasingly playing a bigger role in the Open Banking ecosystem. Meanwhile, technology companies like Microsoft are dealing with GDPR investigations of their own. Social Media Sites and Payment Innovations Under PSD2 and GDPR.

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JUNE 14, 2019

Still, that seems so old-fashioned in this digital age — at least according to Andrea Chavez, Founder of Pawscout , a company whose signature product is a Bluetooth-enabled tag that not only helps pet owners find their wayward pets, but gives them access to other digital and mobile services. Social Media Aspect.

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JUNE 23, 2020

social media giant, which also could set a precedent for the future, with Germany being the first country to explore whether or not data dominance is an antitrust issue. The company said there would be “no immediate change” for customers who use its services in Germany. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

Reuters , citing Ant Financial , the payment affiliate of Alibaba, reported the Chinese company said the issue hasn’t been resolved even though it reached out to Apple already. In a post on its Toutiao social media account, Reuters reported it said users who linked their accounts via Apple IDs should lower their transaction limits.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Whether bank or business, call centers need to make sure they’re providing an innovative, robust experience for the customer online, over the phone, through mobile apps and on social media. The company is adding speech recognition technology as a way to streamline customer calls. Around the Call Center Commerce World.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Its business units span social media, video streaming, digital payments and wealth management. Regulators hinted that FinTech companies could be treated more like banks. The payments landscape was threatened by President Trump’s executive orders in August banning ByteDance’s TikTok and Tencent’s WeChat, citing national security.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Facebook may be under fire for how it handles the data on its more than two billion monthly active users, but the social media company has been trying to get its hands on financial information from the financial services firms for years, reported The Wall Street Journal. That has been and always will be our priority.”.

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APRIL 28, 2020

Some bankers took to social media to express their frustration with the Small Business Administration (SBA) and its inability to process the loan applications. Instead, publicly traded companies, nationwide franchises and banks’ preferred customers got the funds. Bankers have been locked out most of the day.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Bancorp, which is the parent company of U.S. From real-time identity proofing and credit line access strategies to online card transaction protections and safer online payment options, firms such as Elan can provide what Ragan termed “layers of security,” which in turn allow cardmembers to use their cards with greater confidence.

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JANUARY 27, 2021

The social media company reported $27.19 Additionally, the company reported family daily active people (DAP) of 2.6 billion in cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities as of Dec. The company had a headcount of 58,604 as of Dec. Facebook, Inc. reported on Wednesday (Jan. billion as of Dec.

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