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Today In Payments: Google Reports Resurgence In Pandemic Hacking; Tech Cos Make M&A Deals

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Google’s security experts had their hands full in April, as its Threat Analysis Group (TAG) emailed 1,755 warnings to users whose accounts were targets of hacking and phishing attempts by cybercriminals. Plus, Samsung and SoFi have partnered to offer a new mobile money management tool. Google Reports Resurgence in Pandemic Hacking, Phishing.

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Analyst: Apple Card Acquisition Costs Estimated At $350 Per Cardholder

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In a report issued Wednesday by Nomura analysts, the overreaching takeaway is that there is indeed potential for disruption, but the longer term is, well, very long term, according to Investor’s Business Daily. Nomura estimates a price tag of $350 per consumer in terms of acquisition costs, which means breakeven is several years away.

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B2B Fraudsters Find New Twists In Old Scam Favorites

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After spying on email correspondents, those hackers then use that information to craft strategically-timed emails requesting an invoice payment — a sophisticated iteration of the Business Email Compromise (BEC) scam that is “particularly hard to spot,” Agari warned. “VEC is the next evolution of business email compromise.

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LendingClub and Morgan Stanley, A Tale of Two Bank Deals

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The stories come with significantly different price tags: $185 million and $13 billion. For LendingClub, an online lender, the bid to buy Radius Bank means that (assuming the regulatory hurdles are satisfied), within 12 to 15 months, the company will move into a branchless banking model that offers services and products beyond credit.

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Russia in Ukraine: Let Loose the Dogs of War!

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Consequently, I will concentrate this post on how this crisis is playing out in markets, and the effects it has had, so far, on businesses and investments, and whether these effects are likely to be transient or permanent. The Lead In. Bond Markets and Default Risk. Equity Markets and Equity Risk Premiums.

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Identifying Good Customers, One Mobile Device At A Time

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The continued movement toward mobile commerce has placed increasing pressure on service businesses of all stripes — from lenders to retailers — to find out, in real time or at least near real time, which customers are “good” ones. Why is that, and what benefit does that give its customers (lenders, retailers, other service businesses)?

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The Dollars And Cents Of SME Finance

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The message is clear: Automated, digital FinTech solutions can help businesses and financial service providers save money. The latest research puts a price tag on the finances of better procurement, banking, cash management and innovation among small and medium-sized businesses. 139 billion could be saved by U.K.

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