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Heartland Payments Charging $299 EMV Non-Acceptance Fee
EMV cards have been in a talking point for the last couple of years. In 2015 card companies started switching over to EMV "chip" cards. Two years later we've all seen the...
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Stocks and Bitcoin Battle for Millennials' Investing Dollars
Though the high-profit potential of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies offers irresistible bait to that powerful under-36 demographic we call millennials, it’s not time to w...
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Whole Foods Data Breach [2023 Update]
Whole Foods has been in the news lately due to its recent acquisition by Amazon, which brought about in-store discounts for Amazon Prime members. Unfortunately, not everything is...
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Was I affected by the Equifax data breach? How do I protect myself?
Data Breach after Data Breach The chaos of the Equifax data breach has left nearly every American feeling violated and confused. Hackers stole Social Security Numbers, birthdate...
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Regulators Consider Shutting Down Wells Fargo
Calls to Shutdown Wells Fargo in Wake of Scandal Wells Fargo faces pressure from Congress and government regulators as allegations continue to surface about their business prac...
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Sonic Drive-In Hit With Major Data Security Breach
Protecting Yourself After the Sonic Drive-In Breach Customers who have recently been to a Sonic Drive-In may want to keep an eye on their debit or credit cards. The company rec...
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Shake Shack Goes Cashless
How and Why Shake Shack is Opening Cashless Burger Joints Just when the world thought buzzers were the most cutting-edge ideas of the food industry, Shake Shack, a burger join...
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Goldman Sachs Interested in Bitcoin Trading
Is Goldman Sachs About To Take The Plunge Into Bitcoin? Something as flashy and relatively new to the scene as Bitcoin may not be the first thing you would imagine a company l...
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UK Bans Surcharges for Credit Card Transactions
Yesterday the U.K.’s Treasury Ministry ruled to forbid surcharges on debit and credit purchases. The ban is to go into effect January of 2018. In recent years merchants have b...
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