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Prosper Fined $3M By SEC For Overstating Returns

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In a press release the SEC said it charged Prosper with “miscalculating and materially overstating annualized net returns to retail and other investors.” The SEC contends that from July of 2015 until May of 2017 it excluded some non-performing charged-off loans from the calculation of its annualized net returns reported to investors.

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CPI Card Group Teams Up with Rippleshot for Fraud Prevention

Finovate

Chicago-based Rippleshot made its Finovate debut at FinovateSpring 2014 and returned later that year to demo its technology at FinovateFall. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and founded in 2012, Rippleshot made its Finovate debut at FinovateSpring 2014.

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Startup Wants To Give Online Customers Many Happy Returns

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How cumbersome and annoying do you find the return process for items that you ordered online? So, the pair founded Happy Returns in Sept. 2015 and are now in the process of trying to make the company’s “return bars” as ubiquitous in shopping malls as food courts and bathrooms. One area has lagged behind — returns.

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Richard Maloney to Lead UOB Thailand as CEO Starting July 2024

Fintech News

Since joining UOB in 2014 as Chief Operating Officer for Group Wholesale Banking, he has driven business growth through strategic development and execution. UOB Thailand has announced Richard Maloney as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective 1 July 2024.

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Japanese Court Paves The Way For Mt. Gox To Return $1B In Crypto

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A court in Japan stopped the exchange’s bankruptcy proceedings, potentially allowing at least a billion worth of digital currency to be returned to its rightful owners, Fortune reported. Enormous assets…will be returned to creditors of Mt. Gox,” Nishimura & Asahi Partner Shin Fukuoka said in a statement. In all, Mt.

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FTC To Return Close To $20 Million To Scam Victims

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27) it will return close to $20 million to more than 145,000 consumers around the country who were victimized by One Technologies and its two partner companies in an online scheme that lured consumers with “free” access to their credit scores and then billed them a recurring $29.95 The Federal Trade Commission announced on Tuesday (Sept.

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French Court Says Bitcoin Is Money

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After Paymium loaned BitSpread 1,000 Bitcoin in 2014, a dispute erupted sometime before 2018. During 2014-18, BitSpread opened an account on Paymium. If the courts decide Bitcoin is property, then law enforcement could track down thieves and return the stolen goods to their rightful owners.

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