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Cap One Employees Warned Of Security Issues Pre-Hack

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Capital One stressed that credit card account numbers and login credentials were not compromised, while more than 99 percent of Social Security numbers were not impacted.

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Cap One Hack Hits 100M Credit Card Applications

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Capital One announced that a hacker had accessed about 100 million credit card applications, as well as thousands of Social Security and bank account numbers. Capital One stressed that credit card account numbers and log-in credentials were not compromised, while more than 99 percent of Social Security numbers were not impacted.

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German Gov’t Snaps Up Tech Firms To Prevent Foreign Acquisitions

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In addition to foreign investment, Altmaier also proposed cuts in corporate tax, a capping of social security contributions for business, and lower energy costs. One involves the French carmaker PSA, its German subsidiary Opel, and the French battery-maker Saft, while the second includes BMW and the German chemicals group BASF.

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PayPay Vows To Strengthen The Security Of Its Payment App

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The discounts were capped at 100,000 yen per transaction. The AG said all five had mobile apps with a well-known security vulnerability that enabled hackers to intercept private data, including passwords, Social Security numbers, credit card account numbers and bank account information.

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Disrupting Traditional Payroll For A New Economic And Global Normal

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Perhaps the two-week cycle persists due to force of habit, or perhaps it’s the need to design a payroll system that keeps track of workers’ hours in real time while also calculating necessary adjustments for taxes, Social Security, benefits, etc. Industry observers are quick to note: Disrupt or be disrupted.

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Paper Checks, COVID-19 And The Flaw With Analog Relief Payments

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The government has digital disbursements — for tax refunds, for Social Security payments and the like — but those all require a registration process for consumers that gives the government both access to an email account to reach them and a mechanism to authenticate them and the accounts they want their funds deposited to.

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What is an ACH Deposit and How Does It Work?

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Most businesses only have to pay a 1% transaction cost , and the cost caps itself at $10. ACH payments are often a lower cost option Another reason why business owners often prefer the Automated Clearing House network over other options is how inexpensive the payment processing experience is. on average.

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