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CNMV advise: Be wary of fraud through internet and social networks
October 25th, 2017
The Comision Nacional Del Mercado De Valores (CNMV), a financial markets regulator in Spain, has issued an information statement to advice public and investors regarding unsolicited investment offers. Non-registered entities may have sophisticated and fast websites. The anonymity of ...
Bank to assess potential loan borrowers using what they are interested in on social networks
September 26th, 2017
The biggest bank in Russia, Sberbank, will introduce another criterion to assess potential borrowers. Sberbank will check what their clients are interested in on social networks. If a person likes accessories associated with prison or music praising criminal activity, ...
YouBase, a Decentralized Bitcoin-like Answer to Databases, Social Networks and more
June 3rd, 2015
Imagine a future where like buttons are replaced by tip buttons and where a social network user always controls their own data. YouBase says it will have such a solution ready to go, in its flagship product, YouBase, an ...
Social media companies need to do more to fully comply with EU consumer rules
February 22nd, 2018
Social media companies need to do more to respond to the requests, made last March by the European Commission and Member States’ consumer authorities, to comply with EU consumer rules. The changes made by Facebook, Twitter and Google+ to ...
UN report: Social network payments now reach nearly US $3 trillion in China
April 24th, 2017
Payments on messaging and e-commerce platforms set to increase China’s GDP by $236 billion by 2025, unlocking new economic opportunities for people and small businesses A new UN study reveals that Alipay and WeChat Pay enabled US$2.9 trillion in ...
Money transfer is now social
August 8th, 2016
Azimo, creator of the world’s largest digital money transfer network, has introduced a revolutionary new way for people to send money around the world via Facebook Messenger. An industry first, the new functionality connects senders and receivers through their Facebook friend ...
Social Media Blockchain Steem Issues $1.3 Million Payout To Steemit Users
July 6th, 2016
Steemit users had countless reasons to celebrate this most recent Independence Day Weekend thanks to a special reward. On July 4, the fast-growing social media site Steemit distributed digital currency payouts worth approximately $1.3 million, or 10% of Steem’s ...
CommerzVentures invests into social investing company eToro Group
April 20th, 2015
First investment of CommerzVentures CommerzVentures joins existing investors in a Series D financing CommerzVentures GmbH, the Corporate Venture Capital subsidiary of Commerzbank launched around six months ago, has made its first investment in a fintech company. It joined the ...
Internet provider faces big GDPR fine for lax call centre checks
December 30th, 2019
A German internet service provider faces a €9.6m ($10.6m; £8m) fine after being accused of failing to carry out tough enough customer ID checks. Germany’s data protection watchdog said anyone who called 1&1 Telecom could get extensive personal information ...
cTrader Live Chat to Be Integrated with Blinger.io
June 19th, 2019
Spotware has partnered up with Blinger.io, the omnichannel solution for customer communication, to deliver outstanding customer support on the cTrader trading platform. The prime plan of action involves an integration of cTrader Live Chat with Blinger.io. Blinger.io combines the ...
