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Delayed Tax Refunds Threaten to Impact TV Sales

Television and food-related sales usually climb surrounding the Super Bowl, since early tax refunds from the IRS have historically buoyed these sales by fueling impulse

Bitcoin Traders Flock to No-Fee Exchanges

On January 24, the three major China-based Bitcoin exchanges – BTCC, Huobi, and OKCoin – began charging a 0.2 percent fixed rate on trades. In a

Keeping Up With a Cashless Society

2016 marks the first year in which the value of global credit card transactions exceeded that of hard-cash transactions. This shift in payment tendencies is

DTCC Turns to the Blockchain for Trade Processing

The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC), Wall Street’s post-trade financial services company, announced it will turn to distributed ledger technology for its processing activities.

CFPB Fines Credit Score Reporting Companies

On January 3, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced it was levying fines against two of the largest credit reporting agencies, Equifax and TransUnion.

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