What’s happened is the world has accelerated from physical to digital across almost every industry.
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Google Preparing Debit Card to Compete With the Apple Card
Following the success of the Apple Card, Google is preparing its own debit card.
Google Cloud Opens Salt Lake City Cloud Region, Nets PayPal Contract
Google Cloud scored a major victory, signing a multi-year contract with PayPal, while also opening a new cloud region in Salt Lake City.
Intuit Close to Buying Credit Karma
Credit Karma, the popular credit and finance service, is on the verge of being bought…
Buying Fuel May Result In Stolen Credit Cards, Warns Visa
High fuel prices aren’t the only thing travelers need to worry about at the pump.…
Truecaller Flaw Puts 150 Million Users at Risk
Zak Doffman at Forbes is reporting on a newly discovered vulnerability in the Truecaller app…
PayPal Acquires Price Comparison Tool Honey For $4 Billion
PayPal has announced its acquisition of Honey Science Corporation, a price comparison platform that helps…
Bitcoin is Bad, Blockchain Is Revolutionizing, Says VMware CEO
Bitcoin as its implemented and implementation of blockchain and distributed ledger I assert is bad, says VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger. Its purpose is almost all illicit and it’s an environmental crisis. This is a terrible implementation of blockchain. I’m not saying that blockchain is bad. I think it is revolutionizing.
Glint Democratizing Gold With New Gold-Backed Debit Card
What we believe is gold is the ultimate form of money. Central banks hold it. It has been being used as money for thousands of years. It just couldn’t be used in electronic payment until now. We’ve just solved the biggest problem with gold. You can now use gold as money.
Facebook’s Libra Is a Force For Good, Says PayPal Co-Founder
“In general, Libra is a force for good,” says PayPal Co-Founder and Affirm CEO Max Levchin. “It’s a really interesting experiment. I’m glad they’re doing it in a way that isn’t just Facebook because of all the headwind that Facebook has experienced with the regulators.”