banks
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Five Of The World’s Largest Banks Are Pouring Billions Into The Amazon’s Destruction
These days, investment in planetary destruction is gauche. In recent months, major companies from Amazon to Microsoft have pledged to prioritise sustainability (though their plans to do so have been problematic at best). As environmental activists have targeted financial institutions for their investment in climate-warming activities, those firms have also made commitments to clean up…
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China Warns Of ‘Grave Consequences’ Over Arrest Of Huawei Executive
China has warned the Canadian ambassador that if Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of telecom and tech giant Huawei, is not released, there will be “grave consequences,” CBS News reported on Sunday.
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Commonwealth Bank Loses 12 Million Customers’ Data In The Most Embarrassing Way Possible
Just when you thought all data breaches amounted to hacker shenanigans, the largest bank in Australia has belatedly confirmed a different sort of breach story. BuzzFeed reports that the Commonwealth Bank lost 12 million customers’ data after magnetic tape backups containing their personal financial history from 2004 to 2014 went missing. It just lost them.…
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Westpac Could Have Android Pay Before The End Of 2016: Report
While Android Pay /”launched/” in Australia a few months ago, it wasn’t a particularly big premiere, with only one of the four major banks on board for the debut. That number might increase to two before 2016 concludes, with support from Westpac reportedly near.