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Eight in ten savers missing out on bank interest

2018-07-22 newsbotaccount, accounts, bank, interest, news, savings

“Unlike easy access accounts which give savers immediate access to their savings, notice accounts require savers to give several weeks or months’ notice, meaning they should not be used for emergency savings” writes Tom Welsh for telegraph.co.uk. Eight in ten savers are missing out on the best savings rates by keeping their money in the wrong type of account, a report has found. For example Secure Trust bank is offering a 180 day notice account which pays 1.77 per cent.The average interest rate of easy access accounts is just 0.47 per…

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HSBC account freezes still hurting customers, a year on

2018-07-20 newsbotaccount, accounts, bank, business, customers, news

“From speaking to people who’ve had their business bank accounts frozen suddenly, we’ve heard about the significant stress and upset it can cause,” Enever said” reports businessinsider.com. The bank tightened checks on its customers and has acknowledged freezing the accounts of hundreds of small business customers, without specifying where they were located.But interviews with HSBC customers, letters and emails from the bank seen by Reuters and a review of the lender’s social media complaints channels show some problems continue.In more than fifteen cases, the frozen accounts were unblocked only after…

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Facebook age policy crackdown is putting some child accounts on hold

2018-07-20 newsbotaccount, accounts, guidance, news, Policy

“Facebook age policy crackdown is putting some child accounts on hold Facebook, like many companies, officially requires its users to be at least 13-years-old to use the platform” reports slashgear.com. Once the user is old enough to officially have a Facebook account, their existing profile will be unlocked.Officially speaking, Facebook has a guidance for its reviewers to pause accounts belonging to minors, but it appears to have been only mildly enforced.Facebook reviewers are now told to put an account on hold if they “have a strong indication” that the user…

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Switzerland seeks to regain cryptocurrency crown

2018-07-19 newsbotaccounts, bank, banks, cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency, news

“Despite the challenges, Switzerland is working on new rules to reassure banks and encourage them to accept the accounts of cryptocurrency companies” writes Midwest Communications Inc for 95kqds.com. “They raised concerns about problems with opening bank accounts, which was a worry for them, and asked for help,” Moser told Reuters.Providing the legal framework to launch ICOs and for banks to do business with cryptocurrency companies is not easy.Another large Swiss bank kicked out crypto project Smart Valor at around the same time, said a person familiar with the project.The bank,…

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Investors Worry About Scale of Twitter Purges

2018-07-18 newsbotaccounts, investors, news

“The cavalcade of suspensions has raised questions as to whether the crackdown could affect Twitter’s user growth and whether the company should have warned investors earlier” writes Rob Quinn for newser.com. Last week, Twitter confirmed a Washington Post report that it had suspended 70 million accounts in May and June.The new figure sheds light on Twitter’s attempt to improve “information quality” on its service, its term for countering fake accounts, bots, disinformation, and other malicious occurrences. Source: newser.com Share This:

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Twitter suspended about 58 million user accounts in Q4 of FY17: Report

2018-07-18 newsbotaccounts, company, news, stock, technology

“Twitter suspended at least 58 million user accounts in the final three months of 2017, according to data obtained by The Associated Press” reports firstpost.com. Last week, Twitter confirmed a Washington Post report that it had suspended 70 million accounts in May and June.Twitter suspended roughly 15 million accounts last October.The number of suspended accounts originated with Twitter’s “firehose,” a data stream it makes available to academics, companies, and others willing to pay for it.Twitter maintains that most of the suspended accounts had been dormant for at least a month, and…

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How To Join The Payables To Payment Revolution

2018-07-16 newsbotaccounts, automation, news, payment, revolution

“Adding to the perception of impossibility is the fact that the AP automation process cannot happen solely within the four walls of the organization” reports pymnts.com. He welcomes the doubters to join the discussion, urging an open mind among professionals who struggle to envision how their accounts payable departments can, once and for all, let go of manual processes.Accounts payable (AP) automation offers lofty promises to the enterprise: nix paper, save money, cut out inefficiencies and provide more time for executives to focus on strategic tasks. Source: pymnts.com Share This:

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Twitter deletes Guccifer 2.0 account after alleged Russian operators indicted

2018-07-15 newsbotaccount, accounts, news

“Unfortunately, I can’t speak to the ownership of the accounts,” Twitter spokesman Brandon Borrman told the Washington Examiner” reports washingtonexaminer.com. During the 2016 election, many American journalists communicated with the Guccifer 2.0 account. Source: washingtonexaminer.com Share This:

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Twitter suspended Guccifer 2.0 and DC Leaks’ accounts

2018-07-15 newsbotaccounts, election, news

“Twitter has suspended two prominent accounts linked to the 2016 hack on the Democratic National Committee, Guccifer 2.0 and DC Leaks” writes Jul Edt for theverge.com. It’s not clear which network of accounts Twitter is referencing: a company spokesperson declined to comment beyond its previously released statement.Earlier this year, Twitter introduced new rules and suspended additional accounts in an effort to cut down on automated spam and bots, and significantly upped its efforts to suspend accounts responsible for malicious activity.In the last year, Twitter has been under the microscope after…