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Kevin Lamarque/Reuters President Donald Trump reportedly knew about the $ 130,000 payment his longtime personal attorney made to adult film star Stormy Daniels, long before he denied any knowledge of it, The New York Times reports. The transaction took place in October 2016, just before the presidential election. It was not immediately clear exactly when […]
Reuters/Carlos Barria The revelation Wednesday night that President Donald Trump “reimbursed” his longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, for a $ 130,000 payment to the adult-film actress Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 election could significantly strengthen the criminal case against both men, campaign finance experts say. Cohen is already under scrutiny for the payment, which legal […]
Hey, good morning! Happy hump day! An accidentally discovered enzyme can eat up plastic, and the IRS’ online payment system went down at the worst possible moment: on tax day. We also have EMG wristbands that can type with your thoughts… at some point in the future, at least. What do you want to see […]
Alex Wong/Getty Images The special counsel Robert Mueller is reportedly probing a $ 150,000 donation a pro-Russian Ukrainian oligarch made to the Trump Foundation in September 2015. The oligarch, Victor Pinchuk, made the donation after then-candidate Donald Trump gave a 20-minute speech at a European conference that promoted closer ties between Ukraine and the West. […]
Enlarge / Woman paying with card reader. (credit: Getty Images) The US began its transition to chip-based credit cards in earnest in October 2015, after high-profile credit card hacks in the previous years at Target, Home Depot, Michaels, and other big-box retailers. Today, although only 59 percent of US storefronts have terminals that accept chip […]
According to an ESPN report, FBI wiretaps recorded University of Arizona head basketball coach Sean Miller discussing a payment of $ 100,000 in order to ensure the signing of a top recruit. The news is just the latest to break from the ongoing FBI probe into bribery and corruption within college basketball. When an Arizona […]
WhatsApp has finally started testing the digital payments feature it’s been working on since early 2017. The Facebook-owned chat app is currently giving a limited number of users in India the chance to give its built-in payments feature a spin. Based on the screenshots shared by UI designer Nagender Rao Savanth, testers will have to […]
(Reuters) — PayPal shares fell as much as 12 percent in after-hours trading on Wednesday after former parent company eBay said it had signed up a new primary payment processor. EBay said it will start processing payments globally using Dutch payments company Adyen, allowing its users to remain on the eBay website when checking out. […]
eBay and PayPal remained tight even after the two headed to splitsville in 2015. That’s bound to change in the near future now that the auction site has decided to offer an integrated payment system built by Amsterdam-based company Adyen. The move will give way to a more seamless payment experience — no need to […]
(credit: Zach Copley) Stripe is one of the most popular ways for small online organizations to accept credit card payments. And in 2014 it became one of the first major payment processors to support bitcoin payments. But a lot has changed in the last four years. The bitcoin network has become a lot more widely […]
