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Facebook Could Lose Accreditation Of Media Rating Council

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The watchdog has warned Facebook that it could be denied accreditation based on how it reports on the effectiveness of advertising on its products, specifically its video ads. We will continue working with MRC on accreditation, as we have since 2016.”. Facebook expressed disappointment to WSJ that the letter was made public.

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Eric Satz, Founder and CEO of Alto?—?Expanding access to alternative investments

Wharton Fintech

When we first started talking about this, you know, in 2016, and the need for portfolio diversification, you got a lot of blank stares; most people were still of the school that 60/40 is what you do, meaning 60% public equities / 40% public bonds. There’s what we refer to as the not yet accredited investor.

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How Much Can Technology Improve Healthcare Payments?

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Another large, if relatively indirectly, effort toward better healthcare payments came from the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission, or EHNAC. TransUnion found that in 2016 — the most recent data available — almost 75 percent of millennials did not pay their medical bills in full.

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The Path To Better Management Of Healthcare Data

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-based organization hopes to get ahead of that curve by offering a new accreditation program designed to boost data security and access in the healthcare industry. EHNAC said it will soon assemble a 10-to-15 person steering committee to guide the new accreditation program. For instance, a U.S.

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Globe Telecom Cuts Delinquencies 40% Using FICO CCS

FICO

Globe Telecom (Globe), one of the major telecommunications services providers in the Philippines, has reduced account delinquencies by 40 percent year-on-year, since its deployment of FICO ® Customer Communication Services (CCS) in 2016. What areas of operations is Globe looking to improve following this project?

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FinTech Partnerships With FI Marked By Global Scope

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The software firm, Sage, has had five of its accounting offerings focused on VAT, accredited by the UAE Federal Tax Authority. That’s up markedly from 69 in 2016, as estimated by that association. Reuters said the number of employees working on those compliance efforts now stands at more than 300, on average per financial institutions.

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Bitcoin Soars In Japan, But What’s ‘Synthetic Currency?’

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According to The CoinTelegraph , in Japan, there has been a rise in the value amount of bitcoin trades since the first half of 2016. In the first half of 2016, 7.8 These measures are accredited with a 50-fold increase in bitcoin trading year-on-year for January to June 2016.

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