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Everything You Need To Know About What Amazon Is Doing In Financial Services

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In June 2018, the Warranty Group, which underwrites Amazon Protect in the UK and abroad, was purchased by Assurant for a rumored $2.5B. Its first entry point in the market was in payments in October 2014. In May 2018, Amazon co-invested with Mastercard in an $8M Series B to ToneTag.

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24 Industries & Technologies That Will Shape The Post-Virus World

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As Mastercard Acceptance Solutions VP Blake Rosenthal explains: “Social distancing does not just concern people’s interactions with each other; it includes contact with publicly shared devices like point of sale terminals and checkout counters. These entry points give cyberoffenders more room to find susceptible targets.

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