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MoneyGram International is putting its muscle behind U.S. regulators proposal to tighten financial reporting required of financial institutions FIs .The Wall Street Journal reported that the money transfer company said that strengthen
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An Android Trojan virus has been discovered that has the ability to steal money from PayPal.According to We Live Security,聽the malware, which is hiding as a聽battery optimization tool distributed via third-party app stores, combines the capabilities of a remotely controlled banking Trojan wit
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