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Google sues Visa and MasterCard over interchange fees

Google is suing Visa and MasterCard over the card giants' interchange fees, alleging that they violated federal antitrust law.

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Target fails to get bank lawsuit dismissed

A US judge has given financial institutions the go-ahead to proceed with their lawsuit against Target over losses associated with last year's data breach at the retailer.

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Russian faces further counts in POS hacking case

A Russian man accused of hacking into point-of-sale terminals and selling stolen card data on online forums has had a batch of new charges thrown at him ahead of his trial in a US court next month.

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MasterCard loses EU appeal over cross-border interchange fees

MasterCard has lost a seven-year battle with the European Commission over the validity of its interchange fees for cross-border card payments, following a decisive judgement at the EU's highest court.

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USAA and Mitek settle cheque imaging lawsuit

Online army bank USAA and mobile cheque imaging outfit Mitek Systems have settled a lawsuit that has been running since 2012.

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ATM spy camera fraudsters jailed

Members of a gang which used ATM spy cameras and skimmers to steal the card details of 36,000 people across the UK have been jailed.

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RBS settles loan software copyright suit

The Royal Bank of Scotland has reached a settlement that lets it use critical trade finance software from vendor Complex Systems that a US judge had banned it from over copyright infringement.

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Liberty Reserve manager pleads guilty to money laundering

A manager at Liberty Reserve, a digital currency outfit described by authorities as the criminal underworld's "bank of choice", has pleaded guilty to money laundering charges.

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Hammer time: ATM attacker ID'd through facebook

A man who took a decidedly low-tech approach to theft by using a hammer to smash his way to the cash inside an ATM has been caught thanks to social media.

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Guilty plea in $23m card fraud case

A US man has admitted leading a stolen credit card trafficking ring that racked up fraud losses of more than $23 million.

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Russian pleads not guilty to POS hacking

A Russian man has pleaded not guilty in a US court to charges that he hacked into point-of-sale terminals and sold stolen card data on online forums.

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Barclays seeks dismissal of NY Attorney General's dark pool lawsuit

Barclays has filed a motion seeking to throw out a lawsuit from the New York Attorney General accusing the bank of deceptively luring unwary investors to a dark pool that was actually being run for the benefit of predatory high-frequency traders.

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Romanian cybercrime network dismantled

European authorities say they have dismantled a Romanian-dominated cybercrime network that used a host of tactics to steal more than EUR2 million.

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Goldman goes to court to get Google to delete email containing client data

Goldman Sachs has gone to court to get Google to delete an email containing "highly confidential" client data because it was sent to the wrong recipient.

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CLS wins legal battle in settlement 'patent' dispute

The US Supreme Court has found in favour of CLS Bank in a long-running patent dispute with Alice Corporation over the abstract notion of intermediated settlement.

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US govt to auction Silk Road bitcoins

The US Marshals' office is auctioning off nearly 30,000 bitcoin seized last year from the Silk Road dark web marketplace.

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Thomson Reuters settles lawsuit with whistle-blowing ex-employee

Thomson Reuters has reached a settlement agreement with a former staffer who sued the firm for wrongful termination, claiming he lost his job for whistle-blowing.

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Judge orders RBS to stop using loan software

A US judge has ordered RBS to stop using critical trade finance software from vendor Complex Systems, according to the Financial Times.

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Mt. Gox CEO unwilling to travel to US to answer bankruptcy case questions

Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles is refusing to travel to America this week to answer questions about the Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange's US bankruptcy case.

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CME Group sued over HFT sneak peek claims

CME Group is being sued by three users, accused of selling sneak peeks at order information to high-frequency traders.