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Pulaski accuses rival bank and former employees of data theft

Missouri-based Pulaski Bank has filed a lawsuit against rival First State Bank and three former employees alleging the theft of customer information, loan files and confidential trade secrets.

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US retailers reach $7.25 billion interchange settlement with card schemes and banks

US retailers have reached a $7.25 billion class action settlement with Visa, MasterCard and nine major credit card issuers, ending a seven-year legal dispute over interchange fees.

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WikiLeaks claims banking blockade court victory

An Icelandic court has ordered local card acquiring outfit Valitor to reopen a gateway to WikiLeaks, giving the whistleblowing Web site its first victory against the banking blockade that has choked off its money supply for over a year.

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Square sets lawyers on mPowa over Web site pic

Square seems to be getting a bit shirty with mPowa, calling in lawyers to demand the upstart rival remove from its Web site an image that bears a striking resemblance to one on Jack Dorsey's baby's own portal.

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Ex-Citigroup VP gets eight years for $23m embezzlement

Former Citigroup treasurer Gary Foster has been sentenced to just over eight years in jail for embezzling nearly $23 million from the bank.

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Crooks jailed over online banking theft

Two men who used the SpyEye malware to steal around £100,000 from online bank accounts have been jailed by a London court.

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FBI carder sting nabs 24

Following a two year investigation involving 13 countries, two dozen people around the world have been arrested in connection with a massive carding ring.

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Bank settles with hacked customer over ACH fraud

A Californian business that sued its bank after a hacker drained its online account of around $400,000 has settled the case.

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Man gambles away $1.5m after bank glitch lets him withdraw unlimited cash

A Detroit man who took advantage of a Bank of America glitch to withdraw $1.5 million he didn't have from ATMs and gamble it away in casinos is facing a jail term.

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Dutchman faces US card fraud charges

A Dutch citizen has appeared in a US court this week accused of building Web sites through which he sold tens of thousands of stolen credit card details obtained though hacking by his co-conspirators.

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Former Lloyds online security head charged with £2.46m fraud

Lloyds' former head of fraud and security for digital banking has been charged in connection with a £2.46 million fraud.

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UK cops seize £4.1m in fake coins

Detectives from the Metropolitan police have arrested three men after seizing a record haul of £4.1 million in counterfeit coins.

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MasterCard loses court challenge to EC interchange ruling

An EU court has dismissed MasterCard's challenge against a European Commission ruling that the firm's cross-border interchange fees violated competition law.

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Facebook IPO fallout continues as investor sues Nasdaq OMX

Nasdaq OMX is being sued by an investor over its botched handling of the Facebook IPO, which saw trading delayed and failed order cancellations.

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Norwegian court acquits day traders in algo cracking case

A pair of Norwegian day traders who cracked the algorithms of US broker Timber Hill have been cleared of wrongdoing by the Supreme Court, according to local press reports.

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Soca shuts down 36 sites selling stolen card details

The UK's Serious organised crime agency (Soca) has shut down 36 Web sites used to sell stolen card and bank account details and arrested two men accused of using them.

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SEC charges Brit twins over $1.2m fake stock picking robot scam

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has charged twin brothers from England with using a fake "stock picking robot" to defraud around 75,000 investors out of $1.2 million.

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Judges explain decision to free Goldman programmer

A US Appeals Court says that it overturned the conviction of former Goldman Sachs programmer Sergey Aleynikov for stealing the bank's propriety HFT code because such code is "intangible property" and so not covered by the laws he was charged under.

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USAA alleges that Mitek ripped off its remote deposit capture technology

Online army bank USAA has filed suit against cheque imaging outfit Mitek, alleging that the vendor stole its trade secrets and technology when developing its remote mobile deposit capture system.

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T-Mobile USA hit with NFC patent suit

T-Mobile USA has been slapped with a near field communications-related patent infringement lawsuit by On Track Innovations (OTI).