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Pornhub calls halt to unverified users posting on its site

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This photo provided by Burson Cohn &amp; Wolfe shows Kathryn Ross. Ross was one of just two Black women in Accenture’s Miami office when she joined the global consulting firm nearly 27 years ago. Ross is now a managing partner and is heading a new initiative to help bring venture capital to Black-owned start-ups. (Rodney Wright Photography/Burson Cohn &amp; Wolfe via AP)

Insider Q&A: Accenture directs capital to Black start-ups

By ALEXANDRA OLSON - Associated Press

Visitors wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, take a selfie at the Hong Kong Disneyland on Thursday, June 18, 2020. Hong Kong Disneyland on Thursday opened its doors to visitors for the first time in nearly five months, at a reduced capacity and with social distancing measures in place. The theme park closed temporarily at the end of January due to the coronavirus outbreak, and is the second Disney-themed park to re-open worldwide, after Shanghai Disneyland. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Hong Kong Disneyland reopens, consumers using less cash

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Millennial Money: Unlock savings with credit card benefits

By MELISSA LAMBARENA of NerdWallet - Associated Press

Julian Marley participates in the Q&amp;A panel at the Marley Brunch with Marley Family Members at the 1 Hotel West Hollywood on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, in West Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)

Bob Marley’s kids celebrate late reggae icon’s 75th birthday

By MESFIN FEKADU - Associated Press

Clouds drift over the European Central Bank, right, in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Central banks join to study possible digital currencies

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FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2019 file photo, shoppers carry bags as they cross a street in San Francisco. More people turned to online shopping during one of the shortest holiday shopping seasons in years, helping boost total sales. Retail sales in the U.S. rose 3.4% between Nov. 1 and Dec. 24 from a year ago, according to early data from Mastercard SpendingPulse. That's down from last year, when total sales grew 5.1%. Online sales rose at a faster pace, up 18.8% from last year. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Online sales make up a larger portion of overall sales again

By JOSEPH PISANI - Associated Press

A reveller adjusts the rainbow flag during the LGBTQ pride parade in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, July 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) ** FILE **

Mastercard offers transgender persons ‘True Name’ feature: ‘Unconditional acceptance’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Visa, Mastercard, others announce they will drop out of Facebook’s Libra digital currency project

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This April 22, 2005, file photo, shows logos for MasterCard and Visa credit cards at the entrance of a New York coffee shop. On Dec. 10, 2020, both Visa and Mastercard announced they will no longer process transactions for Pornhub. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Visa, Mastercard shun Facebook’s Libra digital currency plan

By KEN SWEET - Associated Press

This Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011 file photo shows an exterior view of eBay/PayPal offices in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

PayPal drops out of Libra, Facebook’s payments project

By KEN SWEET - Associated Press

Mastercard halts service at 2 Venezuelan banks in sanctions

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European mobile payment systems team up

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Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin speaks during a news briefing at the White House, in Washington, Monday, July 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Treasury airs concerns about cryptocurrency, Facebook’s Libra

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 10, 2018, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington. Weeks after Facebook refused to remove a doctored video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slurring her words, Zuckerberg is getting a taste of his own medicine: fake footage showing him gloating over his one-man domination of the world. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Donald Trump knocks Facebook Libra cryptocurrency

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 2, 2019, file photo Mark Carney the Governor of the Bank of England speaks during an Inflation Report Press Conference at the Bank of England in the City of London. The Bank of England is open to the idea of letting new payment services such as Facebook's upcoming Libra hold funds with the central bank, Carney said Thursday, June 20. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool, File)

Bank of England to mull access for likes of Facebook’s Libra

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 4, 2013, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg walks at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook’s plan to create a digital currency used across the world is already raising concern with financial regulators and privacy experts. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Facebook’s currency Libra faces financial, privacy pushback

By RACHEL LERMAN - Associated Press

Mastercard to allow transgender people to use chosen name

By KEN SWEET - Associated Press

Visa expands women’s soccer effort ahead of World Cup

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Shakopee law targets gift card fraud; retailers opposed

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