San Francisco store requires customers to shop with employee escort to curb shoplifting
San Francisco stores are reportedly banning customers from walking around and shopping without an employee to curb “rampant shoplifting.” Frederiksen’s Hardware and Paint store in the city’s Cow Hollow neighborhood has put up signs saying it will only accept one customer at a time during certain hours to curb the ongoing theft. The store has […]
AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile Customers Hit by Cell Network Outages Throughout Country
A major outage on AT&T’s network left thousands of customers across the United States without cell phone service or access to the internet Thursday morning. Minor outages in Verizon and T-Mobile’s cellular networks have also been widely reported. NBC News report A widespread cell phone service outage affected AT&T customers across the United States on […]
Chase customers sue over fees for depositing checks that bounce
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has been sued by customers who claim that the largest U.S. bank charged them unfair fees when they deposited their checks, resulting in them being dishonored through no fault of their own. In a proposed class action filed Tuesday night, five customers allege that New York-based Chase deducted $12 from their […]
Smart camera company breach allowed 13,000 customers to peek into other’s homes
Smart camera company Wise announced last week that its network suffered an outage that allowed some users to view other users’ security camera footage. Wyze said in a post that its AWS cloud service experienced an outage on Friday that caused Wyze cameras to be down for several hours. As the company worked to restore […]
Banks ask for help protecting customers from online romance scams – CNBC
The banking industry is seeking help from the federal government and the social media industry to stop an escalating crisis that costs Americans billions of dollars each year: online romance fraud. Such digital crimes have skyrocketed since the pandemic, as criminals reach out to lonely Americans on social media by posing as attractive partners. “We […]
Big Bank Owes Millions of Dollars to Customers After Failing to Protect and Reimburse Victims of Fraud for Years: New York Attorney General – The Daily Hodl
New York state is suing one of the nation’s largest banks, accusing it of implementing weak security measures, deceiving customers about their rights and refusing to refund fraud victims as required by law. New York Attorney General Letitia James To tell Her office decided to sue Citibank after the bank failed to protect its customers […]
FTX Abandons Plans to Relaunch Crypto Exchange, Commits to Full Repayment of Customers and Creditors
Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX has abandoned plans to restart, but also announced its intention to fully repay customers and creditors, marking a significant shift in its resolution approach. bloomberg report FTX, once a major player in the cryptocurrency exchange market, has reportedly made a major announcement following its bankruptcy proceedings. At a court hearing in […]
NYC restaurant workers, diners hungry for new rule that would change how customers tip
Snitched New York City diners are being asked to tip more and more, and they say it’s time for local eatery owners to foot the bill. Restaurant workers and those dining out on Manhattan’s Restaurant Row this week largely rejected a plan that would allow for New York City’s existing “tip credit” system, which allows […]
Citibank sued by NY AG for allegedly failing to protect customers from scammers
The New York State Attorney General’s Office announced Tuesday that it is suing Citibank for failing to protect customers from electronic fraud and secure refunds for victims, costing customers in the state millions of dollars. Under litigation In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Manhattan, Attorney General Letitia James alleges that Citi’s lax security […]
Citibank sued over failure to defend customers against hacks, fraud – BleepingComputer
New York Attorney General Letitia James accused Citibank of failing to protect customers from hacking and fraud and refusing to refund victims after allowing fraudsters to steal millions of dollars from their accounts. sued. The New York State Attorney General’s lawsuit against Citibank alleges that the financial institution also illegally refused to repay fraud victims, […]