Twenty-seven states and the District of Columbia have sued the genetic-testing company 23andMe to oppose the sale of DNA data from its customers without their direct consent. The suit, filed on Monday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Eastern District of Missouri, argues that 23andMe needs to have permission from each and every customer before…
BENGALURU: India has overtaken the UK to become the largest market by customer count for small and medium enterprises-focused (SME) fintech platform Tide, according to global CEO Oliver Prill. “India is close to 7 lakh, the same as in the UK, and is now growing over that,” Prill said during an interview with TOI, adding…
The genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy protection on Sunday after months of uncertainty over its business model and mounting concerns about the security of the troves of customer data it holds. In a statement, 23andMe said it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to “facilitate a sale process to maximize the value of…
Days before President Trump was inaugurated, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued Capital One, accusing it of using deceptive tactics that the bureau said cheated customers out of $2 billion in interest payments on their savings accounts. On Thursday, the bureau abandoned that lawsuit and permanently waived its legal right to ever again pursue the…
Britain’s Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY.L) confirmed on Monday that some customers were unable to make or receive payments due to a service outage. The issue was widely reported, with over 400 complaints registered on the Downdetector website by 09:22 GMT. Bank Acknowledges Disruption Responding to customer complaints on social media platform X, Lloyds stated, “We…
Terrified customers at a Philadelphia diner were caught in the chaos of a deadly plane crash when debris from the aircraft smashed through the windows, striking people inside. A video that surfaced online captured the moment customers at the Four Seasons Diner on Cottman Avenue ducked for cover as metal fragments from the doomed Learjet…
Customers at some CVS stores will no longer have to push a button and wait for a clerk to unlock one of those glass cabinets to get the products they want to buy. A new app will allow them to open the cabinets themselves, the company said on Tuesday. That feature of the new CVS…
Since taking over as chief executive of Starbucks last fall, Brian Niccol has tried to come up with fixes for the many challenges facing the coffee giant. One of his top goals: Getting coffee to customers in four minutes or less. Four minutes might not sound so fast when you want a morning caffeine jolt,…
Thousands of customers have reported problems getting their banking done with Capital One because of a disruption accessing online services that began on Wednesday and persisted into the weekend. On at least two different occasions on Friday afternoon, nearly 4,000 customers each time reported issues completing transactions with Capital One, a credit card and banking…
If you want to hang out or use the restroom at Starbucks, you’re going to have to buy something. Starbucks on Monday said it was reversing a policy that invited everyone into its stores. A new code of conduct – which will be posted in all company-owned North American stores – also bans discrimination or…