The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a settlement with PayPal, Inc. over allegations that its Venmo peer-to-peer payment service misled consumers about their ability to transfer funds to external bank accounts and control the privacy of their Venmo transactions.In its complaint, the FTC alleges that when Venmo notified users that money had been credited to their Venmo balances and was available for transfer to an external account, it failed to disclose that those funds could …

A monero cryptominer based on XMRig is hijacking Macs, causing high CPU and fan usage.Source: Coin Desk - Digital currency

Thyssenkrupp successfully conducted a foreign exchange transaction using R3's Corda blockchain in partnership with Germany's Commerzebank.Source: Coin Desk - Digital currency

Mobile banking app Revolut now lets users buy, sell and hold Ripple's XRP and bitcoin cash, in addition to bitcoin, litecoin and ether. Source: Coin Desk - Digital currency

Kickbacks undermine the independence of physician and patient decision-making, and raise healthcare costs, said Acting Assistant Attorney General Chad A. Readler of the Justice Departments Civil Division. As todays settlement makes clear, the Department will hold accountable drug companies that pay illegal kickbackswhether directly or indirectlyto undermine taxpayer funded healthcare programs, including Medicare.Source: Justice News - Cyber-crime