Intuit to Share Payroll Data from 1.4M Small Businesses With Equifax

Financial services giant Intuit this week informed 1.4 million small businesses using its QuickBooks Online Payroll and Intuit Online Payroll products that their payroll information will be shared with big-three consumer credit bureau Equifax starting later this year unless customers opt out by the end of this month.

Intuit says the change is tied to an “exciting” and “free” new service that will let millions of small business employees get easy access to employment and income verification services when they wish to apply for a loan or line of credit. Continue reading Intuit to Share Payroll Data from 1.4M Small Businesses With Equifax

TigerGraph raises $105M Series C for its enterprise graph database

TigerGraph, a well-funded enterprise startup that provides a graph database and analytics platform, today announced that it has raised a $105 million Series C funding round. The round was led by Tiger Global and brings the company’s total funding to over $170 million. “TigerGraph is leading the paradigm shift in connecting and analyzing data via […] Continue reading TigerGraph raises $105M Series C for its enterprise graph database

New IRS Site Could Make it Easy for Thieves to Intercept Some Stimulus Payments

The U.S. federal government is now in the process of sending Economic Impact Payments by direct deposit to millions of Americans. Most who are eligible for payments can expect to have funds direct-deposited into the same bank accounts listed on previous years’ tax filings sometime next week. Today, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) stood up a site to collect bank account information from the many Americans who don’t usually file a tax return. The question is, will those non-filers have a chance to claim their payments before fraudsters do? Continue reading New IRS Site Could Make it Easy for Thieves to Intercept Some Stimulus Payments

NCR Barred Mint, QuickBooks from Banking Platform During Account Takeover Storm

Banking industry giant NCR Corp. [NYSE: NCR] late last month took the unusual step of temporarily blocking third-party financial data aggregators Mint and QuicBooks Online from accessing Digital Insight, an online banking platform used by hundreds of financial institutions. That ban, which came in response to a series of bank account takeovers in which cybercriminals used aggregation sites to surveil and drain consumer accounts, has since been rescinded. But the incident raises fresh questions about the proper role of digital banking platforms in fighting password abuse. Continue reading NCR Barred Mint, QuickBooks from Banking Platform During Account Takeover Storm

Segment CEO Peter Reinhardt is coming to TechCrunch Sessions: Enterprise to discuss customer experience management

There are few topics as hot right now in the enterprise as customer experience management, that ability to collect detailed data about your customers, then deliver customized experiences based on what you have learned about them. To help understand the challenges companies face building this kind of experience, we are bringing Segment CEO Peter Reinhardt […] Continue reading Segment CEO Peter Reinhardt is coming to TechCrunch Sessions: Enterprise to discuss customer experience management

Shannon Lietz, Intuit – Application Security Weekly #65

    Mike Shema and John Kinsella interview Shannon Lietz, the Director Information Security at Intuit about DevOps. Full Show Notes Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Hosts             Announcements Register for our upcoming w… Continue reading Shannon Lietz, Intuit – Application Security Weekly #65

Trickbot delivered via fake Intuit “FW: Invoice #3989021 ” email

Trickbot are continuing with their malware spreading campaigns using Office Macros, particularly Excel spreadsheets with macros. Today’s  example is an email pretending to be an invoice for nearly £35,000  containing the subject of “FW: Inv… Continue reading Trickbot delivered via fake Intuit “FW: Invoice #3989021 ” email

Vital Software comes out of stealth to make ER visits less terrible

After two years operating in stealth, Mint .com founder Aaron Patzer’s new startup Vital Software is open for business. Patzer made the announcement Wednesday while on the Next Stage at Disrupt SF. Patzer’s company, which he co-founded with Dr. Justin Schrager of Emory University, is an enterprise software business that aims to make emergency rooms […] Continue reading Vital Software comes out of stealth to make ER visits less terrible