by Data Age | May 22, 2014 | Business, Industry, Management, News
EZCorp Inc., an Austin-based payday lending and pawn shop chain, has its first non-executive chairman of the board in William Love, who was elected to the position effective May 19, according to a Wednesday announcement. Love has a long history with the company...
by Data Age | May 20, 2014 | General Merchandise, Industry, Management, Marketing, News, Tech
MINUUM IS BETTING THAT MOST USERS DON’T THINK VOICE COMMANDS ARE ENOUGH. Now that Google is allowing anyone with a cool $1,500 lying around to score themselves a pair of Glass, you’ll probably start seeing a lot more tech geeks wearing headsets in public...
by Data Age | May 20, 2014 | Management, Marketing, Security
Google ads starring you — yes, we’re talking your real name and your real face — could already be popping up online. That is, unless you’ve already taken action to stop the search giant from using your Google account information in its ads. If you haven’t,...
by Data Age | May 20, 2014 | Business, Compliance, Industry, Laws, Management, New to the Industry, News
Fort Worth, the only major city in the state not to pass an ordinance restricting the operations of payday lenders, is taking a new look at the issue. Two weeks ago, City Manager Tom Higgins released a report on payday lenders for council members, noting that most of...
by Data Age | May 20, 2014 | Business, Compliance, Firearms, Industry, Laws, Management, News
Obama plan pressures financial institutions Gun retailers say the Obama administration is trying to put them out of business with regulations and investigations that bypass Congress and choke off their lines of credit, freeze their assets and prohibit online sales....
by Data Age | May 20, 2014 | Business, Compliance, Industry, Laws, Management, New to the Industry, News
SPRINGFIELD, Mass (WGGB) — Putting pawn shops to the test, ABC40 entered one local store as a customer to make a deal and show how new regulations are working. Springfield’s so called “pawn shop ordinance” was the center of heated debate the past few years in the...
