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It’s Day 20 of Gizmodo’s March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time and the competition is getting fierce! We lost a legend yesterday, as YouTube defeated Vine with an overwhelming victory. Today, Venmo will try its luck against Twitter.

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It’s day 8 of Gizmodo’s March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time and one of the most controversial apps of our time has entered the ring. Venmo buried I Am Rich in yesterday’s battle of the money apps, taking more than 78 percent of the vote.

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Welcome back to Gizmodo’s March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time! YouTube handily defeated Words With Friends in yesterday’s lineup, taking more than 87 percent of the vote. Now it’s time for two very different money apps to duke it out.

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The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed to hold big tech accountable to the same regulations that banks are, in a filing Tuesday.

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All I wanted was a status symbol. What I got was a $31,000 lesson in the downside of payment apps.

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People queued up outside the Bank of Ireland on Tuesday after a glitch in the system appeared to allow customers to withdraw money without affecting their balance. The bank, which is one of the largest in Ireland, acknowledged the glitch on Wednesday, saying the issue had been resolved, but only after customers had…

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Twitter—the site that owner Elon Musk has desperately tried to convince users is now “X”—has a CEO, but based merely off public pronouncements, you’d still think the billionaire tech mogul is still its head.

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PayPal is diving into the messy world of crypto with a new stablecoin pegged to the US dollar, aptly and uninventively named PayPal USD.

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It would appear that the days of crisp dollar bills and shiny pennies are falling behind us. The number of ATMs in the U.S. is reportedly on the decline as we move to a society hellbent on credit cards, mobile payments, and tap-to-pay.

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