Data Dive

A DataDive is an all-weekend event with lots of people, computers, and coffee. Non-profits bring their data and their problems or questions, data scientists bring the expertise to answer the questions and solve the problems.

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Uber’s Loss Leaders, LendUp’s Big Push And Citi’s Continuing Costco Calamity
Uber’s Loss Leaders, LendUp’s Big Push And Citi’s Continuing Costco Calamity
August 29, 2016  |  Payment Methods

When it comes to weather, no news is usually good news. Odds are if the whether has become newsworthy, things have gone quite badly wrong....

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Hackers, Installment Loans And Apple Hopes For The Gold
Hackers, Installment Loans And Apple Hopes For The Gold
August 15, 2016  |  News

Most Americans can tell you one thing they learned in the last week. They should have made different choices, trained hard and gone for the...

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Chip Cards Breach, Debt Soars and Online Lending Sputters
Chip Cards Breach, Debt Soars and Online Lending Sputters
August 08, 2016  |  News

The passion. The drama. The pageantry. The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat. You think we’re writing about the Olympics – which, given the...

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The Costanza Edition: Robots As Checkouts And Retailers Urged To Share
The Costanza Edition: Robots As Checkouts And Retailers Urged To Share
May 30, 2016  |  Payment Methods

Of all the famous “Seinfeld” episodes, few are as memorable as the time George decides to revamp his life by doing the exact opposite of everything...

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Hard Knocks Edition: MCX, EMV And Square
Hard Knocks Edition: MCX, EMV And Square
May 23, 2016  |  Payments Innovation

While most Americans were probably ready to focus on a news event other than the presidential election, the tragic events of the EgyptAir crash were certainly not the...

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PYMNTS Data Dive | Why Can’t We Be Friends Edition: Walmart, Central Banks And Google
PYMNTS Data Dive | Why Can’t We Be Friends Edition: Walmart, Central Banks And Google
May 16, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Most weeks at PYMNTS, we feel like financial news reporters — mostly, because that’s what we are. But, every so often, we get to feel...

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Square Slips, Satoshi Hides (Again) And Prosper Shrinks
Square Slips, Satoshi Hides (Again) And Prosper Shrinks
May 09, 2016  |  Report

Two big segments of the world made news last week: politics and payments. And although there is no shortage of controversy about the former, we...

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Venmo’s Legal Woes, Walmart Pay On iOS, Goldman Goes Digital
Venmo’s Legal Woes, Walmart Pay On iOS, Goldman Goes Digital
May 02, 2016  |  Payment Methods

Some news weeks are exciting, others are slow and still others are … well, others are last week. In order, the following things happened last...

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Fast EMV, Mobile Starbucks And Under-Fire Payday Lending
Fast EMV, Mobile Starbucks And Under-Fire Payday Lending
April 25, 2016  |  Point of Sale

Last week in payments was notable for having one of the more colorful beginnings and endings in recent memory. Following on the news that Alexander...

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