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Five At Five: Birchbox’s Buyer And Robot-Prepared Pizza
Five At Five: Birchbox’s Buyer And Robot-Prepared Pizza
May 02, 2018  |  News

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at some of the freshest payments news of the day. Today’s stories include details about Birchbox’s future...

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Consumer Convenience, Retail And Payments Disintermediation
Consumer Convenience, Retail And Payments Disintermediation
April 23, 2018  |  Innovation

Disintermediating the established intermediaries has become something of an art form in payments and retail these days. Physical retail is being disintermediated by a host...

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India’s KYC Mobile Payments Roadblock
India’s KYC Mobile Payments Roadblock
March 22, 2018  |  Mobile Payments

In late 2016, India’s government surprised the world with a decision to push the race for payment digitization from a marathon to a sprint, by...

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CFPB Delays Prepaid Card Rule Implementation For A Year
CFPB Delays Prepaid Card Rule Implementation For A Year
January 25, 2018  |  CFPB

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has extended the effective date on its 2016 prepaid card rule, among other modifications announced today (Jan. 25). The...

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Baidu Wants $2B To Grow Financial Services
Baidu Wants $2B To Grow Financial Services
January 25, 2018  |  Investments

Baidu, the Chinese search engine company, is looking to raise money for its finance unit, Baidu Financial Services Group (FSG), and could secure as much...

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Why The Future Of Payments Is Interoperable (Not Integrated)
Why The Future Of Payments Is Interoperable (Not Integrated)
December 18, 2017  |  Digital Banking

When one person is thinking about sending an email to another, there are all kinds of things to think about: how long or short to...

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Glitch Freezes Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars Of Ethereum
Glitch Freezes Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars Of Ethereum
November 08, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Ethereum, the competing digital currency to bitcoin, was dealt a blow on Tuesday (Nov. 7) when a vulnerability in a cryptocurrency wallet froze as much...

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Vouchr Founder On Using P2P To Reinvent The Gift Of Cash
Vouchr Founder On Using P2P To Reinvent The Gift Of Cash
October 25, 2017  |  Payments Innovation

Differentiating a banking and mobile payments platform from its competitors can seem like an impossible task. When two services provide only basic functionality it’s easy...

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