Editor’s Picks

Wanted: Cybersecurity Aces — Mastercard, Partners Have A Plan
Wanted: Cybersecurity Aces — Mastercard, Partners Have A Plan
April 10, 2019  |  Mastercard

Here’s a bit of heresy for 2019: Data’s not everything. Sure, data often gets called the oil of the digital age — and data, as a...

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Utility Data’s New Identity
Utility Data’s New Identity
April 10, 2019  |  Data

There are plenty of high-tech ways to verify a customer’s identity — fingerprints, voiceprints, faceprints, phone data. There are even technologies built to identify a...

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Pressure Mounts On CFPB Over Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
Pressure Mounts On CFPB Over Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
April 09, 2019  |  Consumer Finance

Launched in 2008 as a provision of the College Cost Reduction and Access Act (CCRAA), the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program’s objectives were pretty straightforward....

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Rhode Island Eyes Capping Credit Card Interest Rates
Rhode Island Eyes Capping Credit Card Interest Rates
April 09, 2019  |  Consumer Finance

In the United States, credit card balances and the interest rates charged on those balances are on the rise. In the latest data, more than...

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Welcome To The New C-Store Innovation Game
Welcome To The New C-Store Innovation Game
April 09, 2019  |  Innovation

Retail innovation labs – incubators or tech hubs – aren’t confined to operations run by the likes of Amazon or Walmart. A new lab store...

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With A Nod To European Commission Pressure, Facebook Updates Data Use Disclosures
With A Nod To European Commission Pressure, Facebook Updates Data Use Disclosures
April 09, 2019  |  Facebook

In the continuing saga focused on user data, how that data is used, and transparency, score one for the Europeans. In news reported early Tuesday...

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Accounts Of Millennial Sobriety May Be Oversold
Accounts Of Millennial Sobriety May Be Oversold
April 09, 2019  |  Retail

Have millennials started starving a segment of commerce in a socially positive way? That is the recent question on minds of trend piece writers, with...

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The Convergence Of Trade Finance And Trade Credit Insurance
The Convergence Of Trade Finance And Trade Credit Insurance
April 09, 2019  |  B2B Payments

While use of trade finance continues to climb, the International Chamber of Commerce‘s Banking Commission has warned the financial services market that small and medium-sized...

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US Government Policy On SMB Lending In Flux
US Government Policy On SMB Lending In Flux
April 09, 2019  |  B2B Payments

U.S. President Donald Trump announced over the weekend that U.S. Treasurer Jovita Carranza is his pick to lead the Small Business Administration (SBA), after its...

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