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Take Me Out To The (Payments) Ball Game
Take Me Out To The (Payments) Ball Game
May 17, 2017  |  Merchant Innovation

While high tech and baseball might not seem like a natural fit, FIS and the Minors are hoping to change that. One ball park and...

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When Machines Do The IDV Work Of People
When Machines Do The IDV Work Of People
May 16, 2017  |  Podcast

Industries are abuzz with the fast-growing potential of machine learning — a form of artificial intelligence that allows programs to change, adapt and, obviously, learn...

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Visa Checkout’s Open Approach To Digital Everywhere
Visa Checkout’s Open Approach To Digital Everywhere
May 16, 2017  |  VISA

With all the brilliant and groundbreaking work that has gone into building digital wallets and payment platforms, it can be pretty easy to lose sight...

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SMBs Optimistic, But Not About Credit
SMBs Optimistic, But Not About Credit
May 16, 2017  |  Data Drivers

Our latest Data Drivers delves into a dichotomy:  SMB owners look with optimism toward future growth but look askance at their prospects for grabbing the...

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Corporate Travel Headed For New Phase Of Payments Tech
Corporate Travel Headed For New Phase Of Payments Tech
May 16, 2017  |  B2B Payments

As B2B keeps kicking its former reputation as being too sluggish to innovate, the area of corporate travel and expense management has emerged as one...

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Banks And FinTech Startups: At Odds No More?
Banks And FinTech Startups: At Odds No More?
May 15, 2017  |  Banking

Until very recently, the tenor of the relationship between financial services startups and mainstream banking was contentious at best and adversarial at worst. The primary...

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Keeping Third Party Risk First On The Cyber (Risk) List
Keeping Third Party Risk First On The Cyber (Risk) List
May 15, 2017  |  News

As companies expand and interact with an ever-widening web of vendors, third-party risk deepens as data is shared and, potentially, exposed. In the latest Topic...

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Data Dive, Earnings Edition: Green Dot Hits, OnDeck Misses, And First Data Looks Ahead
Data Dive, Earnings Edition: Green Dot Hits, OnDeck Misses, And First Data Looks Ahead
May 15, 2017  |  Data Dive

Americans were projected to spend a record-setting $23.4 billion yesterday celebrating their moms, buying flowers and cards and taking them out to brunch. Not that...

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Retail Fizzles, Alipay Sizzles — And Burger Wars Reignite On Mobile
Retail Fizzles, Alipay Sizzles — And Burger Wars Reignite On Mobile
May 12, 2017  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

May flowers did not appear for retail earnings, unless you consider a bouquet of stinkweed a blanket of blossoms. Simply put, the numbers were dismal,...

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