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Securing The Speed Of Securities Transactions
Securing The Speed Of Securities Transactions
February 09, 2017  |  Faster Payments

A widely used financial system with a settlement schedule two decades old. A multi-year effort to modernize and accelerate the process. A delicate balance between risk and...

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What Banks See In Eye Biometrics
What Banks See In Eye Biometrics
February 08, 2017  |  Biometrics

Interoperable, highly reliable and available to a large swath of consumers from the get-go. That’s why EyeVerify CEO, Toby Rush, believes that eyeprinting biometrics delivers...

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Why Flywire Isn’t So Invisible Anymore
Why Flywire Isn’t So Invisible Anymore
February 08, 2017  |  Ecosystems

Flywire — the payments business that aims to make large-sum, cross-border transactions in education and health care simpler, more transparent and less friction-filled — had gotten...

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PayPal Gives SMBs A Big Leg-Up
PayPal Gives SMBs A Big Leg-Up
February 08, 2017  |  SMBs

Sometimes, the best way to solve a problem is to go straight to the source to fix it. That was PayPal’s approach as it readied...

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BlueVine And What’s Next For Factoring
BlueVine And What’s Next For Factoring
February 07, 2017  |  Alternative Finances

The year 2016 was not exactly a banner year for the alternative lending segment as many firms saw their business models crater and investors look...

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The Recurring Science (And Art) Of Revenue Recognition
The Recurring Science (And Art) Of Revenue Recognition
February 07, 2017  |  Payments Innovation

The subscription or recurring payment model provides some visibility for firms, but closing the books at month end and the back end is no easy...

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QSR Merchants Rush To EMV
QSR Merchants Rush To EMV
February 07, 2017  |  Data Drivers

Hotels and restaurant merchants of all sizes are off and running to deploy EMV — almost unanimously. Contactless remains a question mark but a hot...

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Fraud’s $50B Identity Crisis
Fraud’s $50B Identity Crisis
February 06, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

The use of fake or synthetic identities is actually scarier than it may sound, in fact, the fraud perpetrated by the cybercriminals behind these identities...

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Walmart Rethinks, Amazon Dominates And Mastercard Wins
Walmart Rethinks, Amazon Dominates And Mastercard Wins
February 06, 2017  |  Data Dive

The big game is over, and football is done for another year. And while it was a great game — particularly the part where the...

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