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SCA Delay: A Payments Opportunity In Disguise?

SCA Delay: A Payments Opportunity In Disguise?
SCA Delay: A Payments Opportunity In Disguise?
September 05, 2019  |  Digital Payments

Opportunities come in various forms and disguises, and that could be the case for payments and commerce operators when it comes to the European Union’s...

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SMB Spend Management Revs Up For A New Decade
SMB Spend Management Revs Up For A New Decade
September 05, 2019  |  Disbursements

Payments and cash flow can be the difference between life and death for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), This also applies to expense and spend...

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Can Amazon Give Biometric Payments A Hand — In The Store?
Can Amazon Give Biometric Payments A Hand — In The Store?
September 05, 2019  |  Amazon

Biometric payments are making another run at the grocery store, this time at the hands or Amazon. Or, to be more precise, in the hands...

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Beyond Tariffs, Are Clouds Gathering For Chinese Consumers?
Beyond Tariffs, Are Clouds Gathering For Chinese Consumers?
September 04, 2019  |  International

In some ways, the United States and China exist as mirror images, at least when it comes to economic drivers. Get the Full Story Complete...

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5G Set To Round The Bases In South Korean Baseball
5G Set To Round The Bases In South Korean Baseball
September 04, 2019  |  Mobile

Professional baseball, to the annoyance of some real and would-be fans, remains in very large part an analog game, given the reliance on human umpires...

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Top News In Payments: Mastercard Added To Marco Polo Network; Apple Gains Watch Patents
Top News In Payments: Mastercard Added To Marco Polo Network; Apple Gains Watch Patents
September 04, 2019  |  News

Today in the payments news roundup, Mastercard announced it has joined the Marco Polo Network. Also, Apple has gained three separate patents related to the Apple Watch. And...

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Marketplaces Bet That A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Sales
Marketplaces Bet That A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Sales
September 04, 2019  |  Artificial Intelligence

In eCommerce, the right visual images pay dividends  when it comes to inducing shoppers toward impulse buys (or at least impulse browsing) across online platforms...

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Is There Such A Thing As Healthy Friction Online?
Is There Such A Thing As Healthy Friction Online?
September 04, 2019  |  Authentication

Can friction be healthy for the eCommerce experience? Jen Singh, director of channel partnerships at Entersekt, tells PYMNTS that the consumer perception of what it means...

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Meal Kits Go Back To School
Meal Kits Go Back To School
September 04, 2019  |  Subscription Commerce

In one respect, it’s the semi-forgotten part of the school days — the school lunch. Backpacks might be full of books, notes and homework in...

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