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Take Two For Fitbit’s Versa 2

Take Two For Fitbit’s Versa 2
Take Two For Fitbit’s Versa 2
August 29, 2019  |  Wearables

The headlines that started the month of August were less than thrilling for Fitbit — as some were beginning to wonder if Apple had already...

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How Square’s Orders API Became Central To Its Strategy
How Square’s Orders API Became Central To Its Strategy
August 29, 2019  |  eCommerce

When Square released its first set of developer application programming interfaces (APIs) about five years ago, the focus was to attract partners able to give...

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Peloton’s IPO To Test Subscription Model’s Fitness
Peloton’s IPO To Test Subscription Model’s Fitness
August 29, 2019  |  Subscriptions

Peloton is coming to market with its IPO.  A look at the S-1 filing reveals an embrace of the razor/razor blade model that melds (pricey)...

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Fighting Food Waste The Digital Marketplace Way
Fighting Food Waste The Digital Marketplace Way
August 28, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Each year, roughly 1.3 billion tons of produce is wasted, globally — discarded into landfills unconsumed. This wastes not just the fruit or vegetable in...

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Connecting The Dots: Consumer Confidence, Inventories Tell Separate Economic Tales 
Connecting The Dots: Consumer Confidence, Inventories Tell Separate Economic Tales 
August 28, 2019  |  Economy

Economic data points are frozen in time – and yet taken collectively tell tales.  The latest readings on consumer confidence and on business inventories and...

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Moving Credit Unions From In The Wallet To Top Of Wallet
Moving Credit Unions From In The Wallet To Top Of Wallet
August 28, 2019  |  Credit Unions

Among the most exciting trends of the last two decades is the evolution of payments from a focus on transactions to a strategic driver of...

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Can Google Keep Up In The Jammed AI Voice Race?
Can Google Keep Up In The Jammed AI Voice Race?
August 28, 2019  |  Ecosystems

Since Google launched its smart speaker artificial intelligence (AI)-backed voice assistant product Google Home in November 2016, the state of the race for voice ecosystem...

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Mastercard: The Opportunity Ahead For ePayables
Mastercard: The Opportunity Ahead For ePayables
August 27, 2019  |  Mastercard

In the quest to streamline B2B processes, and to move beyond the way things have always been done – especially when it comes to managing...

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Using Data To Increase Checkout Conversions — In-Store
Using Data To Increase Checkout Conversions — In-Store
August 27, 2019  |  Retail

Retailers and grocers want to streamline the in-store checkout experience and increase conversions. Diebold Nixdorf's Carl von Sydow tells Karen Webster transactional data can help firms...

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