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Securing Unattended Retail Payments
Securing Unattended Retail Payments
December 20, 2016  |  Data Drivers

Move over, velvet: Unattended terminals are the hottest trend in retail. But making them cashless is just the first step to getting consumers to sign...

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Bitcoin: From Store Of Value To Value At Store?
Bitcoin: From Store Of Value To Value At Store?
December 19, 2016  |  PYMNTS Topic TBD

Commodity. Currency. A hybrid of the two. Where you stand on bitcoin determines how you use it, but as Gene Kavner, founder and CEO of iPayYou notes...

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New Index: Merchants Hop Aboard The (OmniReadi) Train
New Index: Merchants Hop Aboard The (OmniReadi) Train
December 19, 2016  |  Omnicommerce

Merchants of all shapes and sizes are going after omnireadiness at full throttle these days. According to the Q4 2016 PYMNTS OmniReadi Index™, being OmniReadi is...

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The Data Dive — Turning Point Edition: Yahoo’s Breach, Costco’s Credit Card, IBM’s Blockchain
The Data Dive — Turning Point Edition: Yahoo’s Breach, Costco’s Credit Card, IBM’s Blockchain
December 19, 2016  |  Data Dive

2017 may be right around the corner, but in some ways, the mantra of “out with the old, in with the new” just isn’t that...

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Merchants Hop Aboard The Mobile (Optimized) Train For Conversion Success
Merchants Hop Aboard The Mobile (Optimized) Train For Conversion Success
December 19, 2016  |  Checkout Conversion

When it comes to checkout conversion, apparently, there’s no middle ground. The hot-off-the-presses Q4 2016 Checkout Conversion Index™ reveals that there’s no average for online...

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Sizzle Fizzle: Déjà Yahoo All Over Again
Sizzle Fizzle: Déjà Yahoo All Over Again
December 16, 2016  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

What’s hitting – and missing this week?  We’ve got it all here.   SIZZLE  Bank Stocks: The Fed rate hike is finally in, and that’s...

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Papa John’s Delivers Online Ordering To The TV Screen
Papa John’s Delivers Online Ordering To The TV Screen
December 16, 2016  |  Payments Innovation

Whether it’s gathering to watch a live football game or settling in for a binge session of Netflix’s latest hit show, in many cases, these...

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Confronting The New Frontier Of Digital Payments
Confronting The New Frontier Of Digital Payments
December 16, 2016  |  Payments Innovation

The payments industry is at a crossroads: While consumers crave the availability of digitally powered commerce, they still rely on traditional payment methods. This year’s...

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Mastercard And Visa Tag-Team Tokens
Mastercard And Visa Tag-Team Tokens
December 15, 2016  |  Mobile Payments

Tokenization as a global standard for securing transactions in a digital world gets turbocharged today, thanks to Mastercard and Visa. In a mutual commitment to...

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