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Taking A Pulse On The New Gig Economy
Taking A Pulse On The New Gig Economy
November 03, 2016  |  Gig Economy

From food delivery to ridesharing, babysitting to dog walking, it’s hard to find a service today that isn’t available “on-demand,” but the growing gig economy...

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Why Banks Should Still Fear AltFin Competition
Why Banks Should Still Fear AltFin Competition
November 03, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Will alternative lending platforms eat away at traditional banks’ market share? That’s been the question for the past few years, with many analysts agreeing that...

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SMB Technology Adoption Index: Is The US SMB Engine Billowing Smoke?
SMB Technology Adoption Index: Is The US SMB Engine Billowing Smoke?
November 02, 2016  |  SMBs

Perception, as it turns out, isn't always reality. Although many small businesses may think and say otherwise themselves, they are still shy when it comes...

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Matchmaking For The Marketplaces
Matchmaking For The Marketplaces
November 02, 2016  |  Matchmakers

What can matchmakers learn from a college kid selling stuff on Amazon Marketplace from his dorm room? How to launch a profitable matchmaker from day...

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Square: Moving Upmarket And Into Lending
Square: Moving Upmarket And Into Lending
November 02, 2016  |  Earnings

It’s been nearly one year since Square IPO’d, and the market shrugged its collective shoulders. Yesterday’s earnings call showed a very different picture — one...

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Vesta: Ghosts In The (Payments) Machine
Vesta: Ghosts In The (Payments) Machine
November 01, 2016  |  eCommerce

Halloween isn’t over — not by a long shot — in the payments industry. And three big stats tell you why. 30 percent, 65 percent...

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Lending Club’s Auto Lending Pivot
Lending Club’s Auto Lending Pivot
November 01, 2016  |  Alternative Finances

Trying something new and different is both one of the hallmarks of innovation and a typical option when a company finds that the same old...

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Forter: The Sour Side Of Sweet-Talking Fraudsters
Forter: The Sour Side Of Sweet-Talking Fraudsters
November 01, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Not all fraudsters rely on being technically savvy to get by — some have the charm and deception to pry sensitive information right out of...

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For Digital Identities, Verify And Verify Again
For Digital Identities, Verify And Verify Again
October 31, 2016  |  PYMNTS Topic TBD

Trust, but verify? How about verify, then trust? As data breaches proliferate, financial institutions must make sure that consumers are who they say they are, online...

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