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Square Cash App Volumes Up 2.5x In FY Q2

Square Cash App Volumes Up 2.5x In FY Q2
Square Cash App Volumes Up 2.5x In FY Q2
May 02, 2019  |  Earnings

The Street focused on estimates and guidance, sending shares down when Square announced results for the fiscal second quarter. Drilling down into results, though, the...

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Making Adventure Travel Payments Less Adventurous
Making Adventure Travel Payments Less Adventurous
May 01, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

Once upon a time, the world of travel in general – and exotic or adventure travel, specifically – was a very different place. As the second decade...

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Visa EVP Of Tech: AI Demands A Narrow, Layered Approach
Visa EVP Of Tech: AI Demands A Narrow, Layered Approach
May 01, 2019  |  Artificial Intelligence

AI won’t spur a robot uprising, and it doesn’t mean computers will think for themselves – at least not yet. But AI does have the...

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Post-Merger, NXGEN And Payscape Eye SMBs’ Digital Shifts
Post-Merger, NXGEN And Payscape Eye SMBs’ Digital Shifts
May 01, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

The path to the payments deal started about three or four years ago when Adam Bloomston, CEO of Payscape, and Thomas Nitopi, CEO and founder...

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Are Merchants Ready For PSD2 And SCA’s 150-Millisecond Learning Curve?
Are Merchants Ready For PSD2 And SCA’s 150-Millisecond Learning Curve?
April 30, 2019  |  Authentication

PSD2 will change – indeed is changing – online commerce in Europe and beyond. In a podcast with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster, Rob Eleveld, CEO of...

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How Unattended Retail Is Getting Smarter
How Unattended Retail Is Getting Smarter
April 30, 2019  |  Unattended Retail

The rise of smart vending machines is helping unattended retail get a new lease on life, changing everything from the way we browse shelves to...

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Is A Biometric Backlash Brewing?
Is A Biometric Backlash Brewing?
April 30, 2019  |  Authentication

The biometrics backlash has already begun. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

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Max Levchin: What’s Missing From Today’s Financial Literacy Initiatives
Max Levchin: What’s Missing From Today’s Financial Literacy Initiatives
April 29, 2019  |  Alternative Finances

By the numbers, Americans are not a very financially literate people.  According to a Standard & Poor’s Global Financial Literacy survey only about 57 percent...

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Payments 2022: Why Payments Is Make-Or-Break For Digital Platforms
Payments 2022: Why Payments Is Make-Or-Break For Digital Platforms
April 29, 2019  |  Payments As A Service

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