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Visa Celebrates International Women’s Day With A Global Challenge For Female Entrepreneurs

Visa Celebrates International Women’s Day With A Global Challenge For Female Entrepreneurs
Visa Celebrates International Women’s Day With A Global Challenge For Female Entrepreneurs
March 06, 2019  |  VISA

On Friday (March 8), the world will recognize International Women’s Day — celebrated globally since 1975, when it was adopted as a holiday by the United Nations. In the...

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How POS Financing Can Make The Friendly Skies Much Friendlier
How POS Financing Can Make The Friendly Skies Much Friendlier
March 06, 2019  |  Alternative Finances

The family vacation to Disney World. The trip to a best friend’s destination wedding. The retired couple’s once-in-a-lifetime bucket list getaway. Get the Full Story...

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Beyond Unattended Retail, There’s Unattended Payments
Beyond Unattended Retail, There’s Unattended Payments
March 06, 2019  |  Unattended Retail

Amid the Amazon and Uber effects, retail is changing, and the unattended model is gaining traction. Worldnet CEO Will Byrne tells PYMNTS that the shift to...

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How HomeAway Uses Payments To Build Trust In The Sharing Economy
How HomeAway Uses Payments To Build Trust In The Sharing Economy
March 05, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

If the digital economy crosses borders – with commerce always on, across time zones and currencies – the platform model should be a perfect fit...

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Can Better (Digital) Credit Help SMBs Thrive?
Can Better (Digital) Credit Help SMBs Thrive?
March 05, 2019  |  B2B Payments

When food delivery startup Munchery closed its doors in January, it literally left dozens of small businesses holding the bag. Orders delivered to Munchery customers,...

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How To Break The Disbursements Check Habit
How To Break The Disbursements Check Habit
March 05, 2019  |  Disbursements

There are many reasons for consumers to have a love/hate relationship with businesses that send them checks. There’s the unpredictability of knowing when they might arrive, as...

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Levchin: Why The Affirm-Walmart Partnership Is More Than POS Credit
Levchin: Why The Affirm-Walmart Partnership Is More Than POS Credit
March 04, 2019  |  Alternative Finances

As we learned last week, purchase financing for Walmart customers is changing. In fact, the change has already begun and will continue to roll out over...

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Marketplaces: The Difference Between Fail And Scale
Marketplaces: The Difference Between Fail And Scale
March 04, 2019  |  eCommerce

Shopping on a traditional, narrowly focused eCommerce site is one thing. Consumers are dealing with a single merchant, and the working assumption is that the...

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How Voice Is Turbocharging The Autonomous Vehicle Ecosystem
How Voice Is Turbocharging The Autonomous Vehicle Ecosystem
March 04, 2019  |  Ecosystems

Allow us at PYMNTS to take a brief step back and admire the landscape — in this case, the growing, though still young, connected vehicle...

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