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 Tracking PYMNTS Trackers Into 4Q And Beyond
 Tracking PYMNTS Trackers Into 4Q And Beyond
September 03, 2018  |  Tracker Series

The last days of summer here.  The end of a quarter is approaching, and with that, we head into the end of a year.  It’s...

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Five Unexpected Lessons Of Summer 2018
Five Unexpected Lessons Of Summer 2018
September 03, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

The term “thinking outside the box” originates from advice that puzzle management consultants famously gave to clients in the 1970s and 1980s to encourage creative thinking....

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Merchants And Tokenization’s Sea Change
Merchants And Tokenization’s Sea Change
August 31, 2018  |  Payment Methods

Merchants must manage billions of tokens – easier said than done. Nitin Prabhu, PayPal’s senior director of issuance, tokenization and loyalty platform, offers a hint of...

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How Five High School Kids Are Changing Payments For The Visually Impaired
How Five High School Kids Are Changing Payments For The Visually Impaired
August 31, 2018  |  Innovation

Right now, it looks like a blood pressure cuff with wires and tiny boxes attached to it. Or, perhaps, an oversized watchband, one that was...

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The Real Hunger Games: A Battle Royale In The Grocery Aisles
The Real Hunger Games: A Battle Royale In The Grocery Aisles
August 31, 2018  |  Retail

Ten years ago, one-time television writer Susan Collins published the first installment in her post-apocalyptic dystopian young adult novel trilogy, “The Hunger Games.” Get the...

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Digital Payments In Africa Gain Steam
Digital Payments In Africa Gain Steam
August 30, 2018  |  Digital Payments

Business growth in Africa requires better payments infrastructure, and that effort received a significant boost this week when Stripe, Visa and other firms invested $8...

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Farm-To-Table Service, Milk And Eggs, Tills For Online Grocery Niche
Farm-To-Table Service, Milk And Eggs, Tills For Online Grocery Niche
August 30, 2018  |  Delivery

Milk and Eggs CEO Kenneth Wu sees a niche in avoiding the store-focused online grocery delivery model and betting [on] the farm -- in a...

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How myPOS Helped EU’s SMBs Jump The Shark On Cash
How myPOS Helped EU’s SMBs Jump The Shark On Cash
August 30, 2018  |  SMBs

When myPOS launched in 2014, cash was still mostly king among small businesses. In fact, as Andrew Byrne, COO at myPOS, told Karen Webster, in...

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