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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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How A Single Digital ID Will Become EU’s Commerce Passport
How A Single Digital ID Will Become EU’s Commerce Passport
August 29, 2018  |  Europe

When trying to understand the new eIDAS regulations set to go officially online in the EU in September, it helps, Trulioo GM Zac Cohen told...

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The Transition From Tellers To Digital Touchpoints In LATAM
The Transition From Tellers To Digital Touchpoints In LATAM
August 29, 2018  |  Payment Methods

Mass payments are no novel concept. Readers of this space know that many verticals and functions, from insurance to payroll – where payments are on the...

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Why Digital Marketplaces Still Struggle To Make Digital Payments To Gig Workers
Why Digital Marketplaces Still Struggle To Make Digital Payments To Gig Workers
August 28, 2018  |  Gig Economy

Gig workers are increasingly embracing ad hoc project work by choice — not because due to need. Hyperwallet's Michael Ting goes behind the numbers in...

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The Threat Intelligence Gateway Waging War On 100M Threat Vectors
The Threat Intelligence Gateway Waging War On 100M Threat Vectors
August 28, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Firewalls, from the biggest to the smallest, are under assault all day, every day from the staggering number of cybersecurity threats floating around the digital...

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izo: The Sweet Sound Of Automated Payables
izo: The Sweet Sound Of Automated Payables
August 28, 2018  |  Digital Payments

When watching dance in videos, chances are good that those videos are from media company DanceOn, owned and operated by music platform izo. The story of...

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