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Green Dot Sees Prepaid, Mobile Driving Top Line Growth
Green Dot Sees Prepaid, Mobile Driving Top Line Growth
November 10, 2016  |  Earnings

Green Dot, the prepaid card and bank operator, said Wednesday (Nov. 9) that revenue and earnings surpassed Wall Street expectations, driven by growth in its...

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Are Digital Wallets The New Prepaid?
Are Digital Wallets The New Prepaid?
November 10, 2016  |  Payment Methods

From Chick-fil-A One to Apple Pay, everybody is trying to give somebody a new, branded and mobile way to pay. But are all these “Pay”...

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Honeyfund Sweetens The Deal Of Digital Honeymoon Gifting
Honeyfund Sweetens The Deal Of Digital Honeymoon Gifting
November 10, 2016  |  Payment Methods

Traditional wedding registries may be losing steam. When it comes to wedding gifts, many couples today are looking for experiences over crockpots. Sara Margulis, cofounder...

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Can Banks Build The Economy Of Trust?
Can Banks Build The Economy Of Trust?
November 09, 2016  |  Banking

Consumers have been burned by financial institutions in more ways than one. From data breaches to market crashes, many have lost trust in the traditional...

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The End Of Cross-Border Payments?
The End Of Cross-Border Payments?
November 09, 2016  |  Matchmakers

People don’t talk about sending email cross-border, so why do we force them to talk about sending money that way? Jeremy Allaire, founder and CEO...

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mVisa’s Mobile Pay Platform Rollout Launched
mVisa’s Mobile Pay Platform Rollout Launched
November 08, 2016  |  Mobile Commerce

mVisa’s new mobile pay service is enabling 60 million more consumers to make digital payments on their mobile devices through a rollout on the Visa Developer...

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China Pushes Controversial Cybersecurity Law
China Pushes Controversial Cybersecurity Law
November 08, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

China passed cybersecurity legislation on Monday (Nov. 7) to combat the growing number of threats of hacking and terrorism. However, Reuters reported that the new...

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MoneyGram On FinTech’s Future: Interoperable And Digital
MoneyGram On FinTech’s Future: Interoperable And Digital
November 08, 2016  |  News

“It is quite amazing really how misunderstood the money transfer industry is,” MoneyGram CEO Alex Holmes told Karen Webster in a recent conversation. Sending money...

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Whole Foods’ Big Top-Down Changes
Whole Foods’ Big Top-Down Changes
November 07, 2016  |  News

Wallis Simpson — the American divorcee behind King Edward VIII’s abdication of the English throne — is famously quoted as having said that, for women,...

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