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Deep Dive: Why Data Protection Is The Next Great Open Banking Battleground
Deep Dive: Why Data Protection Is The Next Great Open Banking Battleground
August 20, 2020  |  Bank Regulation

Fraudsters took immediate advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic, banking on overwhelmed servers, staff and consumer vulnerability to target everything from eCommerce purchases to government-supported relief...

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Mastercard: Inside The Samsung Pay ‘Super Card’
Mastercard: Inside The Samsung Pay ‘Super Card’
August 20, 2020  |  Mobile Payments

Though the great consumer shift to digital is often seen as a side effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, that’s not entirely accurate, Mike Cowen, Mastercard’s head...

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Keeping Online Tutors From Saying ‘Au Revoir’ To eLearning Platforms
Keeping Online Tutors From Saying ‘Au Revoir’ To eLearning Platforms
August 20, 2020  |  Smarter Payments

The pandemic has raised heated debates about how to safely educate students at a time when having pupils and teachers flock into school buildings and...

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What Banks Need To Know About Corporates’ AR Digitization Journeys
What Banks Need To Know About Corporates’ AR Digitization Journeys
August 20, 2020  |  Accounts Receivable

The coronavirus pandemic was an unanticipated disruption for every business, but for organizations that remain mired in paper, it became what Dave Robertson, managing director...

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ClassPass CEO On Getting The Fitness Industry Back Into Fighting Shape
ClassPass CEO On Getting The Fitness Industry Back Into Fighting Shape
August 20, 2020  |  Merchant Innovation

Navigating the pandemic-altered landscape has been difficult for fitness operators forced to close their physical locations and translate in-person services into digital offerings. But CEO...

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Till CEO: How Flexible Rent Payments Helps Landlords – And Tenants – Avoid Evictions
Till CEO: How Flexible Rent Payments Helps Landlords – And Tenants – Avoid Evictions
August 20, 2020  |  Real Estate

Amid the lingering economic aftershocks of the pandemic looms a housing crisis — if millions of people are unable to pay the rent. After trillions...

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Delivery Hero To Replace Wirecard On Germany’s DAX Index
Delivery Hero To Replace Wirecard On Germany’s DAX Index
August 19, 2020  |  International

Germany’s blue-chip DAX index will be replacing Wirecard, the disgraced payments company, with a new listing for Berlin’s Delivery Hero, the Financial Times (FT) reported....

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App Developers Ask Korea To Probe Apple, Google’s In-App Purchase Policies
App Developers Ask Korea To Probe Apple, Google’s In-App Purchase Policies
August 19, 2020  |  Legal

Korean startups are petitioning the government to look into whether Google and Apple have been violating laws related to in-app purchases, the Korea Herald reported....

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MarcusPay’s Buy Now Pay Later Product Takes Off With JetBlue
MarcusPay’s Buy Now Pay Later Product Takes Off With JetBlue
August 19, 2020  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) point-of-sale credit is such a productive lending model that giant financial brands are getting into the act, adding debt consolidation,...

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