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Bridging Blockchain’s Comprehension Gap
Bridging Blockchain’s Comprehension Gap
June 27, 2017  |  Data Drivers

Bitcoin — and the technology that enables it — has certainly had a rather fast trip from obscurity to mainstream awareness. In January 2009, the so-called “Genesis...

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Everyone Hates Payday Lenders And Check Cashers (Except The People Who Use Them)
Everyone Hates Payday Lenders And Check Cashers (Except The People Who Use Them)
June 27, 2017  |  Loans

Everyone hates consumer lenders — politicians, consumer groups, prayer circles — except the people who use them. They tend to like the products — and...

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NEW REPORT: Why Wells Fargo Is Going Mobile For Authentication
NEW REPORT: Why Wells Fargo Is Going Mobile For Authentication
June 27, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Changing consumer spending and ever-evolving technological capabilities means that authenticating customers is an always shifting process. So how do financial institutions and security technology providers,...

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Building A More Transparent Payments-as-a-Service Marketplace
Building A More Transparent Payments-as-a-Service Marketplace
June 27, 2017  |  Payments As A Service

Not a news flash. It’s a global commerce world, and merchants that can’t accommodate the payments methods of those global shoppers lose out. The June...

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Mobile Ordering, The New Window To Winning Over Millennial Consumers
Mobile Ordering, The New Window To Winning Over Millennial Consumers
June 26, 2017  |  Mobile Order Ahead

It seems that most every industry these days is vying for millennial dollars and devotion. Like it or not, the 17-to-29-year-olds who have grown up...

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The Buyers: UK Shoppers’ eCommerce Habits
The Buyers: UK Shoppers’ eCommerce Habits
June 26, 2017  |  Retail

Online retail sales in the U.K. have seen a lot of action over the past six months. As we reported back in January, the U.K.’s eCommerce...

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Data Dive, Summer Heat Edition: Venmo Speeds Up, Amex Branches Out And Walmart Takes A Pass
Data Dive, Summer Heat Edition: Venmo Speeds Up, Amex Branches Out And Walmart Takes A...
June 26, 2017  |  Data Dive

Despite its reputation for being what Nat King Cole called “the lazy, hazy time of year,” summer 2017 seems stubbornly determined not to live up...

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SDKs Make The Merchant World Go Round
SDKs Make The Merchant World Go Round
June 26, 2017  |  Retail

Consumers take it for granted that they can hail an Uber, hop in, ride and get out at their destination without fumbling for a wallet....

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Entrepreneurs Start Solo, But Value Networks, HSBC Finds
Entrepreneurs Start Solo, But Value Networks, HSBC Finds
June 26, 2017  |  B2B Payments

A new generation of entrepreneurs is on the horizon, and they’re shaping the way corporates adopt, interact with and influence technology. A new report from...

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