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Merchants And Innovators Fight Friction — But Sometimes It Wins
Merchants And Innovators Fight Friction — But Sometimes It Wins
February 07, 2019  |  Today In Data

Reducing friction is among the top goals of the digital era. Sometimes, real-life payments hassles encourage entrepreneurial action to fix a global problem. Other times, innovators combine...

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Payment And Retail Integration Flows From Many Digital Fronts
Payment And Retail Integration Flows From Many Digital Fronts
February 06, 2019  |  Today In Data

One of the main goals of digital payments and retail is to encourage seamless connections – and not just when it comes to transactions. Smart...

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Making Ends Meet As Consumer Margins Narrow
Making Ends Meet As Consumer Margins Narrow
February 05, 2019  |  Today In Data

Even as the economy’s ongoing health and the growth in jobs and payroll win praise from multiple quarters, further evidence keeps emerging that U.S. consumers...

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Today In Data: Consumers, Brands And The Power Of Self-Sufficiency
Today In Data: Consumers, Brands And The Power Of Self-Sufficiency
February 04, 2019  |  Today In Data

While consumers are always looking for services – and tend to reward customer-obsessed brands – it can be easy to forget that customers also loving helping themselves, and tend...

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Today In Data: Keeping Up In Accelerating Ecosystems
Today In Data: Keeping Up In Accelerating Ecosystems
February 01, 2019  |  Today In Data

While stock prices have been varied as earnings have come out – depending on specific results – the fact of rapidly digitizing payments and commerce...

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Today In Data: Supersized Solutions (For Supersized Troubles)
Today In Data: Supersized Solutions (For Supersized Troubles)
January 31, 2019  |  Today In Data

In a “go big or go home” environment, it is not surprising that so many players prefer to go big. It’s why Apple is playing...

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Today In Data: Adapting To The New Rules As Written
Today In Data: Adapting To The New Rules As Written
January 29, 2019  |  Today In Data

Digital commerce is evolving around the world. In some places, like India, it is happening by statute, and leaving no small amount of confusion in...

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Today In Data: Payment Protocols In The Age Of PSD2
Today In Data: Payment Protocols In The Age Of PSD2
January 28, 2019  |  Today In Data

The European Union’s (EU’s) PSD2 is making merchants that deal with payment data from Eurozone citizens enhance their payment protocols. In other news, Fundbox is expanding access...

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Today In Data: Driving Contactless Adoption With Community Banks
Today In Data: Driving Contactless Adoption With Community Banks
January 25, 2019  |  Today In Data

Community banks could put more contactless cards into the hands of consumers with the help of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA). At the same time, gig economy...

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