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Perfect Corp. Unveils Contactless Makeup Try-On Features
Perfect Corp. Unveils Contactless Makeup Try-On Features
September 01, 2020  |  Retail

To help beauty brands stay on pace with consumers’ current expectations, Perfect Corp. has unveiled four new contactless makeup try-on functions. The company’s technology now...

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Japan’s Payments Firm Hey Nets Series E Funding Led By Bain Capital
Japan’s Payments Firm Hey Nets Series E Funding Led By Bain Capital
August 04, 2020  |  Investments

Japanese eCommerce and payments platform hey announced a Series E investment led by Bain Capital, a press release says. The round was also supported by...

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Apple Buys Mobeewave For $100M
Apple Buys Mobeewave For $100M
August 02, 2020  |  Apple

Apple has purchased Canadian company Mobeewave, which will allow it to create mobile pay hubs out of iPhones, Bloomberg reported. The deal went down for...

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Contactless, Digital Drive Mastercard Q2 Earnings
Contactless, Digital Drive Mastercard Q2 Earnings
July 30, 2020  |  Earnings

Mastercard reported Q2 earnings results on Thursday (July 30) that in many ways mirrored what rival Visa reported the day before. Like Visa, Mastercard delivered better-than-expected second-quarter results,...

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Food Falters With New COVID Cases
Food Falters With New COVID Cases
July 29, 2020  |  Retail

Mobile order-ahead, added pickup windows, curbside/contactless delivery and other stopgaps of the COVID-19 era are keeping surviving food establishments in business with desperately needed cash...

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Coca-Cola Serves Up Contactless ‘Pour By Phone’ Feature
Coca-Cola Serves Up Contactless ‘Pour By Phone’ Feature
July 13, 2020  |  Retail

Contactless payments have been available since the mid-1990s, but the coronavirus has put the technology in the forefront. Now, Coca-Cola Co. is debuting a touchless...

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How FIs Adapt Fraud Detection During Times Of Behavioral Upheaval
How FIs Adapt Fraud Detection During Times Of Behavioral Upheaval
July 03, 2020  |  Next-Gen Debit

The shuttering and reopening of states' economies are causing seismic shifts in consumer behaviors. Tried and tested ways of catching fraudsters, such as comparing consumers'...

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Merchants And The Big Retail Reset
Merchants And The Big Retail Reset
June 26, 2020  |  Digital Payments

eCommerce has grown about as much in the past few months as it has in the past 10 years. Iain McNicoll, VP of Americas/SMB for...

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Today In Payments: Amazon’s PayFort To Boost Middle East Startups; Next Economic Stimulus Package Could Hit $1T
Today In Payments: Amazon’s PayFort To Boost Middle East Startups; Next Economic Stimulus Package Could...
June 05, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, Amazon is looking at buying a stake in India’s Bharti Airtel, and the Trump administration expects the next round of stimulus...

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