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Is Paying Consumers For Their Time The Future Of Physical Retail?

Is Paying Consumers For Their Time The Future Of Physical Retail?
Is Paying Consumers For Their Time The Future Of Physical Retail?
February 20, 2020  |  Merchant Innovation

Among the more famous aphorisms of Benjamin Franklin was his 1748 observation that “time is money” —  a fancy way of saying that making money...

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POS Financing: There’s A Lending Marketplace For That
POS Financing: There’s A Lending Marketplace For That
February 19, 2020  |  Point of Sale

In the roughly six decades the card networks have been powering payments at the physical and digital points of sale, it’s hard to imagine that their ubiquity wasn’t...

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Mastercard: Collaboration Is Key To Scaling Real-Time Payments
Mastercard: Collaboration Is Key To Scaling Real-Time Payments
February 19, 2020  |  B2B Payments

With speed being the most obvious value proposition of real-time payments capabilities, and with businesses often looking to extend payment terms as long as possible,...

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How FIs Can Win The Battle Against ‘Smarter’ Payments Fraud
How FIs Can Win The Battle Against ‘Smarter’ Payments Fraud
February 19, 2020  |  Cybersecurity

Not so long ago, payments cyber fraud was done primarily by brute force, through guessing passwords and usernames — a scattershot approach akin to trial...

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Coronavirus Fear Infects NYC Ridesharing
Coronavirus Fear Infects NYC Ridesharing
February 19, 2020  |  Ridesharing

The emergence of a novel threat — particularly one like the COVID-19 coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China — has a way of bringing out...

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Rebuilding Document Authentication For A Faster-Paced Planet
Rebuilding Document Authentication For A Faster-Paced Planet
February 18, 2020  |  Authentication

Technology tends come with much advanced promotion — for the good reason that the more novel an idea, the more time needs to be spent...

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Mastercard: Online Platforms – And Data – Help Cities Tackle Urban Challenges
Mastercard: Online Platforms – And Data – Help Cities Tackle Urban Challenges
February 18, 2020  |  Mastercard

Bright lights, big (and small) cities and Big Data. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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Fighting Fraudsters At The FI/Customer Journey Starting Line
Fighting Fraudsters At The FI/Customer Journey Starting Line
February 18, 2020  |  Cybersecurity

In the battle against fraudsters, financial institutions (FIs) must start at the beginning – literally. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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