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How Airbnb, Lime, Turo, Fiverr And Newegg Are Using Instant Payments

How Airbnb, Lime, Turo, Fiverr And Newegg Are Using Instant Payments
How Airbnb, Lime, Turo, Fiverr And Newegg Are Using Instant Payments
August 08, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

Whether it’s a merchant or their customer, an employer or their employee — every party involved in a transaction wants to be paid immediately, without...

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Can Less Digital Security Actually Be More Secure?
Can Less Digital Security Actually Be More Secure?
August 08, 2019  |  Authentication

What was the color of the car you owned in 2005? Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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Why Credit Unions Have A Member Loyalty Gap
Why Credit Unions Have A Member Loyalty Gap
August 08, 2019  |  Digital Payments

Loyalty is a tricky proposition, especially as plastic cards have given way to mobile payments, and there is little mercy for those businesses that get...

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Why China’s SMB IOUs Spell Out Troubles Ahead
Why China’s SMB IOUs Spell Out Troubles Ahead
August 07, 2019  |  Cross-border Payments

Déjà vu for IOUs — and because this is China we’re talking about, it may be the world economy that ultimately pays. Get the Full...

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Why Mastercard Acquired Nets
Why Mastercard Acquired Nets
August 07, 2019  |  Mastercard

 Mastercard is making its largest acquisition to date with its $3.2 billion bid to buy the Denmark-based payments platform, Nets, furthering its European presence and...

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Paytronix’s Open Dining Buy Unlocks Restaurants’ Digital Front Doors
Paytronix’s Open Dining Buy Unlocks Restaurants’ Digital Front Doors
August 07, 2019  |  Connected Economy

Restaurants, like all businesses, have always had a “front door problem” – that is, how to get people in the mood to walk through that...

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Why Mobile Phones Are The Better Consumer Authentication Mousetrap
Why Mobile Phones Are The Better Consumer Authentication Mousetrap
August 07, 2019  |  Authentication

At this point in 2019, we’ve all dealt with some flavor of two-factor authentication that uses SMS one-time passcodes. We attempt a sign-in and see a...

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Has Apple Won The Wearables Wars?
Has Apple Won The Wearables Wars?
August 06, 2019  |  Connected Economy

It’s the customer relationship — that seems to be the main storyline in the smartwatch wars, a competition that has recently seen Fitbit lose significant...

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