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PODCAST: Has Mobile Flattened The Payments World?

PODCAST: Has Mobile Flattened The Payments World?
PODCAST: Has Mobile Flattened The Payments World?
November 20, 2018  |  Today In Data

In what has been — historically speaking — the blink of an eye, mobile phones have gone from zero to nearly ubiquitous in a remarkably short time. Today, more than 5 billion people on...

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NEW DATA: 14 Ways To Improve Mobile Checkout Conversion
NEW DATA: 14 Ways To Improve Mobile Checkout Conversion
November 19, 2018  |  Checkout Conversion

Smartphones are now more ubiquitous than laptops and desktops. As many as 86 percent of modern consumers own a smartphone, and 23 percent of them...

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How Retail Underdogs Can Avoid An Amazon Holiday Blowout
How Retail Underdogs Can Avoid An Amazon Holiday Blowout
November 19, 2018  |  SMBs

During the holiday shopping season, countless consumers will use digital payments and commerce technology to buy gifts from distant companies — some overseas, some just...

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The Bitcoin Bust And Its Ripple Effects
The Bitcoin Bust And Its Ripple Effects
November 19, 2018  |  Bitcoin

It has not been a great week for the price of bitcoin, or really any cryptocurrency for that matter. The price of bitcoin has fallen and stayed below...

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Guess What? Black Friday Started The Day After Halloween.
Guess What? Black Friday Started The Day After Halloween.
November 17, 2018  |  Retail

Once upon a time, the holiday shopping season had a very, very well-defined start date. The day after Thanksgiving has been known colloquially as Black Friday ever since...

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When AI Technology Gets Up Close And Personal
When AI Technology Gets Up Close And Personal
November 16, 2018  |  Artificial Intelligence

Brighterion CEO Akli Adjaoute says there’s only one measure of AI’s true potential: When the tech is adaptive enough to understand that John at 23...

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KPMG: In Open Banking, ‘Fortune Favors The Brave’
KPMG: In Open Banking, ‘Fortune Favors The Brave’
November 16, 2018  |  Banking

Nearly a year on, Open Banking has a bit of mileage behind it and roadmap stretching ahead. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Will Walmart Become The Third-Largest eTailer?
Will Walmart Become The Third-Largest eTailer?
November 16, 2018  |  Earnings

It would be an overstatement to say that Amazon should be incredibly worried about Walmart these days — as Amazon is undeniably doing great by almost...

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