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Turning Currency Volatility Into A Global FX Strategy

Turning Currency Volatility Into A Global FX Strategy
Turning Currency Volatility Into A Global FX Strategy
June 27, 2018  |  Risk Management

Supply chains are globalizing even as rising protectionism threatens to place new challenges and barriers on those trade partnerships. Exposure to the risks of endless...

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How Aaptiv Built The Netflix Of Fitness
How Aaptiv Built The Netflix Of Fitness
June 27, 2018  |  Matchmakers

Like many of the innovators who build and launch their own platform businesses, Ethan Agarwal’s business, Aaptiv, was inspired by a big friction that he found difficult to overcome. Get...

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Here’s Why Context Will Play A Bigger Role In Banking
Here’s Why Context Will Play A Bigger Role In Banking
June 27, 2018  |  Big Data

It’s all about the context — that stands as one of the oldest lessons passed along by teachers and mentors, lest a single fact or...

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First Data: Creating The Digital Disbursements Standard
First Data: Creating The Digital Disbursements Standard
June 26, 2018  |  Payment Methods

Not exotic. Just another step on the path to make instant disbursements a standard way to pay at a time when the demand has never...

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Instagram’s Plans To Turn Context Into Conversions
Instagram’s Plans To Turn Context Into Conversions
June 26, 2018  |  Social Commerce

Context is everything, a truism that is becoming increasingly true when it comes to commerce in the digital age. Having what a customer wants is...

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How Payments Can Keep Gig Workers Sticky
How Payments Can Keep Gig Workers Sticky
June 26, 2018  |  Gig Economy

Even in the digital payments world (and as more people travel more often, sometimes working freelance gigs along their journeys), the concept of home remains strong....

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Hyperwallet CEO: PayPal Acquisition Will Help Hyperwallet ‘Pay The Planet’
Hyperwallet CEO: PayPal Acquisition Will Help Hyperwallet ‘Pay The Planet’
June 25, 2018  |  Cross-border Payments

From music royalties to airline vouchers, there are many reasons organizations may need to push payments to individuals in various amounts, currencies, forms and frequencies,...

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Rebundling The Unbundled Bank
Rebundling The Unbundled Bank
June 25, 2018  |  Bank Regulation

FinTechs by the dozen. Apps by the dozen. Banks have competitive, operational and communication challenges in place, as Mitch Siegel, National FS Strategy and Transformation...

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