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Giving Customers Good Choices, Instead Of Merely More Options

Giving Customers Good Choices, Instead Of Merely More Options
Giving Customers Good Choices, Instead Of Merely More Options
March 15, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

If two years ago we had reported that Chase and PayPal had struck up a partnership in which Chase Freedom cardholders would get 5 percent...

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BillMo And Walmart Do Money For People Who Don’t Trust Banks
BillMo And Walmart Do Money For People Who Don’t Trust Banks
March 14, 2018  |  Banking

Moving money across country lines is rarely easy or cheap, and that’s especially true in countries with large un- and under-banked populations, like Mexico. In...

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Financial Inclusion: Accelerated, Collaborative, Mobile and Global
Financial Inclusion: Accelerated, Collaborative, Mobile and Global
March 14, 2018  |  Financial Inclusion

There are billions of unbanked individuals in the world. Given access to basic financial services via mobile and other technological conduits, quality of life improves....

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See Spot Run (The Airbnb Of Parking)
See Spot Run (The Airbnb Of Parking)
March 14, 2018  |  Matchmakers

There is almost nothing in life worse than driving aimlessly around a major American metro area in search of a parking spot. And there is...

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Pass The Check: Masterpass Deploys At Restaurants
Pass The Check: Masterpass Deploys At Restaurants
March 13, 2018  |  ResTech

Smartphones at the dinner table? Bruno Degiovanni, VP of digital payments Western Europe at Mastercard, is against it – and as an Italian, he’s not...

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 Why Every Retailer Needs To Act Like A Software Company  
 Why Every Retailer Needs To Act Like A Software Company  
March 13, 2018  |  Payment Methods

Fleet of foot and fickle of mind, consumers are flocking to retailers -- online, and to buy direct.  In the latest Data Drivers, EDITED CEO, Geoff...

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Moving Mortgages Into The Mobile Era
Moving Mortgages Into The Mobile Era
March 13, 2018  |  Alternative Credit

Millennials, we have long been assured, were never, ever going to buy houses. Some hypothesized that the lingering memory of the Great Recession’s origins in profligate mortgage...

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Getting Customers Past The Worst Part Of Online Registration
Getting Customers Past The Worst Part Of Online Registration
March 12, 2018  |  Subscriptions

There’s an art to getting people to sign up and pay for anything these days. More often than not, they’ll turn tail at the first...

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