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In Financial Services Innovation, Disruption Isn’t Everything

In Financial Services Innovation, Disruption Isn’t Everything
In Financial Services Innovation, Disruption Isn’t Everything
October 18, 2017  |  Payment Methods

In payments, innovation doesn’t always have to materialize in disruptive waves, but can come, rather, through incremental evolution.  In an interview with Karen Webster, i2c...

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The Startup That’s Using AI To Take On The Grocery Giants
The Startup That’s Using AI To Take On The Grocery Giants
October 18, 2017  |  Matchmakers

“In a world where everything can be delivered to my doorstep, why am I wandering around a Safeway at nine o’clock at night trying to...

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How Payments, In Context, Become Events
How Payments, In Context, Become Events
October 17, 2017  |  Payment Methods

Each event in life is made up of smaller decisions and actions, all combined in moving parts to make a cohesive whole. Why should payments...

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What’s Fueling Innovators’ Global B2B Payments Focus
What’s Fueling Innovators’ Global B2B Payments Focus
October 17, 2017  |  B2B Payments

The cross-border payments space presents a whole host of challenges for FinTech innovators to try to solve, with new solutions targeting everything from global eCommerce...

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In Payments, For Consumers, Form (Factor) Follows Function
In Payments, For Consumers, Form (Factor) Follows Function
October 17, 2017  |  Today In Data

Mobile wallets as a natural extension of contactless?  Seems so, especially among the younger set -- and as WePay found in a recent survey, 85...

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Why The ICBA Doesn’t Want Square To Be A Bank
Why The ICBA Doesn’t Want Square To Be A Bank
October 17, 2017  |  Alternative Credit

Despite the fact that they are currently being hotly pursued by technologists, the Industrial Loan Charter (ILC) is not exactly a new idea. The concept – originally...

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Community Banks Take A Swing At FinTech Collaboration
Community Banks Take A Swing At FinTech Collaboration
October 16, 2017  |  SMBs

Last week, P2Bi announced the rollout of a new partnership program that enables community banks to participate in its small business loan marketplace. Get the...

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Why APIs Are The Beginning — Not The End
Why APIs Are The Beginning — Not The End
October 16, 2017  |  Banking

From an acronym known mostly by programmers in the early 2000s to something thousands of innovators have embraced to ignite numerous innovative solutions, it’s been...

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