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Zelle Makes Its Debut

Zelle Makes Its Debut
Zelle Makes Its Debut
June 13, 2017  |  Payment Methods

By the end of June, Zelle — the bank-backed P2P payments network powered by Early Warning — will be live in the mobile banking apps...

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Mastercard: The “Five Factors” Of Biometrics
Mastercard: The “Five Factors” Of Biometrics
June 13, 2017  |  Mastercard

In the early days of the internet, passwords were relatively friction-free for one reason: there weren’t a lot of places on the internet to use...

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Truth And Myth In The Gig Economy
Truth And Myth In The Gig Economy
June 12, 2017  |  Gig Economy

It's true that young people are embracing the gig economy at a higher rate than older generations, but project-based work isn't just for Millennials. PYMNTS’...

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Dodd-Frank Rollback Tops Regulatory Landscape
Dodd-Frank Rollback Tops Regulatory Landscape
June 12, 2017  |  Bank Regulation

Big picture thinking dominated news surrounding financial services and payments regulations this past week. In the U.K., a contentious election brought “hard” and “soft” Brexit into...

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Divido’s Smart Path To POS Financing Growth
Divido’s Smart Path To POS Financing Growth
June 12, 2017  |  Mastercard

Installment loans in retail are not new – they’ve been around in some form for the last three or four decades.  But as Divido co-founder...

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Contextual Commerce Comes To Higher Education
Contextual Commerce Comes To Higher Education
June 09, 2017  |  Partnerships

Getting tuition paid is one headache. Sending tuition abroad can cause headaches of a different sort: How do you know if your check to Europe...

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Financial Services Innovation/Inertia Tug of War
Financial Services Innovation/Inertia Tug of War
June 09, 2017  |  Fintech Investments

As traditional financial services firms find themselves challenged by FinTech and other upstarts, the choice, when it comes to products, services and even culture, is...

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Skava And The Power Of Consumer Intent
Skava And The Power Of Consumer Intent
June 09, 2017  |  Retail

That retail is changing rapidly — and that many of its oldest and most established players are struggling to keep pace — is not much of...

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