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What ‘Unscorable’ Consumers Really Look Like

What ‘Unscorable’ Consumers Really Look Like
What ‘Unscorable’ Consumers Really Look Like
December 08, 2016  |  Financial Inclusion

While credit scores, or the lack thereof, tell lenders a lot about consumers, the traditional credit scoring models don’t always provide a clear picture of...

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Amex Acquires InAuth
Amex Acquires InAuth
December 07, 2016  |  Cybersecurity

The American Express that exists today (i.e., the one that just acquired InAuth) would look pretty foreign to its first employees of 166 years ago...

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Taking The Pain Out Of Marketplace Payments
Taking The Pain Out Of Marketplace Payments
December 07, 2016  |  Matchmakers

No pain — and lots of gain. In this week’s episode of The Matchmaker Is In, Payoneer CEO Scott Galit walked listeners through Payoneer’s decade-plus...

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Attending To Unattended Retail
Attending To Unattended Retail
December 07, 2016  |  Unattended Retail

No more knobs. No more stale candy. The unattended retail experience is one that has evolved beyond the silvery machines of your youth to provide what...

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Store Front Business Index: Will Main Street USA Profit From A Trump Win?
Store Front Business Index: Will Main Street USA Profit From A Trump Win?
December 06, 2016  |  SMBs

As President-Elect Trump has driven stock markets to brand new highs, Main Street might have to wait a bit to see the value. While Store...

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First, Data: Delving Into The Real Deal Of Transactions
First, Data: Delving Into The Real Deal Of Transactions
December 06, 2016  |  Today In Data

Turkey Day has come and gone. Cyber Monday is a memory. Consumer spending was robust through the holiday, as our latest Data Drivers dissects, with Rishi Chhabra,...

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Retailing And eCommerce, Back To The Future
Retailing And eCommerce, Back To The Future
December 05, 2016  |  News

Care to hazard a guess as to where eCommerce and retail may be headed in the year ahead? In our latest Topic TBD installment, Poynt...

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