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How To Get DIY Landlords To Play The Digital Payments Game
How To Get DIY Landlords To Play The Digital Payments Game
May 17, 2019  |  Digital Payments

Pain comes in many forms, including through anticipation. That holds true for the world of payments, even in this golden age of digital transactions and...

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Accounts Payable Automation And Innovation Friction
Accounts Payable Automation And Innovation Friction
May 02, 2019  |  Today In Data

Innovation for accounts payable is often an afterthought, but automated solutions can efficiently onboard customers, cut back on errors and eliminate paper-based invoicing systems. In...

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Are Merchants Ready For PSD2 And SCA’s 150-Millisecond Learning Curve?
Are Merchants Ready For PSD2 And SCA’s 150-Millisecond Learning Curve?
April 30, 2019  |  Authentication

PSD2 will change – indeed is changing – online commerce in Europe and beyond. In a podcast with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster, Rob Eleveld, CEO of...

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How Credit Unions Face — And Embrace — Digital Disruption
How Credit Unions Face — And Embrace — Digital Disruption
April 22, 2019  |  Credit Unions

“You can’t teach an old dog new tricks” — so goes the dim, cynical saying. That would seem to apply to credit unions (CUs), and to...

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Digital Dangers And Solutions
Digital Dangers And Solutions
April 16, 2019  |  Today In Data

There’s a double-barreled threat pointed toward financial institutions, and now warnings are increasing about shadow banking. Meanwhile, there are moves afoot to remove friction from...

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Why Card Replacement Is Every Bank’s ‘Moment Of Truth’
Why Card Replacement Is Every Bank’s ‘Moment Of Truth’
April 09, 2019  |  Payment Methods

It happens. An issuer suspects a card has been compromised, or a consumer remembers that their debit card is in their jacket pocket only after...

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Helping SMBs Crack Digital ID Verification
Helping SMBs Crack Digital ID Verification
March 29, 2019  |  Authentication

Verifying a user’s digital ID is essential for platforms large and small. Yet,  UK startup Passbase COO Dave McGibbon tells Karen Webster that SMBs often...

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What Is The Perfect Payments Experience?
What Is The Perfect Payments Experience?
March 15, 2019  |  Payment Methods

Here’s an exercise that may come off as too academic – like a debate over how many angels fit on a pinhead – but is really...

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Mastercard: The Why Of The Ethoca Buy
Mastercard: The Why Of The Ethoca Buy
March 13, 2019  |  Mastercard

In the quest to reduce false positives and chargebacks, and boost digital commerce for consumers, Mastercard is buying Ethoca. Johan Gerber, executive vice president of...

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