friction

Merchants And Innovators Fight Friction — But Sometimes It Wins
Merchants And Innovators Fight Friction — But Sometimes It Wins
February 07, 2019  |  Today In Data

Reducing friction is among the top goals of the digital era. Sometimes, real-life payments hassles encourage entrepreneurial action to fix a global problem. Other times, innovators combine...

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Merchants Gone Wild: The Surcharge Edition
Merchants Gone Wild: The Surcharge Edition
January 28, 2019  |  Regulation

Since about mid-December of 2018, checking out in the stores here in Boston has become even more of a hassle. Never mind the people who...

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Today In Data: Giving Customers What They Want
Today In Data: Giving Customers What They Want
December 11, 2018  |  Today In Data

The customer is always right, which means giving them what they want is rule one of commerce. But what the customer wants can be a...

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Today In Data: Striking A Balance Between Convenience And Security
Today In Data: Striking A Balance Between Convenience And Security
November 28, 2018  |  Today In Data

Keeping consumers happy enough to make them loyal customers is no easy task, particularly as the list of things they are looking for in a...

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Today In Data: Fighting The Many Flavors Of Friction
Today In Data: Fighting The Many Flavors Of Friction
November 12, 2018  |  Today In Data

If one had to take digitization and sum it up under a single goal, fighting friction would probably be as good a heading as any....

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Yooz Taps SnapCheck To Digitize Checks In Accounts Payable
Yooz Taps SnapCheck To Digitize Checks In Accounts Payable
November 01, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Invoicing and payments Software-as-a-Service company Yooz has struck a strategic partnership with SnapCheck to address the friction of companies paying suppliers by check. A press release...

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Can Virtual Cards Void Checks’ Feeble Future?
Can Virtual Cards Void Checks’ Feeble Future?
September 20, 2018  |  B2B Payments

In an effort to kill the check — where B2B payments are anything but efficient — might virtual cards be the answer? In an interview with...

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PayPal, Small Businesses And The Ongoing Fight Against Friction
PayPal, Small Businesses And The Ongoing Fight Against Friction
September 11, 2018  |  Payment Methods

At the end of the day, small businesses want to do the thing they went into business to do. Shoe stores want to sell shoes, accountants...

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Pay By Face: 3D Facial Recognition And Frictionless Checkout
Pay By Face: 3D Facial Recognition And Frictionless Checkout
June 21, 2018  |  Authentication

It’s one of the ideals of payments and commerce, a vision that drives so much research and experimentation: Making it through a store checkout lane...

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