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First Data: Bricks Held Their Own Against The Clicks On Black Friday
First Data: Bricks Held Their Own Against The Clicks On Black Friday
December 04, 2018  |  Retail

Tough to beat was 2017's Black Friday shopping season, but beaten it was as U.S. consumers remained strong. A new report from First Data shows...

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IoT Needs An Injection Of Trust — As Much As It Can Get, In Fact
IoT Needs An Injection Of Trust — As Much As It Can Get, In Fact
November 28, 2018  |  Internet of Things

It’s being built with every new car and truck on the road, every smart speaker sold this holiday season, every time a new TV is...

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High Revenues, Low Margins An Opportunity In X-Border Corporate Payments
High Revenues, Low Margins An Opportunity In X-Border Corporate Payments
November 27, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Consumers may secure the majority of payments innovation efforts, but when it comes to cross-border payments, the opportunity undoubtedly lies in corporate transactions. In a...

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Sage’s Cloud Migration To Slow Growth, Says New CEO
Sage’s Cloud Migration To Slow Growth, Says New CEO
November 26, 2018  |  B2B Payments

U.K. small business (SMB) accounting software firm Sage is anticipating a slowdown in growth as it focuses on its migration to the cloud, Reuters reported recently....

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Xiaomi Will Have 5K Stores In India By End Of Next Year
Xiaomi Will Have 5K Stores In India By End Of Next Year
November 22, 2018  |  Retail

Chinese tech giant Xiaomi plans to have 5,000 of its stores open in India by the end of 2019. “It’s been over a year since...

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Walgreens, Humana Mull Partnership Expansion
Walgreens, Humana Mull Partnership Expansion
November 21, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Drugstore owner Walgreens Boots Alliance is in preliminary discussions with health insurer Humana about possibly taking equity stakes in each other. The companies already have...

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Businesses Want Real-Time Payments — What Will It Take To Get There?
Businesses Want Real-Time Payments — What Will It Take To Get There?
November 20, 2018  |  Faster Payments

Real-time payments: It’s one of those changes that everyone seems to agree on, but could still use some push. That’s the idea behind the recently...

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Will Walmart Become The Third-Largest eTailer?
Will Walmart Become The Third-Largest eTailer?
November 16, 2018  |  Earnings

It would be an overstatement to say that Amazon should be incredibly worried about Walmart these days — as Amazon is undeniably doing great by almost...

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NEW REPORT: QSRs Must Look Beyond Mobile To Win Connected Consumers
NEW REPORT: QSRs Must Look Beyond Mobile To Win Connected Consumers
November 16, 2018  |  Commerce Connected

The quick-service restaurant (QSR) industry is on track to continue a decade and a half’s worth of growth this year, with consumers projected to spend...

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