Innovation Project 2017

It’s Not Easy Being Green: Cannabis Payments
It’s Not Easy Being Green: Cannabis Payments
March 22, 2017  |  Legal

In 1992, a discussion about buying marijuana was pretty straightforward. Back then, it was illegal and socially stigmatized. Walking into a storefront to buy it...

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Vyze’s Grip Narrows The Gap Between Retailers And Lenders
Vyze’s Grip Narrows The Gap Between Retailers And Lenders
March 21, 2017  |  Retail

Would you buy a product that only worked half the time? Vyze CMO Doug Filak told PYMNTS at IP 2017 that retailers can boost their...

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Can Retail’s Present Keep Up With The Demands Of Its Future?
Can Retail’s Present Keep Up With The Demands Of Its Future?
March 20, 2017  |  Retail

Except for a few notable high-profile examples, it’s not easy to be a retailer these days. The struggle is most apparent when one casts an eye...

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Accept Innovation Launches FinTech Entrepreneur Scholarship For Vets, Immigrants
Accept Innovation Launches FinTech Entrepreneur Scholarship For Vets, Immigrants
March 16, 2017  |  The Innovation Project

Accept Innovation announced on Wednesday (March 15) the launch of a scholarship fund aimed at supporting immigrant and military veteran entrepreneurs who are creating businesses...

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Reading The Mobile Commerce Tea Leaves 
Reading The Mobile Commerce Tea Leaves 
March 03, 2017  |  Mobile Payments

Mobile payments have been the future of payments for a long time. For longer, in fact, than there have even been smartphones — PayPal got...

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And The Winners Are … The Payments Academy Awards
And The Winners Are … The Payments Academy Awards
February 25, 2017  |  The Innovation Project

“Life,” the main character in a multiple Academy Award-winning picture once observed, “is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to...

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War-Gaming The Future Of Small-Dollar Lending
War-Gaming The Future Of Small-Dollar Lending
February 21, 2017  |  Alternative Finances

A year ago, the future of short-term, small-dollar loans in the U.S. — better known colloquially as payday loans — was rather grim. The CFPB was a few weeks...

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Fighting Fraud Via Better Digital IDs
Fighting Fraud Via Better Digital IDs
February 20, 2017  |  Innovation

The process of identification is one that identifies friend or foe and one that builds trust. In commerce, that process extends to ensure that the...

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Credit Where It Must Be Due
Credit Where It Must Be Due
February 10, 2017  |  Payment Methods

Credit where credit is due — and it’s always due, it seems. Every month. The debt that has been racked up domestically has been astronomical,...

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