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Man Plus Machine: Better Together In The Fight Against Fraud
Man Plus Machine: Better Together In The Fight Against Fraud
August 30, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Fraudsters are like those wanton drivers running red lights while they text or granting themselves the right of way in a rotary when the law...

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This Week In Retail: Finances, Delivery And IT
This Week In Retail: Finances, Delivery And IT
August 18, 2017  |  Retail

This week in retail, there has been news coming in from opposite sides of the spectrum. We saw a huge surge in bitcoin’s value, expansions...

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AI/BOTS: Cognitive Chatbots, New Retail Frontier
AI/BOTS: Cognitive Chatbots, New Retail Frontier
August 16, 2017  |  Chatbots

More human and less robotic is the sound of the beating retail drum this year. As cognitive-enabled chatbots have worked their way into everyday shopping...

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The Sky’s The Limit For Kenyan Online Marketplace Sky.Garden
The Sky’s The Limit For Kenyan Online Marketplace Sky.Garden
August 14, 2017  |  Retail

Africa is getting its own version of Amazon. Or at least, Nairobi, Kenya, is, with potential to one day see this marketplace representing all major...

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So, You Want To Be A PayFac
So, You Want To Be A PayFac
August 14, 2017  |  News

So, you want to be a PayFac? As a software platform, you’ve decided that instead of referring merchants to a third-party provider to process payments,...

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PayPal Acquires Swift Financial To Expand SMB Lending Options
PayPal Acquires Swift Financial To Expand SMB Lending Options
August 11, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

The Great Recession had a crippling effect on credit markets across the board. Consumers, enterprise-sized businesses and small businesses (SMBs) all found themselves caught in...

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Local Retailers, Surviving or Dying in Retail’s Evolution?
Local Retailers, Surviving or Dying in Retail’s Evolution?
August 10, 2017  |  Retail

At the basic level of retail industry chatter online, much of the focus is on the battle between brick-and-mortar versus eCommerce. While the closing of...

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FLEETCOR Closes On Its $690M Buy Of Cambridge Global Payments
FLEETCOR Closes On Its $690M Buy Of Cambridge Global Payments
August 10, 2017  |  Payments Innovation

FLEETCOR Technologies, a global provider of commercial payment solutions, announced Wednesday (Aug. 9) that it has closed its acquisition of Cambridge Global Payments, the B2B...

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AI/BOTS: Consumer Behavior Transformation Via AI
AI/BOTS: Consumer Behavior Transformation Via AI
August 08, 2017  |  Retail

Gone are the days of mom-and-pop stores where the owner behind the counter knew what the customer wanted before he or she even spoke. Rather...

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