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Commanders In Chief: For Payments Innovation, Look Beyond The Pipes
Commanders In Chief: For Payments Innovation, Look Beyond The Pipes
August 17, 2017  |  Payment Methods

It’s been said that change is the only constant in, well, you name it. The aphorism holds especially true for payments, an industry in which technology...

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Pay By Sound: It’s Back!
Pay By Sound: It’s Back!
August 09, 2017  |  Payment Methods

Sound travels at 767 miles per hour, so if you want a faster contactless payment, audio waves aren’t a bad vehicle for it. But harnessing...

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xPressTap: mPOS Without The Dongle
xPressTap: mPOS Without The Dongle
August 07, 2017  |  Payment Methods

A payments solution that requires micromerchants to buy — and then wait for — special hardware isn’t much of a solution if you ask Joe...

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What Walmart Pay Knows That Apple Pay Doesn’t
What Walmart Pay Knows That Apple Pay Doesn’t
August 07, 2017  |  Payments Innovation

A lot of exciting things have happened in payments — and commerce, more broadly — over the last three years. PayPal became pals with the card networks...

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USAT CEO On The Unattended Retail OS
USAT CEO On The Unattended Retail OS
July 27, 2017  |  Unattended Retail

Following the slow implosion of brick-and-mortar retail, what phoenix will rise from the ashes? Will the world be left to choose between a small number...

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USA Technologies Eyes Public Offering
USA Technologies Eyes Public Offering
July 10, 2017  |  IPO

The payment technology service provider USA Technologies, Inc., (USAT) which powers integrated cashless and mobile transactions in self-service retail settings, may go public, according to a...

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Data Dive: Three As Edition — Apple, Amazon And Android
Data Dive: Three As Edition — Apple, Amazon And Android
June 12, 2017  |  Data Dive

The news cycle — which was a somewhat chaotic place last week, with a never-ending series of hearings on Capital Hill followed by an somehow...

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Apple Is Opening Its NFC Chip To Third-Party Apps
Apple Is Opening Its NFC Chip To Third-Party Apps
June 08, 2017  |  News

Apple will enable third-party app developers to get access to the NFC chip inside the iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7 Plus via the iOS...

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Wells Fargo Announces Support for PayPal For In-Store Payments
Wells Fargo Announces Support for PayPal For In-Store Payments
April 18, 2017  |  Mobile Payments

Wells Fargo said Tuesday (April 18) that its customers will be able to use PayPal to make near-field communication (NFC) in-store payments over Android phones....

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