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How Handset Makers Are Trying To Keep Customers
How Handset Makers Are Trying To Keep Customers
February 27, 2019  |  Retail

In the span of about a decade, the smartphone has gone from revolutionary technology to an everyday tool that everyone on Earth carries in their...

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A Brazilian Challenger Bank’s Smartphone-First Approach To Onboarding And Authentication
A Brazilian Challenger Bank’s Smartphone-First Approach To Onboarding And Authentication
February 26, 2019  |  Authentication

Frustrations with traditional Brazilian bank incumbents have given rise to new digital challenger offerings that are more in sync with the digital consumer. In the...

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Mobile Card Services In Consumers’ Daily Lives
Mobile Card Services In Consumers’ Daily Lives
February 25, 2019  |  Today In Data

Consumers are looking to their smartphones to manage their money with the help of mobile card services (MCS) in 2019. In other news, consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands...

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Boosting Access To Financial Services In Brazil
Boosting Access To Financial Services In Brazil
February 25, 2019  |  Authentication

As fraudsters get more brazen and inventive in the digital information ecosystem, many companies are realizing they can’t thwart these bad actors on their own,...

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Some Smartphones Adding Dedicated Google Assistant Button
Some Smartphones Adding Dedicated Google Assistant Button
February 24, 2019  |  Google

Google has announced that LG, Nokia, Xiaomi, TCL and Vivo will soon launch smartphones with dedicated Google Assistant buttons. “Last year, we took the first step in...

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Health Apps Sharing Users’ Sensitive Data With Facebook?
Health Apps Sharing Users’ Sensitive Data With Facebook?
February 24, 2019  |  Facebook

Facebook is facing new privacy allegations that smartphone users’ data is being shared with the social media giant without their knowledge. According to a report in The...

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Where Consumers Turn To Personalize Their Card Spending Experiences
Where Consumers Turn To Personalize Their Card Spending Experiences
February 22, 2019  |  Mobile

Consumers are not only using their smartphones to text and talk, but to manage how they use their credit, debit and prepaid cards. Whether it’s keeping...

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Global Smartphone Shipments Fell Flat In Fourth Quarter
Global Smartphone Shipments Fell Flat In Fourth Quarter
February 21, 2019  |  Retail

The fourth quarter saw global shipments of smartphones stall, with unit growth of just 0.1 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2017. That’s according...

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How Argentina’s Wilobank Brings Financial Services To Unbanked Populations
How Argentina’s Wilobank Brings Financial Services To Unbanked Populations
February 21, 2019  |  Digital Banking

In Latin America, where roughly 70 percent of the population is unbanked due to traditional banks’ stringent KYC requirements, digital-only challenger banks see an opportunity...

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