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Why It Pays To Be Thick In Mobile Payments
Why It Pays To Be Thick In Mobile Payments
May 23, 2016  |  Mobile Payments

Starbucks and Dunkin’ have cracked it. Walmart Pay seems to have all of the ingredients to do it, too. Facebook and Messenger could but haven’t...

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Payments Summer Blockbusters Waiting To Be Written
Payments Summer Blockbusters Waiting To Be Written
May 21, 2016  |  News

For good or ill, summer blockbuster season is undeniably upon us. The highest grossing two movies of the last month have been “Batman v Superman:...

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VCs Get Trendy With $56M In Funding
VCs Get Trendy With $56M In Funding
May 20, 2016  |  B2B Payments

You win some, you lose some. Last week’s venture capital spree in the B2B startup arena has fizzled out, and we’re left with but a...

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Say ‘Hello’ To … Voice Banking?
Say ‘Hello’ To … Voice Banking?
May 20, 2016  |  Digital Banking

Banking is now entering the on-demand, voice-activated fold. In the May edition of the Digital Banking Tracker™, PYMNTS spoke with Ed Metzger, Santander UK’s Head...

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Keeping Payments In Mind When Disrupting The Fleet Industry
Keeping Payments In Mind When Disrupting The Fleet Industry
May 20, 2016  |  B2B Payments

So, you’ve got a disruptive, emerging technology. Now what? In fleet, getting that technology off the ground needs to include a frictionless payments mechanism to...

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A Match Made In (Carrier Billing) Heaven
A Match Made In (Carrier Billing) Heaven
May 20, 2016  |  Payment Methods

Though billions of people around the world have access to smartphones, it doesn’t mean they have access to a payment method that allows them to...

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Walmart, MCX, Theranos – And The Amazon-Gap Pair-Up
Sizzle Or Fizzle: Walmart, MCX, Theranos – And The Amazon-Gap Pair-Up
May 20, 2016  |  Payments Innovation

Were one to ask most brick-and-mortar retailers what their biggest problem is today, Amazon might not be their first pick, but it seems fairly certain...

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