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Robots vs Rock Stars: UMG and Roland Share Guidelines for AI Music
Robots vs Rock Stars: UMG and Roland Share Guidelines for AI Music
March 23, 2024  |  Artificial Intelligence

The year is 2034, Taylor Swift hasn’t had work in years, and all our favorite songwriters are just algorithms. This is the future that Universal Music...

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New Data: Instant Disbursement Use Spikes 8X Since 2017
New Data: Instant Disbursement Use Spikes 8X Since 2017
March 22, 2024  |  Accounts Receivable

More than half of United States consumers received disbursements from various corporate and government agencies in the last 12 months. This number is slightly less...

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Visa: Behind-the-Scenes Collaboration Needed to Create eCommerce ‘Magic’ for Small Businesses
Visa: Behind-the-Scenes Collaboration Needed to Create eCommerce ‘Magic’ for Small Businesses
March 21, 2024  |  SMBs

On the face of it, eCommerce has all the hallmarks of magic, especially for small to medium-sized businesses. Imagine: You’re out to lunch with a...

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Mind the Gap: Hiding Digital Features Costs UK Merchants Sales
Mind the Gap: Hiding Digital Features Costs UK Merchants Sales
March 20, 2024  |  VISA

Integrating online features and in-store shopping is reshaping the shopping experience in the U.K. However, more than one-quarter of U.K. merchants don’t offer the digital...

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The Apple Pay Threat Facing Banks
The Apple Pay Threat Facing Banks
March 18, 2024  |  Apple Pay

A friend was preparing for a once-in-a-lifetime yoga retreat to a fancy resort in Malaysia. The trip was a long one with stopovers in Qatar...

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St. Pat’s Showdown: Booze Brands Get Creative
St. Pat’s Showdown: Booze Brands Get Creative
March 16, 2024  |  Retail

As St. Patrick’s Day approaches, beer and liquor brands are gearing up for a showdown to see who can win consumers’ boozy spending, and the...

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Report: An Uncertain Economy Weighs on Embedded Finance Innovation for Marketplaces
Report: An Uncertain Economy Weighs on Embedded Finance Innovation for Marketplaces
March 15, 2024  |  Payments Innovation

Logistics and wholesale trade businesses exhibit robust demand for embedded finance innovations. For example, most payment facilitators (PayFacs), independent software vendors (ISVs) and marketplaces are...

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Critics Blast CFPB’s ‘One-Size-Fits-All’ Approach to Digital Payments Oversight
Critics Blast CFPB’s ‘One-Size-Fits-All’ Approach to Digital Payments Oversight
March 13, 2024  |  CFPB

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is overstepping its bounds when it comes to regulating digital payments firms — especially larger players — critics charged...

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Banking-as-a-Service 2.0 Helps Senders Monetize Instant Payments Ecosystems
Banking-as-a-Service 2.0 Helps Senders Monetize Instant Payments Ecosystems
March 12, 2024  |  Digital Banking

The evolution of money movement, and of banking, are intrinsically linked. That’s why, as money became digitized and embedded, so too did banking, via the...

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