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QSR & Mobile
NEW STUDY: What Innovative Restaurants Are Doing Right Now
April 25, 2018

Quick Serve Restaurants have mastered making food and drinks, but they are nowhere close to mastering how customers want to be served these days. The latest Restaurant Readiness Index survey shows QSRs should be focusing on digital services to boost the customer experience — and...

Executive Insights
2017 In Payments: The Year Of …
December 15, 2017

A lot can happen in a year. What makes one stand out from another? How shall 2017 go down in the history books? Search Google for “2017: the year of…” and it becomes clear that many have seen this as a year of “death” and...

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Western Union’s P2P Partnership Push
August 07, 2017

Staying in business for 166 years is no small feat on its own — but staying successfully in business with continued growth against increasing competition from FinTech startups is harder still. As of last week’s earnings news, it is clear that Western Union is up for the challenge....

CEO Series
For Consumers, Trust(Arc) And Verify
July 12, 2017

Wary of connected commerce — but nonetheless excited about IoT — consumers are conflicted about the tradeoff between privacy and security. In an interview with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster, Chris Babel, CEO of TrustArc, weighs in on the ways firms can give consumers choice in what...

CEO Series
Corporate Travel’s $1.25T Rewards Opportunity
July 10, 2017

Companies spend $1.25T, yes trillion, annually on business travel. So it’s no wonder they want to find ways to steer employees to spend less on their business trips. In the latest Topic TBD, Rocketrip CEO Dan Ruch explains how some of the biggest companies in the...

CEO Series
In Lending, Next-Day Payout Doesn’t Cut It
July 06, 2017

Online and alternative lending is satiating consumers’ need for speed when it comes to accessing finance. But, while an online loan decision may be near-instant, borrowers may still have to wait several days to actually see the money — and what’s the good in news...

CEO Series
Innovators: Avoid The Siren Song Of “What’s Hot”
July 05, 2017

How to innovate successfully in payments, where as a rule, complexity reigns? According to Applause CEO Doron Reuveni, among the best approaches is to focus less on “what’s hot” and more on the ever-evolving needs of the consumer.

Tracker Series
Developing A Healthy Online Business
June 29, 2017

When it comes to pumping up sales, strategically infused tech can be downright performance-enhancing. In the latest PYMNTS.com Developer Tracker™, powered by Vantiv, Ben Brown at technology-powered health company NutraClick discusses how technology is strengthening the company’s business and continuing to change the way consumers...

CEO Series
Mitek’s CEO On Keeping The Right “Innovation Head Space”
June 27, 2017

Innovation in the tech industry moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around every once in a while, you could miss it. In this week’s Commander in Chief series, we talk with Mitek Systems CEO James DeBello about how to keep the right...