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Old ATM Gets Big Upgrade As NCR Unveils ‘NextGen’ Cash Machine
October 05, 2020

As the banking world goes increasingly digital, the clunky old ATM is getting a badly need reboot. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our...

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Real-World Experiences From Tourism To Gambling Are Going Digital
October 02, 2020

With U.S. airline-passenger miles down some 70 percent as COVID-19 has consumers afraid to fly, Amazon and other eCommerce players are trying to get Americans to do their sightseeing and other once-routine activities from the comfort of their own homes. Get the Full Story Complete...

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The Outside-The-Box Ways The World Is Beating Boredom
September 26, 2020

The late William F. Buckley Jr. famously once said that “boredom is the deadliest poison.” That might have been a bit hyperbolic when he said it, but after a half-year stuck at home, Americans can probably appreciate how true that statement really is. Get the...

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Will Your Local Restaurant Soon Have Robot Workers?
September 22, 2020

Six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, restaurants’ shifts toward high-tech solutions are old news. Online ordering, digital delivery, curbside pick-up, QR code-based menus and ordering – the technological upgrades have come one after the other. Dining venues big and small have pivoted to meet the needs of consumers...

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QSRs Flex Their Creative Cocktail Muscles
September 19, 2020

It’s a problem that has plagued connoisseurs of fine food and wine for generations that until very recently had no solution: What’s the right wine to pair with a Taco Bell chalupa? Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Digital Onboarding Comes To Higher Education
September 17, 2020

Universities are getting schooled in “pandenomics” — a portmanteau of “pandemic” and “economics” coined by PYMNTS to describe manifestations of COVID-era financial change in different verticals. Higher education is not immune from pandenomics, and is undergoing its own reset as institutions of higher learning synthesize...

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A CFO’s Take On Growing Businesses In A World Full Of Unknowns
September 17, 2020

This will be the first holiday season in roughly 40 years when Black Friday isn’t quite happening on the day after Thanksgiving. That isn’t to say Black Friday isn’t happening at all — a fact that Karen Webster and Kount Chief Financial Officer Scott Klossner observed...

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Virtual Roar Of The Crowd Enough For ‘Virtual’ Fandom Amid Pandemic?
September 11, 2020

Now if only they could recreate the smell of the hotdogs, the taste of the flat overpriced beer — or pipe in the obnoxious play-by-play patter of the guy behind you. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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Mastercard Leads New Central Bank Digital Currency Test Platform
September 09, 2020

Mastercard has announced a new virtual testing platform for Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS...