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Synctera Launches Compliance Program Ground Control
August 03, 2022

FinTech platform Synctera has launched Ground Control, a banking and compliance program designed to help creators of financial products ensure they are meeting banking and financial regulatory obligations. Ground Control gives FinTech builders the choice of having compliance tasks managed by Synctera, including know your...

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SpaceX and Mattel Take Toymaking to the Stars
July 23, 2022

Rumors that Elon Musk has been spotted squiring a “Barbie” around Los Angeles and San Francisco sounded catty and mean until a recent bit of news made the picture clearer, like the time they had to basically put eyeglasses on a near-sighted Hubble Space Telescope....

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Dee Hock’s Vision Shaped Payments’ Modern Age — From Cards to Crypto
July 20, 2022

More than 20 years before his passing last week at the age of 93, Visa founder and CEO Emeritus Dee Hock wrote a book that is an apt summation of where we are today. “The Birth of the Chaordic Age.” If your mind’s eye incorrectly...

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Embedded Payments Pegged to Power ‘Transition Economy’ for Next Decade
July 08, 2022

We’re living in an age of change, according to Conversion Capital Sole Founder and General Partner Christian Lawless. “These are unprecedented times, bringing about an enormous amount of change to trade, consumption and investment,” Lawless told PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster. Even in an age marked...

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Fourth of July Cookouts Get Automated Assist From Robots
July 04, 2022

The days of major national events causing backlogs in commercial foodservice establishments and absolute messes in consumers’ home kitchens may soon be behind us. As new robotic solutions emerge to automate food preparation and production, turning out large quantities of delectable treats for big parties...

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Wastewater Beer Offers Revolutionary — but Revolting — Twist on Conscious Cookouts
July 01, 2022

It being the July Fourth holiday weekend in America — what some Brits still call “that day” — we will be barbecuing and picnicking. On what? Brats and burgers? Veggie chicken nuggets? For those of legal age, why not wash whatever it is down with yummy,...

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PYMNTS AM Radar: Women Grabbing More Startup Funds; Redefining Restaurant Normal; BNPL Alert; ICYMI
June 08, 2022

Today is Wednesday, June 8 and actor Matthew McConaughey stopped by the White House to make a tearful plea for stepping up gun control laws. Walmart Heir Rob Walton is buying the Denver Broncos for $4.65 billion and Securities and Exchange Commissioner Chairman Gary Gensler...

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PYMNTS AM Radar: Grocery Shopping; Money-Out Mobility; Client-to-Client Loans; ICYMI
May 26, 2022

It’s Thursday, May 26 and it’s National Blueberry Cheesecake Day, so grab a slice and cozy up to this memo Bill Gates wrote 27 years ago today, outlining a strategy for Microsoft to dominate the internet.  “The Internet Tidal Wave” signaled Microsoft’s pivot to focus...

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Developers Compete to Find New Use Cases for Connected Car Data
May 25, 2022

Connected car data will lead to new applications and new customer experiences, according to Porsche Cars North America (PCNA). After hosting a competition in which it gave developers access to resources to test their ideas for data-driven technology services, the company spotlighted three different use...