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WeChat Pushes Digital Payments (Red) Envelope 903 Percent
February 16, 2016

China is seeing a massive shift towards digital payments, with more consumers opting to send money digitally instead of stuffing cash in red envelopes. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

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JPMorgan-Backed FinLab Opens Applications For Startups
February 15, 2016

JPMorgan Chase has announced a $3 million year-two challenge for technologically innovative startups, in conjunction with the Financial Solutions Lab (FinLab) at the Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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The Shopping Cart Abandonment Fix
February 14, 2016

Merchants are losing an estimated $4 trillion to shopping cart abandonment – and the problem is only getting worse. But the solution may lie in revamping the credit card payment process obstacle course consumers face when making digital purchases. Klarna CEO North America Brian Billingsley...

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Super Bowl 50 Branding Goes Guerrilla
February 12, 2016

While Broncos fans celebrate and Panthers fans find comfortable holes to crawl in until next season, the rest of the country has been hot on deciphering which Super Bowl commercials were good, bad and ugly. However the chips fall, the adage, “Any publicity is good...

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Zemcar, The Kid-Friendly Uber, To Launch In Boston
February 11, 2016

When Uber first launched, it revolutionized the transportation and social habits of an entire generation. However, younger riders under the age of 18 are still prohibited from participating in the sharing economy’s upward swing. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Why Google Is Giving Away Storage To Protect Security
February 10, 2016

Google Drive is one of those Web services that doesn’t draw much praise for a job well done, but it’s an important asset in Google’s ever-growing tech portfolio. Now, Google is leveraging the latent popularity of Drive for improvements in another area entirely: personal account...

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Chain Restaurants Fight Dirty With Discounts
February 10, 2016

To say the least, Chipotle has had a rough go of things over the past few months. As the Mexican food chain continues to deal with the fallout of the E. coli contamination that brought the chain’s national operations to its knees, its competitors aren’t content...

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The Drone Race For Rural Chinese eCommerce
February 08, 2016

Though the People’s Republic of China lays claim to some of the most densely populated urban centers in the world, just 54 percent of the most populous country’s citizenry calls one or another of its cities home. That leaves about 600 million people unevenly spread...

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Amazon’s Alexa Now Orders Ubers
February 08, 2016

Amazon literally wants its customers to stop touching their phones. Instead, it wants them to rely on its smarter-than-Siri assistant, Alexa, whose voice comes booming out of Amazon Echo every time the user makes a request. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...