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2017
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RetailWalmart Announces Most Popular Items Bought Online In Each State...
Wondering what consumers in your home state are buying on Walmart.com? The company has...
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RetailThe Conversations That Defined The Reinvention Of Retail In 2017
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” There are...
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Alternative FinancesThe Wild Ride In Alternative Financing In 2017
A decade ago, the world of financial services saw what was perhaps its greatest...
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Karen Webster52 Mondays, 52 Conversations, 52 Ways Of Looking At Payments
No year in payments is exactly alike – perhaps conversation is the only constant....
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RetailRetail Sets Records For Store Closures
It was a record-breaking year in retail, according to reports — but not the good...
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EconomyLabor Market Heats Up, But Whither Services Sector?
The U.S. labor market in 2017 is getting a bit tighter. And at the...
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MobileSamsung Still The Mobile Phone Leader In Q2
Samsung Electronics remained the leader in terms of global mobile smartphone shipments during Q2...
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RetailUnder Armour Cautiously Plans Future Amid Slumping Sales
The earnings numbers are in for Under Armour, and it’s not exactly what the sports...
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Amazon CommerceSmall Businesses Sold More Than 2 Billion Items On Amazon...
Amazon announced that small businesses (SMBs) and entrepreneurs sold more than two billion items...
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Payment MethodsCiti Lays Out Plans To Focus On Digital Services In...
Citi, in its first investor meeting since the 2008 recession Tuesday (July 25), announced...
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RetailChina's Online Retail Sees Big Boost in 2017
All over the world, the retail industry is seeing a major transformation. As more...
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InvestmentsMobile Investments To Reach 1B Trades With Acorns
The financial services space has many players in the field moving money throughout the...
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Stock IndexCapital One’s Stock Gets 5 Percent Boost
Capital One’s Q2 earnings are in and have beat Wall Street analysts’ expectations. While...
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RetailBank Of America Latest To Lower iPhone Shipments Forecast
Apple has seen Bank of America Merrill Lynch join a growing list of Wall...
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RetailDiebold Shares Plunge On Lowered Sales Guidance
Diebold Nixdorf shares plunged 23 percent on Wednesday, hit by reduced revenue guidance that...
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Payment MethodsBiometric Mobile Payments Set To Explode In 2017
Mobile payments using biometrics to authenticate the user is forecasted to reach close to...
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RetailMore Retail Bankruptcies Expected In 2017
The retail sector has been suffering a lot of pain this year, with bankruptcies...
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EarningsMastercard CEO Counts 85M Global Masterpass-Enabled Accounts
Card issuer Mastercard posted results Tuesday morning that bested analyst estimates, buoyed by increased...
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EarningsWestern Union Results Buoyed By Digital
Western Union posted results that were mixed, topping the quarter’s estimates slightly on the...
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InnovationInnovation Project Has Arrived
The big day has finally arrived — no thanks to Mother Nature, who decided to...
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Security & FraudYahoo Reports Another Major Data Breach ... Again
The data breach news keeps getting worse for Yahoo. According to Reuters, Yahoo said...
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Mobile CommerceGlobal Mobile Economy Shows No Signs Of Slowdown
The mobile money market is continuing to not only grow, but also have an...
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RetailDepartment Store Outlook Grim For 2017
It looks like more bad news for the U.S. department store sector. After a...
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RetailEmail, Social Media King For Retail Marketers
While most retail marketers have similar goals in 2017 in terms of enhancing consumer...
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Chatbot Tracker: Implementing Chatbots in 2017
Heading into the new year, most everyone, retailers included, is looking within to enhance...
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InternationalPayU CEO: What To Watch In 2017
It’s not so much the what, but the where. That’s how PayU CEO Laurent...
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Karen WebsterGetting Ready For 2017? Not Before You Read This
Every Monday, this column space is dedicated to the musings of Karen Webster and...
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Payment MethodsPYMNTS’ 2017 New Year’s Resolutions
Au revoir, 2016! It's been nice knowing you. For Auld Lang Syne and all...
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B2B PaymentsConsortia Key To Blockchain's Success, Says Deloitte
Deloitte has been an early embracer of blockchain technology, and 2016 was a busy...
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B2B PaymentsTreasurers Watching FinTech Innovation To Get An Upgrade
Capital One's Treasury Management Group is already looking ahead to how corporate treasurers will...
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B2B PaymentsSMEs To Ring In 2017 With Regulation On Their Minds
Analysts are peering into the minds of small business owners to find out how...
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Nine eCommerce Retail Trends For 2017
2017 looks like it’s shaping up to be a solid year. Between consumer confidence trending upward and more...
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Blockchain Tracker: Will 2017 Be The Year Of Regulation?
With its original focus on cryptocurrency, blockchain technology made strides, expansions and evolutions this...
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Holiday Consumer Confidence Up, But What About In 2017?
When consumer confidence is up around the holidays, spending is up, and retailers are...
- Blockchain / Distributed Ledger
Blockchain Headed More Mainstream, IBM Says
Could 2016 be “The Year of the Blockchain?" Some research says it could indeed...
