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Max Levchin: What’s Missing From Today’s Financial Literacy Initiatives
Max Levchin: What’s Missing From Today’s Financial Literacy Initiatives
April 29, 2019  |  Alternative Finances

By the numbers, Americans are not a very financially literate people.  According to a Standard & Poor’s Global Financial Literacy survey only about 57 percent...

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Resolve Shakes Up B2B POS Payments
Resolve Shakes Up B2B POS Payments
April 23, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The idea started in the B2C world, but it wasn’t long before online sellers were asking about its use for B2B — at least, according...

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How Watch eTailers Sell Historical Timepieces In The Digital Age
How Watch eTailers Sell Historical Timepieces In The Digital Age
April 17, 2019  |  Retail

Innovators in the eCommerce space are borrowing from the past to reinvent old pocket watches by converting them into wristwatches. When Vortic Watch Company Co-Founder...

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Zapt And On-Demand Platforms Powering Move Now-Pay Later
Zapt And On-Demand Platforms Powering Move Now-Pay Later
April 10, 2019  |  Retail

Some entrepreneurs have no intention of starting a company but find inspiration to take on a new venture when a challenge arises in their daily...

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Data Dive, Milestone Edition: Gig Payments, Affirm And Contactless March On
Data Dive, Milestone Edition: Gig Payments, Affirm And Contactless March On
April 08, 2019  |  Data Dive

For baseball fans, April 8 is a day that lives in semi-infamy, as it is the day 45 years ago in 1974 that Hank Aaron...

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Millennials Tap POS Financing Amid Lack Of Credit Options
Millennials Tap POS Financing Amid Lack Of Credit Options
April 05, 2019  |  Loans

For the younger generation, for cash flow, look beyond four walls. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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Affirm Raises $300M In Series F Funding
Affirm Raises $300M In Series F Funding
April 03, 2019  |  Investments

Financial services company Affirm has raised $300 million in a Series F funding round, the company said in a press release. The funding round was...

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Why Hello Kitty Has A Credit File
Why Hello Kitty Has A Credit File
April 01, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Synthetic ID fraud costs banks $2 billion a year.  The bad guys are so crafty that the credit bureaus are unwitting accomplices to the fraud. ...

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Levchin: Why The Affirm-Walmart Partnership Is More Than POS Credit
Levchin: Why The Affirm-Walmart Partnership Is More Than POS Credit
March 04, 2019  |  Alternative Finances

As we learned last week, purchase financing for Walmart customers is changing. In fact, the change has already begun and will continue to roll out over...

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