data

Data are individual units of information. A datum describes a single quality or quantity of some object or phenomenon. In analytical processes, data are represented by variables. Although the terms "data", "information" and "knowledge" are often used interchangeably, each of these terms has a distinct meaning.

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Lenders Fight Fraud and Find Borrowers With Alternative Data

Lenders Fight Fraud and Find Borrowers With Alternative Data
Lenders Fight Fraud and Find Borrowers With Alternative Data
August 28, 2025  |  Loans

Watch more: Concora Credit Exec on Giving Credit Infrastructure a Data-Driven Overhaul When federal agencies dial back funding for statistical programs, or when traditional credit...

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Treasury Teams Drop Spreadsheets as BofA Bets on Data Intelligence
Treasury Teams Drop Spreadsheets as BofA Bets on Data Intelligence
August 26, 2025  |  B2B Payments

Watch more: How Treasury Teams Can Harness the ‘Right’ Data for Actionable Insights and Smarter Payments Corporate treasury professionals are no longer reactive gatekeepers of...

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Open Banking Shaken by Market-Regulation Clash
Open Banking Shaken by Market-Regulation Clash
August 25, 2025  |  Legal & Regulation

Open banking in the United States is in flux, characterized by fragmented private efforts and escalating bank-FinTech tension, while Europe evolves under regulation-driven market frameworks....

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i2c Urges Banks to Use Caution When Adding AI to Playbooks
i2c Urges Banks to Use Caution When Adding AI to Playbooks
August 25, 2025  |  Data & Research

Watch more: Fueling Payments Innovation with Traditional and Alternative Data Power In the payments industry, data isn’t just a tool; it’s the bloodstream of operations....

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White House Says UK Abandons Effort to Access Apple User Data
White House Says UK Abandons Effort to Access Apple User Data
August 19, 2025  |  Data & Research

The United States said the United Kingdom will end its effort to access U.S. Apple users’ encrypted data. Tulsi Gabbard, U.S. director of national intelligence,...

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Personalized Pricing Pits Profit Against Privacy
Personalized Pricing Pits Profit Against Privacy
August 19, 2025  |  Travel Payments

Watch more: Personalized Pricing: Smart Strategy or Scary Surveillance? Delta Air Lines’ July disclosure of using personalized pricing, or when the amount an individual pays...

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Why Trust is Data’s Only Real Currency
Why Trust is Data’s Only Real Currency
August 13, 2025  |  Data & Research

Mark Twain once remarked that there are “lies, damned lies, and statistics.” A century later, the line still gets a chuckle. Not because statistics are...

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Structured Data at the Center of CFO’s Forecasting Revolution
Structured Data at the Center of CFO’s Forecasting Revolution
August 12, 2025  |  B2B Payments

“Data is the new oil” is a long-overused cliché. But like oil, data can be refined and structured. Like clichés, data can always be applied...

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