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How Pre-Authorization Risk Checks Are Payments Wave Of The Future
How Pre-Authorization Risk Checks Are Payments Wave Of The Future
October 17, 2019  |  Consumer Authentication

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The Invisible Opportunities In Integrated Payments
The Invisible Opportunities In Integrated Payments
October 17, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

Consumers may not spend much time thinking about payments, but they certainly have expectations for them. High expectations, in fact: As the 2010s are drawing...

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Why Simple And Instant Is The Secret To Making Rebates Truly Rewarding
Why Simple And Instant Is The Secret To Making Rebates Truly Rewarding
October 17, 2019  |  Consumer Finance

Rebates and cash-back offers sound great in theory — the customer purchases something they wanted anyway, and get a small incentive payment to reward them...

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Netflix Earnings Soar, But Subscribers Slip As New Streaming Players Spin Up
Netflix Earnings Soar, But Subscribers Slip As New Streaming Players Spin Up
October 16, 2019  |  Earnings

Netflix’s results were somewhat mixed when the streaming giant released its earnings figures Wednesday afternoon (Oct. 16), the market’s response to them was not. Shares...

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Google’s Plan To Make Its Assistant Ubiquitous And Invisible
Google’s Plan To Make Its Assistant Ubiquitous And Invisible
October 16, 2019  |  Innovation

The cool weather was slow to show up in some parts of the U.S. this year (although the pumpkin spice-flavored goods showed up right on...

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CFPB’s Debt Collection, Payday Lending Rules Come Under Fire In Congressional Hearing
CFPB’s Debt Collection, Payday Lending Rules Come Under Fire In Congressional Hearing
October 16, 2019  |  CFPB

Payday lending practices again came under fire Wednesday (Oct. 16) from members of the U.S. Congress, as Kathy Kraninger, director of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau...

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Bank of America Sees 76 Pct Boost In Q3 Zelle Payments
Bank of America Sees 76 Pct Boost In Q3 Zelle Payments
October 16, 2019  |  Earnings

Zelle P2P payments increased 76 percent year-over-year (YoY) in the third quarter of 2019, Bank of America said on Wednesday (Oct. 16), signaling the latest burst of...

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Retail Sales Slump Raises Questions About Consumer Spending
Retail Sales Slump Raises Questions About Consumer Spending
October 16, 2019  |  Economy

One of the laws of physics, loosely phrased, is that an object in motion stays in motion, on its path, until outside forces act to...

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Disrupting The $31 Billion Toilet Paper Industry
Disrupting The $31 Billion Toilet Paper Industry
October 16, 2019  |  Retail

While toilet paper seems like a product that should have been around for as long as there has been commerce, it actually is a fairly...

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