Editor’s Picks

Deep Dive: Third-Party Delivery Apps Face Growth Challenges
Deep Dive: Third-Party Delivery Apps Face Growth Challenges
October 07, 2019  |  Restaurant innovation

Third-party delivery apps such as DoorDash, Grubhub and Uber Eats are in high demand as customers seek to enjoy meals from their favorite fast-food restaurants...

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Why Libraries Are Giving Up On Late Fees
Why Libraries Are Giving Up On Late Fees
October 05, 2019  |  Retail

It has happened to all but the most organized among us. We’re minding our own business, cleaning out a closet or reorganizing the bookshelf, when it...

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Payday Lending Laws Drive Traffic To Pawn Shops
Payday Lending Laws Drive Traffic To Pawn Shops
October 04, 2019  |  Alternative Finances

While short-term lending in general has a pretty rough reputation, the pawn loan is the most ill-regarded arena in an already unloved category of consumer lending. By...

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ClassPass CEO: How Digital Platforms Have Innovated Health, Fitness
ClassPass CEO: How Digital Platforms Have Innovated Health, Fitness
October 04, 2019  |  Merchant Innovation

Consumers are creatures of habit — but those habits can be complex, and can certainly vary according to such factors as geography, age and even...

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How Apple Card Brings ‘Existential Crisis’ To Smaller FIs
How Apple Card Brings ‘Existential Crisis’ To Smaller FIs
October 04, 2019  |  Digital Banking

Apple Card is the tech giants shot across the bow at banks.  Rachna Ahlawat, co-founder and executive vice president of Ondot Systems, tells Karen Webster...

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What’s The Best Way To Navigate The New World Of Payments?
What’s The Best Way To Navigate The New World Of Payments?
October 04, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

These are indeed the days for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the world of payments, and that trend looks likely to hold into the 2020s....

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The Crowdsourced 1099 Salesforce Enters The Picture
The Crowdsourced 1099 Salesforce Enters The Picture
October 04, 2019  |  Business

We are all salespeople — we all have influence over certain friends, relatives, neighbors and co-workers. Assuming people trust us (assuming other people consider us...

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Data Points To US Consumer Spending Slowdown
Data Points To US Consumer Spending Slowdown
October 03, 2019  |  Economy

Consider the stock market free fall a bit of a lagging indicator — one that seems to be playing catch-up to the U.S. economy’s slowing...

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Smart Home Wars Heat Up — Will Apple Catch Up?
Smart Home Wars Heat Up — Will Apple Catch Up?
October 03, 2019  |  Innovation

The long-term battle for payments and commerce supremacy is hitting close to home — literally. And that battle is increasingly involving the heaviest of heavyweights in...

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