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Luxury Retail, Luxury Fraud: How Neiman Marcus Is Battling Fraudsters
Luxury Retail, Luxury Fraud: How Neiman Marcus Is Battling Fraudsters
January 09, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Retailers are increasingly using new tools to differentiate between legit and fraudulent transactions. In the latest Digital Fraud Tracker, Neiman Marcus’ Chief Information Security Officer...

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Paya Acquisition Aims To Solve City Hall’s Paper (Billing) Chase
Paya Acquisition Aims To Solve City Hall’s Paper (Billing) Chase
January 09, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Build or buy — or how about buy, then build? Continuing an acquisitive strategy that seeks to expand integrated payment capabilities, Paya said on Tuesday...

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Will Ripple’s Cross-Border Ambitions Sink Or Swim?
Will Ripple’s Cross-Border Ambitions Sink Or Swim?
January 09, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Ripple has seen more than 200 banks sign on to its blockchain powered cross border payment efforts. Progress?  Sure, but perhaps a sea change is...

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Cherry Home CEO: The Future Of Smart Homes And Independent Senior Living
Cherry Home CEO: The Future Of Smart Homes And Independent Senior Living
January 09, 2019  |  Innovation

When talking about advances in home automation and artificial intelligence (AI)-guided systems for consumers, the conversation has a natural tendency to drift toward younger consumers,...

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Singtel’s Dash Plans Remittance Service; KinerjaPay Notches $200M Investment
Singtel’s Dash Plans Remittance Service; KinerjaPay Notches $200M Investment
January 08, 2019  |  Global Payments

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Singtel’s Dash’s plans to introduce a remittance service to...

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Chime’s Expanding Banking Services Menu
Chime’s Expanding Banking Services Menu
January 08, 2019  |  Digital Banking

When Chime’s Co-founders Chris Britt (CEO) and Ryan King (CTO) first set out to start a web bank, it was with one idea in mind:...

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Honda In-Vehicle Payments Now Support Visa, Mastercard, PayPal
Honda In-Vehicle Payments Now Support Visa, Mastercard, PayPal
January 08, 2019  |  Innovation

Paying on the go — literally, as in on the road and in the car — is gaining traction. As noted yesterday in the PYMNTS...

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With New Microsoft Partnership, Is Kroger Digging In Against Amazon?
With New Microsoft Partnership, Is Kroger Digging In Against Amazon?
January 08, 2019  |  Retail

As grocers fight for survival and dominance in the age of Amazon, Kroger is testing connected devices with the help of Microsoft. The retailer plans to pilot technology...

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From Earnings Crunch To Credit Crunch?
From Earnings Crunch To Credit Crunch?
January 08, 2019  |  Economy

By any reckoning, there may be a reckoning coming for stocks. The December no one wants to remember is in the rearview mirror, while January has...

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