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Could The Coronavirus Crisis Solve Digital IDs’ ‘Chicken and Egg’ Problem?
Could The Coronavirus Crisis Solve Digital IDs’ ‘Chicken and Egg’ Problem?
March 17, 2020  |  Authentication

When all is said and done, when the pandemic is over, when we emerge on the other side of this, it’s safe to say that...

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Red Hat: Innovating Payments The Open Source Way
Red Hat: Innovating Payments The Open Source Way
March 17, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

To stay competitive, especially with digital startups unencumbered by legacy systems, traditional financial institutions (FIs) need to deliver seamless customer services to individual consumers and...

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Not All ISV Roads Must Lead To Being A PayFac
Not All ISV Roads Must Lead To Being A PayFac
March 17, 2020  |  Payments As A Service

For software companies, the quickest route to top-line and margin torque might be to offer payments to their merchant customers — onboarding those merchants and...

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As SMBs Grapple With Virus, No Assurance From Insurance
As SMBs Grapple With Virus, No Assurance From Insurance
March 17, 2020  |  Coronavirus

The coronavirus continues to have reverberations across the global stage, and is especially impacting developed economies, and in particular, the small businesses that are a...

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Qdoba’s Upgraded App Leaves No Reward Point Behind
Qdoba’s Upgraded App Leaves No Reward Point Behind
March 16, 2020  |  Mobile Order Ahead

Mobile order-ahead is growing faster than ever before, with digital ordering and delivery having grown 300 percent faster than in-store dining since 2014. Approximately 60...

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Mastercard: The Impact Of Pay On Demand On Africa’s Smartphone Future
Mastercard: The Impact Of Pay On Demand On Africa’s Smartphone Future
March 16, 2020  |  Merchant Innovation

Inclusion is a laudable goal — bringing the 1.7 billion unbanked and underbanked people worldwide into the global digital marketplace is a nearly uncontested good....

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Why Hoarding Toilet Paper Ain’t A Charmin’ Sign of Things to Come
Why Hoarding Toilet Paper Ain’t A Charmin’ Sign of Things to Come
March 16, 2020  |  Coronavirus

Hoarding is never pretty, and rationing goods in response to hoarding is never pretty either. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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How Coronavirus Will (And Won’t) Change The Gig Economy
How Coronavirus Will (And Won’t) Change The Gig Economy
March 16, 2020  |  Gig Economy

The headlines state that we are in uncertain, and in some ways, unprecedented times. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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How JD.com Uses AI To Connect Consumers With Commerce
How JD.com Uses AI To Connect Consumers With Commerce
March 13, 2020  |  Artificial Intelligence

There is nothing worse than trying to get customer service from a less than fully functional chatbot or automated voice system. Get the Full Story...

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