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Straight Outta Yale: Recent Grads Create New Beverage Product Line

Straight Outta Yale: Recent Grads Create New Beverage Product Line
Straight Outta Yale: Recent Grads Create New Beverage Product Line
July 15, 2020  |  Retail

Someday, Onda CEO and Co-Founder Noah Gray will have a great case study to write. Or even a spin on the old “what I did...

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Why The Best Fraud Defenses Need Artificial And Human Intelligence
Why The Best Fraud Defenses Need Artificial And Human Intelligence
July 15, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

There’s an old saying that sunlight is the best disinfectant. Shedding some light on just what the bad guys want — and why and how...

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Goldman’s Apple Card: What Will Q2 Hold?
Goldman’s Apple Card: What Will Q2 Hold?
July 15, 2020  |  Apple Pay

Apple Card — the iPhone-based credit product launched last summer by Goldman Sachs, Apple and Mastercard — is expected to be a hot topic on...

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Citi: FIs’ Role In Creating Resilient Global Trade Finance Initiatives
Citi: FIs’ Role In Creating Resilient Global Trade Finance Initiatives
July 14, 2020  |  Banking

When Citigroup and the International Finance Corp. (IFC) teamed up more than a decade ago, the world remained in the midst of an economic crisis...

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Livestreamed Commerce Goes Glam(hive)
Livestreamed Commerce Goes Glam(hive)
July 14, 2020  |  Retail

Livestreaming eCommerce is finally picking up steam in the U.S., care of an evolving business model from a three-year-old startup called Glamhive. The company has...

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How Retailers Are Cashing In On A US Coin Shortage
How Retailers Are Cashing In On A US Coin Shortage
July 14, 2020  |  Retail

As the United States experiences a coin shortage due to the pandemic, some brick-and-mortar retailers are forcing consumers to tell cashiers to “keep the change.”...

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Casinos’ — And Disney Parks’ — Digital 3.0 Shift
Casinos’ — And Disney Parks’ — Digital 3.0 Shift
July 13, 2020  |  Retail

A somewhat rocky reopening is afoot in America as businesses try to meld governmental mandates with the realities of foot traffic to forge new models...

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PayPal’s de Geer: Why PayPal’s Fast-Tracking Innovation To Future-Proof SMBs
PayPal’s de Geer: Why PayPal’s Fast-Tracking Innovation To Future-Proof SMBs
July 13, 2020  |  Retail

Although immensely disruptive and, in many cases, devastating to small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), the pandemic has revealed just how resilient the SMB community really...

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