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Why It No Longer “Plays In Peoria”
Why It No Longer “Plays In Peoria”
August 15, 2016  |  Retail

“Will it play in Peoria?” It’s one of retail’s older questions – now gone general use such that it gets asked anytime almost any product...

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Hackers, Installment Loans And Apple Hopes For The Gold
Hackers, Installment Loans And Apple Hopes For The Gold
August 15, 2016  |  News

Most Americans can tell you one thing they learned in the last week. They should have made different choices, trained hard and gone for the...

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Restaurants Rule, FireEye Flounders And Lending Club Is Back On The List
Sizzle Or Fizzle: Restaurants Rule, FireEye Flounders And Lending Club Is Back On The List
August 12, 2016  |  Payments Innovation

The Olympic athletes are undoubtedly the biggest Sizzle of all this week, and Team USA has given new meaning to the word. The focus and...

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The Netherlands’ Small (But Mighty) FinTech Scene
The Netherlands’ Small (But Mighty) FinTech Scene
August 12, 2016  |  International

Though Brexit has left everyone looking for the “next best” European startup capital, the Netherlands, while a strong contender, may be destined for greater things....

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SMB Payments Technology Check List In Six Easy S’s
SMB Payments Technology Check List In Six Easy S’s
August 11, 2016  |  Payments Innovation

It’s not as though SMBs don’t want to – or even need to be convinced that they should — embrace new payments technology. But the...

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PYMNTS Mobile User Data Hints At Differentiation
PYMNTS Mobile User Data Hints At Differentiation
August 11, 2016  |  Mobile Payments

It’s amazing what you can find when you dig into the data. We have tens of thousands of data points from questions we’ve asked 4,000...

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What Customer Intimacy Has To Do With Payments
What Customer Intimacy Has To Do With Payments
August 10, 2016  |  Payments Innovation

What have the powerhouses Starbucks and Airbnb managed to do better than anyone else? Establish customer intimacy, according to Bill Clerico, CEO of WePay. Clerico...

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