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Breaking The Black Box Around Healthcare Payments

Breaking The Black Box Around Healthcare Payments
Breaking The Black Box Around Healthcare Payments
February 15, 2021  |  Healthcare

Paying for healthcare is a unique experience for many reasons. But at the top is the fact that for the majority of patients, price is...

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Work From Here Movement Transforms Long-Term Rental Market
Work From Here Movement Transforms Long-Term Rental Market
February 15, 2021  |  Real Estate

Before the pandemic, the long-term rental market’s demographic was fairly well defined. It was made up of business travelers on location for an extended but...

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Tovala Disrupts The Meal-Kit Space With Connected Technology
Tovala Disrupts The Meal-Kit Space With Connected Technology
February 15, 2021  |  Innovation

There are plenty of meal solutions out there to make home dining more convenient — microwave meals, meal kit subscription services, ready-to-cook meals from restaurants....

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Digital Issuance Presents Card Upgrade Opportunity For Banks And CUs
Digital Issuance Presents Card Upgrade Opportunity For Banks And CUs
February 15, 2021  |  Credit Unions

High-touch experiences are less than desirable in most any area of commerce in the pandemic era. In fact, PYMNTS research shows more than three-quarters of...

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NEW DATA: Loyalty Programs Convert Occasional Customers Into Restaurant Aficionados
NEW DATA: Loyalty Programs Convert Occasional Customers Into Restaurant Aficionados
February 12, 2021  |  ResTech

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Twisto Takes BNPL Playbook To Cash-Heavy Eastern Europe
Twisto Takes BNPL Playbook To Cash-Heavy Eastern Europe
February 12, 2021  |  BNPL

Michal Smida is on a mission. As the 33-year-old CEO of Twisto, a Prague-based payments startup focused on buy now, pay later (BNPL), he’s looking...

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Payments Orchestration And Smart Routing Boost Authorization Rates
Payments Orchestration And Smart Routing Boost Authorization Rates
February 12, 2021  |  Payment Methods

In 1943, psychologist Abraham Maslow developed his hierarchy of needs — five categories such as shelter, food, love and esteem that build on one another...

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Fast Adds Authentication To Extend One-Click Checkout Technology Beyond Amazon
Fast Adds Authentication To Extend One-Click Checkout Technology Beyond Amazon
February 12, 2021  |  eCommerce

From the name of the business to the core use case, San Francisco-based startup Fast knows what it wants to do and does it quickly....

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