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Top News In Payments: Affirm Rolls Out New App; EU Has Questions For Facebook, Libra Association

Top News In Payments: Affirm Rolls Out New App; EU Has Questions For Facebook, Libra Association
Top News In Payments: Affirm Rolls Out New App; EU Has Questions For Facebook, Libra...
October 08, 2019  |  News

Today in the payments news roundup, Affirm has launched a new app that will let customers use the service to pay almost anywhere online or in the real world....

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Max Levchin On The Future-Present Of Everywhere POS Lending
Max Levchin On The Future-Present Of Everywhere POS Lending
October 08, 2019  |  POS Innovation

When Affirm launched in February 2013, the point-of-sale (POS) financing marketplace in the U.S. was largely an empty greenfield wherein PayPal Co-Founder Max Levchin set...

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Bridging Instant Payments’ Perception/Reality Gap
Bridging Instant Payments’ Perception/Reality Gap
October 08, 2019  |  Podcasts

Payments people love to talk about rails — whose rails are the fastest, cheapest, most secure, most accepted, most compliant. Consumers, not so much. In...

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CyberSource: The SCA Delay Is Both An Opportunity And A Challenge
CyberSource: The SCA Delay Is Both An Opportunity And A Challenge
October 08, 2019  |  Regulation

As of Sept. 14, the legal deadline for the strong customer authentication (SCA) requirement of the Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) came and went. However, as...

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As The 2020s Dawn, Why Credit Unions Need Millennials
As The 2020s Dawn, Why Credit Unions Need Millennials
October 08, 2019  |  Podcasts

With 2020 rushing toward us, a new decade means its time to take stock of where we are and where we’re headed in financial services. Charles E....

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Trending: How EU Regulators Are Complicating SCA Compliance
Trending: How EU Regulators Are Complicating SCA Compliance
October 07, 2019  |  Regulation

Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) is just weeks-old and already mired in controversy. Merchants in the European Union (EU) are still wondering exactly what changes the...

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Vocalink CEO: The Three Guideposts For Navigating Payments’ Evolution
Vocalink CEO: The Three Guideposts For Navigating Payments’ Evolution
October 07, 2019  |  Consumer Finance

The good news for customers — and the challenge for financial services players, both established and emerging as the decade comes to a close —...

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Xevo CEO: Why OEMs Will Win The Race For The Connected Car’s Future
Xevo CEO: Why OEMs Will Win The Race For The Connected Car’s Future
October 07, 2019  |  Commerce Connected

More than a century of automotive culture has brought many exiting eras. Think about how the affordable Ford Model T opened up car ownership to...

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Why The SAFE Banking Act Won’t Solve All Cannabis’ Payment Problems
Why The SAFE Banking Act Won’t Solve All Cannabis’ Payment Problems
October 07, 2019  |  Regulation

One down, two more steps to go: That’s the situation with the federal SAFE Banking Act, which recently won approval by the U.S House of...

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