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The PSD2-GDPR Balancing Act
The PSD2-GDPR Balancing Act
February 07, 2019  |  Regulation

September approaches, of course (as it always does) – but this time, with a red-letter day on the 13th as PSD2 takes effect. Get the...

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Why Airlines Need To Get Their Wheels Up On Alt Payments
Why Airlines Need To Get Their Wheels Up On Alt Payments
February 07, 2019  |  Payment Methods

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CFPB Payday Lending Rules 2.0 — What’s Next
CFPB Payday Lending Rules 2.0 — What’s Next
February 07, 2019  |  CFPB

The next chapter in the ongoing saga that is payday loan regulation officially began yesterday (Feb. 6), with the announcement that the Consumer Financial Protection...

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Cold Storage Case File: Death, Crypto And A Lost Password
Cold Storage Case File: Death, Crypto And A Lost Password
February 06, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

About $190 million lies out of reach for hundreds of thousands of crypto investors. The death of one man, the lone holder of the cryptos...

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Good Healthcare Requires Good Data — And Blockchain And Biometrics, Too?
Good Healthcare Requires Good Data — And Blockchain And Biometrics, Too?
February 06, 2019  |  Healthcare

This isn’t some cheap dose of “Little House on the Prairie” nostalgia, but rather a shot of truth: We are a long way from small-town...

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Senders As Issuers: A New Space For Cards In Global P2P
Senders As Issuers: A New Space For Cards In Global P2P
February 06, 2019  |  Digital Payments

When InstaReM CEO and Co-founder Prajit Nanu started putting together a global remittance firm for consumers and businesses in 2014, he had been struggling with...

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The Making Of A Digital Subprime Marketplace
The Making Of A Digital Subprime Marketplace
February 05, 2019  |  Consumer Finance

No one needs to be told that eCommerce is becoming a more important part of consumers’ daily lives. Any number of stats — from the...

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Google Feels The Cost-Per-Click Squeeze In Q4
Google Feels The Cost-Per-Click Squeeze In Q4
February 05, 2019  |  Earnings

Alphabet managed to beat Wall Street expectations for both earnings and revenue in the final quarter of 2018. Earnings came in at $12.77 per share, well...

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Integrating Payments Into The Workflow — And The Workforce
Integrating Payments Into The Workflow — And The Workforce
February 05, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

The workforce skews tech-savvy, younger ... and remote. The way we pay and get paid is ever-more intuitive, cued by Uber. So it is — or should be...

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