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Payments And Peloton’s Plans To Go ‘Beyond The Bike’

Payments And Peloton’s Plans To Go ‘Beyond The Bike’
Payments And Peloton’s Plans To Go ‘Beyond The Bike’
September 06, 2019  |  Innovation

Despite consumers’ best intentions, exercise is hard. Not only do people have to find the energy to actually work out, but gyms can be inconveniently...

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FIs Grapple With Technology — And A New Consumer Engagement Model
FIs Grapple With Technology — And A New Consumer Engagement Model
September 06, 2019  |  Innovation

Customers expect more from transactions than just simply making payments. Janet Monroe, head of global client success at i2c, tells Karen Webster that FIs need...

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How Digital Platforms Are Revolutionizing The $100B Flower Biz
How Digital Platforms Are Revolutionizing The $100B Flower Biz
September 06, 2019  |  B2B Payments

There are worse ways to start a business than what happened when John Tabis was getting direct-to-consumer and subscription flower operation The Bouqs off the ground....

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Why WeWork’s IPO Strategy Could Make Investors Swipe Left
Why WeWork’s IPO Strategy Could Make Investors Swipe Left
September 06, 2019  |  Investments

IPOs are a bit like dating -- firms want to be as attractive as possible to investors getting in at the public debut. Money-losing WeWork...

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Top News In Payments: Instant Payments Spread In The Gig Economy; Contactless Cuts Down On Counterfeit Fraud
Top News In Payments: Instant Payments Spread In The Gig Economy; Contactless Cuts Down On...
September 05, 2019  |  News

Today in the payments news roundup, almost 40 percent of U.S. workers are engaged with the gig economy at some level, and most of them...

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SCA Delay: A Payments Opportunity In Disguise?
SCA Delay: A Payments Opportunity In Disguise?
September 05, 2019  |  Digital Payments

Opportunities come in various forms and disguises, and that could be the case for payments and commerce operators when it comes to the European Union’s...

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SMB Spend Management Revs Up For A New Decade
SMB Spend Management Revs Up For A New Decade
September 05, 2019  |  Disbursements

Payments and cash flow can be the difference between life and death for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), This also applies to expense and spend...

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Can Amazon Give Biometric Payments A Hand — In The Store?
Can Amazon Give Biometric Payments A Hand — In The Store?
September 05, 2019  |  Amazon

Biometric payments are making another run at the grocery store, this time at the hands or Amazon. Or, to be more precise, in the hands...

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Beyond Tariffs, Are Clouds Gathering For Chinese Consumers?
Beyond Tariffs, Are Clouds Gathering For Chinese Consumers?
September 04, 2019  |  International

In some ways, the United States and China exist as mirror images, at least when it comes to economic drivers. Get the Full Story Complete...

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