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Mastercard Q4 Continues Contactless, B2B Growth ‘Marathon’
Mastercard Q4 Continues Contactless, B2B Growth ‘Marathon’
February 01, 2019  |  Earnings

Mastercard results released on Thursday (Jan. 31) morning showed continued gains in processed transactions, tied in part to holiday spending during the quarter that ended...

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Venmo And Zelle’s P2P Battle Royale
Venmo And Zelle’s P2P Battle Royale
February 01, 2019  |  Digital Payments

The fourth quarter of 2018 was kind to Venmo and Zelle, the two big peer-to-peer (P2P) services that are battling for consumer loyalty and market...

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Visa Beats Street On 11 Pct Payments Volume Growth
Visa Beats Street On 11 Pct Payments Volume Growth
January 31, 2019  |  Earnings

Factors such as the government shutdown, Brexit and a trade war all weighed a bit on Visa’s latest results, but Visa still managed to put...

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PayPal’s Hit And Miss For Q4
PayPal’s Hit And Miss For Q4
January 31, 2019  |  Earnings

PayPal kept its 2018 earnings beat streak alive, notching its fourth consecutive earnings beat with its Q4 results announcement yesterday (Jan. 30). Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Databases Don’t Store Intelligence — Getting Past AI Misconceptions
Databases Don’t Store Intelligence — Getting Past AI Misconceptions
January 31, 2019  |  Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence is making the leap from the imagination of sci-fi authors and computer scientists into consumer and corporate life. But even as the theories...

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How To Keep Investment Platforms AML-Compliant
How To Keep Investment Platforms AML-Compliant
January 30, 2019  |  AML

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Apple’s Earnings Pivot: It’s The Ecosystem, Not The Phone
Apple’s Earnings Pivot: It’s The Ecosystem, Not The Phone
January 30, 2019  |  Earnings

It’s all about the ecosystem, not the iPhones. If there was one takeaway from the earnings call yesterday (Jan. 29) with Apple CEO Tim Cook, that would be...

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eBay Points To Payments As Key Q4 Highlight
eBay Points To Payments As Key Q4 Highlight
January 30, 2019  |  Earnings

In Q4, eBay saw deceleration into the end of the year, in part, on macro headwinds internationally as buyer volumes slowed, but still logged growth...

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Why Credit Unions Can’t Take Member Trust For Granted
Why Credit Unions Can’t Take Member Trust For Granted
January 29, 2019  |  Credit Unions

Credit unions have spent decades cementing loyalty among consumers, so much so that a majority of consumers wouldn’t switch for another type of financial institution. However,...

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