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House Hearing Signals Fireworks On Big Tech Antitrust Issues

House Hearing Signals Fireworks On Big Tech Antitrust Issues
House Hearing Signals Fireworks On Big Tech Antitrust Issues
September 09, 2019  |  ANTITRUST

FTC.  AGs.  Antitrust. And now, a new round of antitrust hearings on Capitol Hill.  The Fall may bring fireworks for Big Tech players like Google...

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How Platforms Are Making Apartment Rentals Turnkey
How Platforms Are Making Apartment Rentals Turnkey
September 09, 2019  |  Digital Payments

Finding an apartment is no easy task, burdened by finding the right broker, the right landlord – and timing everything from the lease to internet...

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How Sharing Economy Platforms Keep Users Secure With Authentication
How Sharing Economy Platforms Keep Users Secure With Authentication
September 06, 2019  |  Authentication

The sharing economy is a two-way street that operates on trust between suppliers and customers, and that trust is even more important for high-value exchanges...

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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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