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Flexa: Making Crypto Spendable In Every Store

Flexa: Making Crypto Spendable In Every Store
Flexa: Making Crypto Spendable In Every Store
August 23, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

Beyond bitcoin and price swings, might there be a place for crypto in commerce?  Flexa wants to bring digital coin into physical stores through a...

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Digital’s Impact On The Consumer’s Biggest Purchase: Their Home
Digital’s Impact On The Consumer’s Biggest Purchase: Their Home
August 23, 2019  |  Real Estate

One of the most fertile grounds for disruption in this digital world — ongoing, significant disruption that promises to impact one of the most important...

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The Big Winners (And Losers) Of Retail Earnings Season
The Big Winners (And Losers) Of Retail Earnings Season
August 23, 2019  |  Retail

As the results from the nation’s most prominent names in retail came rolling in for Q2, one could not help but think back to high...

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Mastercard: Driving The Gig Economy’s Future Through Pay Advance
Mastercard: Driving The Gig Economy’s Future Through Pay Advance
August 22, 2019  |  Mastercard

While traditional temporary and contract workers are not exactly new in the economy, the modern gig economy enabled by mobile technology is something of an...

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CBD Products Offer Glimpse Of Retail’s Regulatory Future
CBD Products Offer Glimpse Of Retail’s Regulatory Future
August 22, 2019  |  Authentication

The growing CBD industry offers one of the best retail and payments stories in the second half of 2019 — and offers lessons for merchants...

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Keeping SCA From Becoming The Subscription Commerce Kill Switch
Keeping SCA From Becoming The Subscription Commerce Kill Switch
August 22, 2019  |  Subscription Commerce

Friction is a commerce-killer in all types of businesses, but the risk is especially elevated when it comes to subscriptions and recurring payments, among the...

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When Disaster Strikes, Digital ID Is Front And Center
When Disaster Strikes, Digital ID Is Front And Center
August 21, 2019  |  Disbursements

Hurricanes, wildfires, tornados, earthquakes and floods — disasters of all types tend to bring out the best and the worst in people. Generous donations. Ripped-off funds....

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Commercial Cards Take The Global B2B Payments Stage
Commercial Cards Take The Global B2B Payments Stage
August 21, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Commercial card products can help companies kill the check, making transactions faster across borders.  Boost Payment Solutions CEO Dean M. Leavitt tells Karen Webster that...

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KYB’s Coming Of Digital Age
KYB’s Coming Of Digital Age
August 21, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Sometimes the most interesting thing that comes from trying to solve a problem isn’t the eventual solution, but the other problems that are found along...

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