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Connecting The Dots: Consumer Confidence, Inventories Tell Separate Economic Tales 

Connecting The Dots: Consumer Confidence, Inventories Tell Separate Economic Tales 
Connecting The Dots: Consumer Confidence, Inventories Tell Separate Economic Tales 
August 28, 2019  |  Economy

Economic data points are frozen in time – and yet taken collectively tell tales.  The latest readings on consumer confidence and on business inventories and...

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Moving Credit Unions From In The Wallet To Top Of Wallet
Moving Credit Unions From In The Wallet To Top Of Wallet
August 28, 2019  |  Credit Unions

Among the most exciting trends of the last two decades is the evolution of payments from a focus on transactions to a strategic driver of...

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Can Google Keep Up In The Jammed AI Voice Race?
Can Google Keep Up In The Jammed AI Voice Race?
August 28, 2019  |  Ecosystems

Since Google launched its smart speaker artificial intelligence (AI)-backed voice assistant product Google Home in November 2016, the state of the race for voice ecosystem...

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Mastercard: The Opportunity Ahead For ePayables
Mastercard: The Opportunity Ahead For ePayables
August 27, 2019  |  Mastercard

In the quest to streamline B2B processes, and to move beyond the way things have always been done – especially when it comes to managing...

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Using Data To Increase Checkout Conversions — In-Store
Using Data To Increase Checkout Conversions — In-Store
August 27, 2019  |  Retail

Retailers and grocers want to streamline the in-store checkout experience and increase conversions. Diebold Nixdorf's Carl von Sydow tells Karen Webster transactional data can help firms...

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The Three Golden Rules Of Growing Global Marketplaces  
The Three Golden Rules Of Growing Global Marketplaces  
August 27, 2019  |  eCommerce

Gaining scale as a marketplace is, by-and-large, a good thing. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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Debit Cards For Kids — It’s A Thing
Debit Cards For Kids — It’s A Thing
August 27, 2019  |  Payment Methods

Paying out a kid’s allowance may not sound like a major payments hurdle to clear, but for Greenlight Co-Founder, CEO and father of four Tim...

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Visa: New Cyber Threats Require New Fraud Tools
Visa: New Cyber Threats Require New Fraud Tools
August 26, 2019  |  VISA

The phenomenon of payments fraud is not a modern one — far from it. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Girding for the $17 Trillion Negative Interest Rate Debt Trap
Girding for the $17 Trillion Negative Interest Rate Debt Trap
August 26, 2019  |  Economy

The world is awash in debt marked by negative interest rates. It’s a $17 trillion warning sign of overextended corporate borrowing and lending, CreditRiskMonitor CEO...

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