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Trick Or Treat (Payments And Commerce Style)
Trick Or Treat (Payments And Commerce Style)
October 27, 2018  |  Commerce

Halloween is the scariest day of the year for children and parents alike – though for very different reasons. For kids, the proliferation of ghosts, goblins,...

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Amazon Shares Skid On Slowing Growth
Amazon Shares Skid On Slowing Growth
October 26, 2018  |  Amazon

There was a lot of positive news in Amazon‘s earnings report — delivery is growing, Prime membership is holding firm despite price increases, its multi-channel...

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Mastercard Tackles ‘Greening’ Plastic Cards
Mastercard Tackles ‘Greening’ Plastic Cards
October 26, 2018  |  Mastercard

The world has a plastic problems — a fact illustrated earlier this week when researchers from the Environment Agency Austria and the Medical University of...

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Grubhub’s Latest Push: College Students And Meal Vouchers
Grubhub’s Latest Push: College Students And Meal Vouchers
October 25, 2018  |  Earnings

Grubhub — fueled by a 67 percent year-over-year increase in active diners in the third quarter, as well as its recent partnership and acquisition deals — said...

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Who’s Grabbing The Consumer’s Share Of Stomach?
Who’s Grabbing The Consumer’s Share Of Stomach?
October 25, 2018  |  Commerce Connected

It’s OK to admit it: The grocery and food business was once rather boring. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Visa B2B Biz Nears The Trillion-Dollar Mark
Visa B2B Biz Nears The Trillion-Dollar Mark
October 25, 2018  |  VISA

Double-digit growth marked Visa's key metrics in the latest quarter, from processed transactions to cross-border activity. Management pointed to performance and potential as the U.S. consumer...

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Why Yesterday Is The Key To Building mPOS’ Future
Why Yesterday Is The Key To Building mPOS’ Future
October 25, 2018  |  MPOS Tracker

Before 2009, when Square launched in the U.S., the world of payments wasn’t terribly friendly terrain for small and micro-businesses looking to accept credit cards....

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Solving Digital ID Verification’s ‘Existential Crisis’
Solving Digital ID Verification’s ‘Existential Crisis’
October 24, 2018  |  Authentication

There's a tug of war when it comes to digital ID verification — a tug of war between the customer experience and reducing fraud. Socure Co-founder...

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Why Using Rules Of Thumb To Predict Fraud Is A Fail
Why Using Rules Of Thumb To Predict Fraud Is A Fail
October 24, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Rules of thumb are useful — until they aren’t. When it comes to deploying corporate resources in the battle against online fraud and account takeovers...

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