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PayPal’s Hit And Miss For Q4

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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Digital Lending’s $1.4T Travel Payments Plan
Digital Lending’s $1.4T Travel Payments Plan
January 29, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

The family trip to Disney World, the honeymoon to Hawaii, the 25-year anniversary spent in Paris — the big trips people take aren’t just vacations...

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Why Super Bowl LIII Puts Online Betting’s Future Front And Center
Why Super Bowl LIII Puts Online Betting’s Future Front And Center
January 29, 2019  |  Authentication

As the Super Bowl approaches, there is the usual uncertainty. Which team will win? Which commercials will be talked about most in the following days?...

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Samsung Adds Millions To Mobeewave’s Series B
Samsung Adds Millions To Mobeewave’s Series B
January 28, 2019  |  Mobile Payments

In November 2018, Mobeewave announced that it had closed a big Series B round. Led by NewAlpha Asset Management, Mastercard and Forestay Capital, the $16.5 million round...

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