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Fiserv’s Davie: Card Reissuance Post-Breach: Why Less Is More
Fiserv’s Davie: Card Reissuance Post-Breach: Why Less Is More
May 08, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Only 5 to 10 percent of cards whose data is exposed in a breach end up getting used in fraudulent transactions, a Fiserv executive says...

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Why SwipeSum Says It’s The ‘Kayak For Processing’ For SMBs
Why SwipeSum Says It’s The ‘Kayak For Processing’ For SMBs
May 08, 2018  |  SMBs

Single people have Tinder, Match and Coffee Meets Bagel. Now, small businesses (SMBs) have a matchmaker, too: SwipeSum, a marketplace whose goal is to pair...

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Ripio CEO: Reinventing P2P Lending With The Blockchain
Ripio CEO: Reinventing P2P Lending With The Blockchain
May 08, 2018  |  Alternative Finances

Ripio has had more than one name in its evolution as a firm – but only a single goal. Originally known as BitPagos at launch,...

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Mastercard And Unilever’s Micro-Lending Has Macro Results For Kenyan SMBs
Mastercard And Unilever’s Micro-Lending Has Macro Results For Kenyan SMBs
May 07, 2018  |  International

Building, sustaining and growing a small business isn’t easy in the best of circumstances. Even in a developed economy, margins are narrow, and tough decisions...

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FitPay CEO: Tokenization And Wearables Mean Identities Are Our Data  
FitPay CEO: Tokenization And Wearables Mean Identities Are Our Data  
May 07, 2018  |  News

Beyond the fitness tracker, wearables are catching on.  Get ready for the device as data conduit, as tracker of different sorts, from patient information to...

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CO-OP Network President: Shared Branching And Credit Union Service Ubiquity
CO-OP Network President: Shared Branching And Credit Union Service Ubiquity
May 07, 2018  |  Data Dive

Consumers, on the whole, really like doing business with their credit unions. According to the latest iteration of the Credit Union Tracker, 81 percent of credit union customers report being highly satisfied...

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Propel CEO Sees App As Aid to Low-Income Consumers, Beyond The Grocer’s Aisles
Propel CEO Sees App As Aid to Low-Income Consumers, Beyond The Grocer’s Aisles
May 04, 2018  |  Retail

An app designed to make life easier for food stamp recipients is expanding the commerce-related services it offers to low-income Americans, but a new challenge...

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Letting The Air(TM) Out Of Venezuelan Hyperinflation
Letting The Air(TM) Out Of Venezuelan Hyperinflation
May 04, 2018  |  Latin America

Hyperinflation has driven the Venezuelan Bolivar to near uselessness. How are individuals supposed to save and manage money when their currency is hemorrhaging value? AirTM...

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