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2019: Big Payment, Commerce And Tech IPOs Loom On The Horizon

2019: Big Payment, Commerce And Tech IPOs Loom On The Horizon
2019: Big Payment, Commerce And Tech IPOs Loom On The Horizon
January 01, 2019  |  IPO

Tech companies are taking more time to reach their initial public offerings, with the median gap between their early financing and their IPOs hitting 10.1...

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Why Payments Should Stop Worrying About ‘The Next Big Thing’
Why Payments Should Stop Worrying About ‘The Next Big Thing’
January 01, 2019  |  Commentary

Gerhard Oosthuizen, CTO of Entersekt, contributed the following piece as part of PYMNTS’ 2018 year-end eBook. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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2019: The Year Of Instant Payments
2019: The Year Of Instant Payments
January 01, 2019  |  Payment Methods

Here’s a 2019 prediction that we guarantee will come true: There will be no human being or business adamantly hoping to be paid slower in...

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2018 Data Breaches: The List No One Wanted To Make
2018 Data Breaches: The List No One Wanted To Make
December 31, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

So far this year (and there’s still one more day), Verizon reported that there have been 2,216 confirmed data breaches across 65 countries. Even more...

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Visa: Why Consumers Are In Control At The POS
Visa: Why Consumers Are In Control At The POS
December 31, 2018  |  Commentary

Carleigh Jaques, SVP, global head of merchant digital products at Visa, contributed the following piece as part of PYMNTS’ 2018 year-end eBook. Get the Full Story...

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Self-Checkout Gets An Innovation Makeover
Self-Checkout Gets An Innovation Makeover
December 31, 2018  |  Commentary

Matt Redwood, head of self-service at Diebold Nixdorf, contributed the following piece as part of PYMNTS’ 2018 year-end eBook. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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What Hath Bridge Millennials Wrought To Commerce And Payments?
What Hath Bridge Millennials Wrought To Commerce And Payments?
December 28, 2018  |  Retail

The new year will bring a new round of one of the hottest games in the payments-and-commerce world: What makes millennials tick? Get the Full...

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Why ‘Knowing More Up Front’ Means Knowing Credit Unions’ Digital Future
Why ‘Knowing More Up Front’ Means Knowing Credit Unions’ Digital Future
December 28, 2018  |  Credit Unions

It may come as no surprise to readers that, when asked about what influences the use of one payment method over another, credit union (CU)...

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AltFin’s Bumpy Ride Into An Uncertain 2019
AltFin’s Bumpy Ride Into An Uncertain 2019
December 28, 2018  |  Alternative Finances

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” -Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities Get the Full Story Complete the...

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