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How The Gig Economy Is Igniting Spend Management Innovation

How The Gig Economy Is Igniting Spend Management Innovation
How The Gig Economy Is Igniting Spend Management Innovation
November 01, 2018  |  Gig Economy

Before CEO Toffer Grant founded PEX, he worked in the world of prepaid cards (gift cards in particular), where Christmas was the biggest challenge of every year. Gift card...

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The Three Reasons Why Businesses Still Use Checks
The Three Reasons Why Businesses Still Use Checks
November 01, 2018  |  Payment Methods

Checks, despite their near extinction in consumer payments, remain alive and well when it comes to businesses paying each other. Get the Full Story Complete...

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eBay Reports Revenue Bump While Managed Payments See A Slow Build
eBay Reports Revenue Bump While Managed Payments See A Slow Build
October 31, 2018  |  Earnings

More than a month ago, eBay started managing payments on its U.S. marketplace platform, and on Tuesday (Oct. 30), the first results of that effort...

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Doctor On Demand CEO Talks Walmart Partnership And Telemedicine’s Expansion
Doctor On Demand CEO Talks Walmart Partnership And Telemedicine’s Expansion
October 31, 2018  |  Matchmakers

When last year’s flu vaccine turned out to be ineffective 80 percent of the time, it did not necessarily have to turn into a flu...

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Mastercard Gains B2B Payments Traction, Sees Double-Digit Growth
Mastercard Gains B2B Payments Traction, Sees Double-Digit Growth
October 30, 2018  |  Mastercard

Mastercard continued the trend of strong earnings results from payments players, with double-digit gains across several metrics on a global scale. CEO Ajay Banga told analysts...

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Can Mobile Pay-At-Table Be Dining’s Friction Elixir?
Can Mobile Pay-At-Table Be Dining’s Friction Elixir?
October 30, 2018  |  Digital Payments

These days, it’s hard to even think of a restaurant operating without some massive presence in digital — not only an attractive website, but online delivery...

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Why Context Makes Virtual Assistants Smart Digital Bankers
Why Context Makes Virtual Assistants Smart Digital Bankers
October 30, 2018  |  Digital Banking

AI and ML-powered services can help fight banking fraud. However, to layer the tech into viable solutions to assist customers with banking, robo-advisors need to...

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Why Legacy Banks Have Mobile App Advantages
Why Legacy Banks Have Mobile App Advantages
October 30, 2018  |  Mobile

A consumer’s sense of security and trust can be a funny, even unpredictable thing, especially when it comes to payments, banking and commerce. Get the...

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Thinking ‘Differently’ Than Ant, Pintec Makes Its Post-IPO Plans
Thinking ‘Differently’ Than Ant, Pintec Makes Its Post-IPO Plans
October 29, 2018  |  IPO

Pintec Technology Holdings Limited may not be a household name in the U.S., but it ended last week with a some very strong results on...

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