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For ICOs, Smoke, Sizzle, Or SoS?
For ICOs, Smoke, Sizzle, Or SoS?
September 04, 2017  |  Investments

The 1960s TV show “Lost in Space” featured a robot that would stand pat, robot arms akimbo, shouting in its robot voice, “Danger, Will Robinson,...

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Labor Day Edition — American Express, Pizza Wars And Wells Fargo
Labor Day Edition — American Express, Pizza Wars And Wells Fargo
September 04, 2017  |  Data Dive

Today, nationwide, Americans are celebrating the joys of hard work and earning an honest day’s living by sleeping late, going one last time to the beach...

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SMBs, The CFPB And Burning Man Sizzles So Hard It Fizzles
SMBs, The CFPB And Burning Man Sizzles So Hard It Fizzles
September 01, 2017  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

SIZZLE Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

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No Place For Hate Group Transaction Laundering
No Place For Hate Group Transaction Laundering
September 01, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Agree or disagree with the Second Amendment, there’s nothing wrong with a website selling goods like hats and t-shirts to people who wish to wear...

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Taming The High Risk Merchant Beast
Taming The High Risk Merchant Beast
September 01, 2017  |  Payments Innovation

T1 Payments has a lot in the hopper, with a new same-day settlement to partners offering coming soon. At the same time, the firm has...

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The ROI On Being A PayFac? Zero
The ROI On Being A PayFac? Zero
August 31, 2017  |  Payments Innovation

With changes happening all around us every day, the highly adaptive and evolutionary tendencies of technology in the closing years of the 2010s sometimes mean...

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What’s In Your Wallet? A PayPal Credit Card
What’s In Your Wallet? A PayPal Credit Card
August 31, 2017  |  Cash

From digital to plastic ... and back again, with cash in hand or wallet or digital wallet to boot. PayPal has announced a cash back card...

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Why Mastercard Is Powering Contactless Payments In Poland
Why Mastercard Is Powering Contactless Payments In Poland
August 31, 2017  |  Mastercard

Poland has been hard at work burnishing its image as a tech hub over the last several years. A country in which financial services were largely...

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Man Plus Machine: Better Together In The Fight Against Fraud
Man Plus Machine: Better Together In The Fight Against Fraud
August 30, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Fraudsters are like those wanton drivers running red lights while they text or granting themselves the right of way in a rotary when the law...

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