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Western Union On Doubling Down On Digital In 2020

Western Union On Doubling Down On Digital In 2020
Western Union On Doubling Down On Digital In 2020
February 12, 2020  |  Earnings

With a slight miss on earnings and revenue numbers and year-on-year declines in both areas, investors seemed a bit nervous in after-hours trading Tuesday (Feb...

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Platforms Help FIs And FinTechs Break Down Silos
Platforms Help FIs And FinTechs Break Down Silos
February 12, 2020  |  Banking

In the drive to bring speed, convenience and true innovation to payments and address customers’ financial services needs in real time, financial institutions (FIs) need...

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Today In Payments: Mastercard To Join China’s $27T Payments Market; Uber, Postmates Lose Bid To Halt Gig Worker Law
Today In Payments: Mastercard To Join China’s $27T Payments Market; Uber, Postmates Lose Bid To...
February 11, 2020  |  News

In today’s top payments news, Mastercard was approved for a bank card clearing business in China, and a judge rejected Uber and Postmates’ request to stop...

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Mastercard: The Role Of ‘Instant’ In Improving Consumer Financial Health
Mastercard: The Role Of ‘Instant’ In Improving Consumer Financial Health
February 11, 2020  |  Mastercard

To improve the financial lives of millions of Americans, speed matters — especially for FinTechs seeking to bring new products to market digitally and to...

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Why The Cyberfraud Fight Needs A Trusted Identity Reset
Why The Cyberfraud Fight Needs A Trusted Identity Reset
February 11, 2020  |  Authentication

The future of eCommerce, and fraud prevention, is flipping the script from just stopping bad transactions to enabling personalized customer experiences. Consumers have less tolerance...

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Hubble: Contact Lens Prescriptions Go Subscription
Hubble: Contact Lens Prescriptions Go Subscription
February 11, 2020  |  Subscriptions

One might assume they could easily guess the biggest competitor for a startup focused on selling contact lenses direct to consumer (DTC) via subscription. Maybe...

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SoftBank-Backed Brandless Goes Bust
SoftBank-Backed Brandless Goes Bust
February 11, 2020  |  Retail

For its three years in operation, Brandless generated no shortage of buzz with its concept of “private label for less” and the idea that the...

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Reynolds CEO: Recreating Grocery’s Home Goods Aisle For The Millennial
Reynolds CEO: Recreating Grocery’s Home Goods Aisle For The Millennial
February 10, 2020  |  Merchant Innovation

Aluminum foil is not a new product by any stretch of the imagination. Its precursor — tin foil — was used for cooking, starting in the early...

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