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Walmart Hits With Grocery, Misses Big Online

Walmart Hits With Grocery, Misses Big Online
Walmart Hits With Grocery, Misses Big Online
February 21, 2018  |  Earnings

After three consecutive quarters of eCommerce growth that was north of 50 percent, Walmart’s digital sales grew less than half of that last quarter – and investors...

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Why Shopify Wants To Kill The Checkout
Why Shopify Wants To Kill The Checkout
February 20, 2018  |  Merchant Innovation

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Mastercard, UAE Exchange: Building A Cashless Middle East
Mastercard, UAE Exchange: Building A Cashless Middle East
February 20, 2018  |  Digital Payments

Carrying wads of hard currency in an overstuffed wallet has ceased to be fashionable, thanks to the advent and proliferation of plastic money and cashless...

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Unfriending The Friendly Fraudster
Unfriending The Friendly Fraudster
February 20, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

When most people hear about online fraud, they tend to think about what Noa Kalechstain, Riskified’s head of chargeback recovery, calls “classic fraud,” she explained in a...

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Alacriti CEO: Voice And The Rise Of ‘Elegant’ Payments
Alacriti CEO: Voice And The Rise Of ‘Elegant’ Payments
February 19, 2018  |  Artificial Intelligence

“Elegant” as a descriptor doesn’t make many appearances in the world of financial services or payments, which tend to favor other terms. “Disruptive” is a common attribute, as is “innovative.” “Cutting-edge,”...

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As Audits Loom, AP Automation Moves To Top Of Mind
As Audits Loom, AP Automation Moves To Top Of Mind
February 19, 2018  |  Payment Methods

You could call accounts payable (AP) the last mile of payments in a way. Or perhaps AP stands for the last mile of automated processes?...

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Mueller Indictment Exposes ID Theft Risks
Mueller Indictment Exposes ID Theft Risks
February 19, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

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In Payments, Mulling Integration, Full or Semi
In Payments, Mulling Integration, Full or Semi
February 16, 2018  |  Payment Methods

As plastic and digital transactions make inroads where once cash reigned supreme, integrated payments are taking top of mind for POS resellers and merchants. As...

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Tempest In A Meal Box?
Tempest In A Meal Box?
February 16, 2018  |  Investments

Tempest in a (meal) box?   Attention turned to meal kits as the government invoked “Blue Apron” as a model of sorts for a new food...

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