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Mastercard’s Bid To Reinvent mPOS
Mastercard’s Bid To Reinvent mPOS
June 28, 2017  |  Mastercard

Say mPOS and an image of a phone and a dongle probably flash across your mind. But what if all a merchant needed to accept payments...

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Why Payments Factories Top The CFO’s Wish List
Why Payments Factories Top The CFO’s Wish List
June 28, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Fraud is a fact of life these days – an “unfortunate” one if you ask Bob Stark, vice president of strategy for the cloud treasury...

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Mitek’s CEO On Keeping The Right “Innovation Head Space”
Mitek’s CEO On Keeping The Right “Innovation Head Space”
June 27, 2017  |  CEO Series

Innovation in the tech industry moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around every once in a while, you could miss it. In...

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Bridging Blockchain’s Comprehension Gap
Bridging Blockchain’s Comprehension Gap
June 27, 2017  |  Data Drivers

Bitcoin — and the technology that enables it — has certainly had a rather fast trip from obscurity to mainstream awareness. In January 2009, the so-called “Genesis...

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Everyone Hates Payday Lenders And Check Cashers (Except The People Who Use Them)
Everyone Hates Payday Lenders And Check Cashers (Except The People Who Use Them)
June 27, 2017  |  Loans

Everyone hates consumer lenders — politicians, consumer groups, prayer circles — except the people who use them. They tend to like the products — and...

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NEW REPORT: Why Wells Fargo Is Going Mobile For Authentication
NEW REPORT: Why Wells Fargo Is Going Mobile For Authentication
June 27, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Changing consumer spending and ever-evolving technological capabilities means that authenticating customers is an always shifting process. So how do financial institutions and security technology providers,...

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The Buyers: UK Shoppers’ eCommerce Habits
The Buyers: UK Shoppers’ eCommerce Habits
June 26, 2017  |  Retail

Online retail sales in the U.K. have seen a lot of action over the past six months. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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NEW REPORT: Have Payments-As-A-Service, Will Travel
NEW REPORT: Have Payments-As-A-Service, Will Travel
June 26, 2017  |  Payments As A Service

As more customers engage in cross-border trade, the pressure is on merchants to meet the demand for convenient payment options. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Verifone’s Terminal (Times Two) Reinvention
Verifone’s Terminal (Times Two) Reinvention
June 26, 2017  |  Payments Innovation

Last week Verifone and airport kiosk and IT specialists SITA announced a deal that will see Verifone payment-enable airport self-service kiosks at every airport terminal in the world. Karen Webster talked to Joe...

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