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The Retail Bankruptcy Bellwether
The Retail Bankruptcy Bellwether
June 23, 2017  |  Amazon

Where there is disruption in an industry — bankruptcies are sure to follow. And retail has been very disrupted of late. So is it time for any...

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How To Feed The Fraud Fighting Machine
How To Feed The Fraud Fighting Machine
June 22, 2017  |  CEO Series

How do machines learn to learn? In Episode Three of PYMNTS’ machine learning podcast, Socure CEO Sunil Madhu and PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster get technical...

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Fighting Fraud By Not Focusing On It
Fighting Fraud By Not Focusing On It
June 22, 2017  |  Fraud Prevention

Machine learning can help find real cyber transaction fraud while letting the “good” payments go through. TSYS’ EVP Karim Ahmad and Featurespace CEO Martina King...

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How Porch Pirates Subtly Steer E-commerce
How Porch Pirates Subtly Steer E-commerce
June 22, 2017  |  eCommerce

While we tend to associate high-tech fraud with eCommerce thieves, as it turns out, it’s a big ecosystem with room enough for good old-fashioned, smash-and-grab...

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NEW REPORT: GM Takes Aim At Urban Gridlock With Maven
NEW REPORT: GM Takes Aim At Urban Gridlock With Maven
June 22, 2017  |  Unattended Retail

From depositing money to grocery shopping to access to vehicles, unattended retail solutions are stepping up to meet a variety of needs in an age...

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Switching Rent Payments From Analog To Digital
Switching Rent Payments From Analog To Digital
June 21, 2017  |  Matchmakers

While the world of payments has mostly gone online – rent remains stubbornly analog in the age of digital. According to a recent Zillow study,...

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Uncle Maddio’s Opts For Cloud-Based Software to Help Growth
Uncle Maddio’s Opts For Cloud-Based Software to Help Growth
June 21, 2017  |  ResTech

Have you heard of Uncle Maddio’s Pizza? If not, it’s only a matter of time. The Atlanta-based fast casual, create-your-own pizza restaurant is looking to...

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A COIN By Any Other Name
A COIN By Any Other Name
June 21, 2017  |  Payments Innovation

Payments are often described like the Tower of Babel, with disparate platforms trying to talk to each other without speaking the same language. It’s this...

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Mastercard: Turning Refugee Camps Into Smart Cities
Mastercard: Turning Refugee Camps Into Smart Cities
June 21, 2017  |  Mastercard

On a dirt path that passes for a street in a Kenyan refugee camp, a merchant sells grains he bought from a local farmer outside...

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