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Quantum Computing’s Wright Brothers’ Moment

Quantum Computing’s Wright Brothers’ Moment
Quantum Computing’s Wright Brothers’ Moment
November 05, 2019  |  Innovation

On Oct. 23, the team at Google announced it had hit a technological milestone that scientists have been theorizing about for over 30 years: quantum...

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Citi: Turning Digital Payments Acceptance Into A Corporate Cash Management Play
Citi: Turning Digital Payments Acceptance Into A Corporate Cash Management Play
November 05, 2019  |  B2B Payments

As merchants go global, the pressure grows for payment capabilities to localize. That is to say, as organizations expand on an international scale and reach...

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Why Amazon Decided To Bring Alexa Into The Bill Pay Flow
Why Amazon Decided To Bring Alexa Into The Bill Pay Flow
November 04, 2019  |  Amazon

It has happened to almost everyone. The bill comes in the mail — or maybe via email reminder — and the customer says, “Oh, I...

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Ekata CEO: SCA, Pre-Auth And Payments Success In The 2020s
Ekata CEO: SCA, Pre-Auth And Payments Success In The 2020s
November 04, 2019  |  Authentication

Payments is never boring these days, and that holds especially true as a new decade looms, new regulations are kicking in and merchants, card brands...

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GIACT On Payments’ $29M Wire Fraud Wake-Up Call
GIACT On Payments’ $29M Wire Fraud Wake-Up Call
November 04, 2019  |  Cybersecurity

Last week, the U.S. subsidiary of Japan’s largest financial media organization, Nikkei, made headlines for the reason that no firm ever wants: The company was...

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Why Western Union Is Embracing Its White-Label Future
Why Western Union Is Embracing Its White-Label Future
November 01, 2019  |  Earnings

If one were looking for a simple phrase to describe the theme of Western Union’s Q3 earnings report on Thursday (Oct. 31), “pleasant surprises” would...

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Scratchpay: Teaching An Old Veterinary Industry New Payments Tricks
Scratchpay: Teaching An Old Veterinary Industry New Payments Tricks
November 01, 2019  |  Payment Methods

While money cannot buy love, it can be a relatively good measure of love in some cases — particularly when looking at consumer spending. When...

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The White House Startup That’s Taking On Healthcare Payments
The White House Startup That’s Taking On Healthcare Payments
November 01, 2019  |  Healthcare

Though the launch of Healthcare.gov is likely a dim, distant memory for most people, at the time, it was front-page news — and not for...

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