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JD Vance On Innovation For Everyone
JD Vance On Innovation For Everyone
March 17, 2017  |  Financial Inclusion

The average income in the city of Boston is around $52,000 a year. Factoring in the average incomes that surround it brings that number up...

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Second Day, Second Wind On Innovation Debates
Second Day, Second Wind On Innovation Debates
March 17, 2017  |  100 Innovations

IP 2017 is now slightly in the rearview mirror, but the debates over everything from cross-border remittances to the role of the private sector in...

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Why Payments Security Is Vital To Innovation
Why Payments Security Is Vital To Innovation
March 17, 2017  |  Payments Innovation

There’s no doubt that innovative payment solutions, without the proper security to safeguard the sensitive transactional data, won’t get far. Consumers and businesses today are...

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The Mobile Wallets Results Are In, And They’re…Underwhelming
The Mobile Wallets Results Are In, And They’re…Underwhelming
March 16, 2017  |  Mobile

When Apple’s mobile wallet, Apple Pay, launched 2.5 years ago, the conventional wisdom was that the plastic card was about to be as dead as...

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The Payments Ide(a)s Of March
The Payments Ide(a)s Of March
March 16, 2017  |  Innovation

Mid-March has typically heralded change in the world. Just ask the Romans or the blizzard watchers of 2017, beset by snow where green shoots should have...

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Moving Beyond the Buy Button in Commerce
Moving Beyond the Buy Button in Commerce
March 16, 2017  |  Commerce

Fitting that voice should be the topic of our inaugural "Voices of IP" segment, as Vice President of Amazon Pay Patrick Gauthier chats with PYMNTS...

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Innovation Project Has Arrived
Innovation Project Has Arrived
March 15, 2017  |  Innovation

The big day has finally arrived — no thanks to Mother Nature, who decided to throw a disruption of her own at the year’s biggest celebration...

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Netspend SVP Charts The Path To Prepaid’s Future
Netspend SVP Charts The Path To Prepaid’s Future
March 15, 2017  |  Prepaid

The prepaid industry looks nothing like it did many years ago. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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The MoneyGram Acquisition — Is A Bidding War Coming Soon?
The MoneyGram Acquisition — Is A Bidding War Coming Soon?
March 15, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Who said that money transmitters with large physical footprints weren’t sexy? Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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