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Bridging Blockchain’s Comprehension Gap

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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iZettle Makes Invoicing mPOSsible
iZettle Makes Invoicing mPOSsible
June 26, 2017  |  Payment Methods

iZettle is announcing today that it has added two more arrows into its SMB quiver: local mobile payment solutions and invoicing. We talked to iZettle Co-Founder and CEO Jacob...

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Mastercard Announces Start Path 2017 Summer Class
Mastercard Announces Start Path 2017 Summer Class
June 26, 2017  |  Startups

Class is in session! For the summer. Today, (June 26), Mastercard announced news that it admitted six new startups into the Start Path program’s class of 2017. So...

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IoT Meets Yoga Pants
IoT Meets Yoga Pants
June 24, 2017  |  Internet of Things

Pants. Most people wear them at some point, but few of us spend much time wondering if pants are living up to their fullest potential....

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