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Why Payment Experience Matters For Global Citizens
Why Payment Experience Matters For Global Citizens
September 30, 2016  |  Cross Border Commerce

Global Citizens are an attractive (and quickly growing) market. They make high-ticket payments in full for things like education and health care, which can be...

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Amex Sizzles, Big Banks Fizzle And Indian eCommerce Lives Up To Its Sizzling Hype
Amex Sizzles, Big Banks Fizzle And Indian eCommerce Lives Up To Its Sizzling Hype
September 30, 2016  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Fall has arrived in Boston and we are sizzling. The Red Sox clinched the AL East and the Pats are 3-0 — even with a...

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Hackers Strike It Big On Security Vulnerabilities
Hackers Strike It Big On Security Vulnerabilities
September 30, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

A hacker’s job is never done. Though they work hard to scam, defraud and launch malicious attacks, there’s also many times when we make their...

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Banks Leaving Treasurers To Manage Cash Themselves
Banks Leaving Treasurers To Manage Cash Themselves
September 29, 2016  |  B2B Payments

The corporate treasurer, especially for larger, multinational corporations, is now a strategic role within the enterprise. But the size and strength of corporate treasury departments...

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Fighting Fraud: A Marathon, Not A Sprint
Fighting Fraud: A Marathon, Not A Sprint
September 29, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Payments technology evolves, and so does fraud.  In the ongoing battle for speed, accuracy and safety, TNS’ Global Payments Strategy Head George Zirkel says it...

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Where Amazon Treads, Stocks Tremble
Where Amazon Treads, Stocks Tremble
September 29, 2016  |  Amazon

Beware the Amazon Effect, where competitors’ stocks slide on the merest hint that Amazon wants a piece of their pie. Unless you’re a short seller...

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Great Mobile Expectations
Great Mobile Expectations
September 29, 2016  |  Mobile Payments

Retailers are bullish on the holiday shopping season thanks to consumer optimism, but a bigger factor affecting their end-of-year sales could be the great expectations...

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Mastercard Turns Up The API Volume
Mastercard Turns Up The API Volume
September 28, 2016  |  Mastercard

As the famous line from “Cabaret” goes, money makes make the world go round. Though much of the world has changed since Fred Ebb wrote...

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Why Simple (Innovation) Sells
Why Simple (Innovation) Sells
September 28, 2016  |  Payments Innovation

The pressure to come up with the next “big idea” can often overshadow the opportunity to deliver the best answer to the problem, says Rudolf...

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