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The Recurring Science (And Art) Of Revenue Recognition

The Recurring Science (And Art) Of Revenue Recognition
The Recurring Science (And Art) Of Revenue Recognition
February 07, 2017  |  Payments Innovation

The subscription or recurring payment model provides some visibility for firms, but closing the books at month end and the back end is no easy...

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QSR Merchants Rush To EMV
QSR Merchants Rush To EMV
February 07, 2017  |  Data Drivers

Hotels and restaurant merchants of all sizes are off and running to deploy EMV — almost unanimously. Contactless remains a question mark but a hot...

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Fraud’s $50B Identity Crisis
Fraud’s $50B Identity Crisis
February 06, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

The use of fake or synthetic identities is actually scarier than it may sound, in fact, the fraud perpetrated by the cybercriminals behind these identities...

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Walmart Rethinks, Amazon Dominates And Mastercard Wins
Walmart Rethinks, Amazon Dominates And Mastercard Wins
February 06, 2017  |  Data Dive

The big game is over, and football is done for another year. And while it was a great game — particularly the part where the...

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How Self-Service Retail Is Becoming Mainstream Retail
How Self-Service Retail Is Becoming Mainstream Retail
February 06, 2017  |  Unattended Retail

Vending machines aren’t about soda and salty snacks anymore — even if, at the consumer level, that’s what most people think of when they think...

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Making Payments Work For Platforms (Instead Of The Other Way Around)
Making Payments Work For Platforms (Instead Of The Other Way Around)
February 03, 2017  |  eCommerce

As of 2017, platform businesses need payments solutions — they are becoming a less optional part of the business. But turning payments isn’t exactly as easy...

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Facebook Sizzles, Stocks Fizzle And Corporate America Proves We Can Be Friends
Facebook Sizzles, Stocks Fizzle And Corporate America Proves We Can Be Friends
February 03, 2017  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Amid earnings season, it’s tough to keep track of who is up and who is down. The stock market is a scorecard, redone on a...

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Visa Surges On Visa Europe, Strong Cardholder Spend
Visa Surges On Visa Europe, Strong Cardholder Spend
February 03, 2017  |  Earnings

On his first earnings call with investors and analysts, Visa CEO Al Kelly had good news to report. Visa beat Wall Street expectations for both...

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Square And Apple: Who Is The Big Winner Of Their Payments Pair-Up?
Square And Apple: Who Is The Big Winner Of Their Payments Pair-Up?
February 02, 2017  |  Apple

History has a tendency of repeating itself in payments — though luckily, things in this space move fast and attention spans are often fairly short,...

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