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Visa B2B Biz Nears The Trillion-Dollar Mark

Visa B2B Biz Nears The Trillion-Dollar Mark
Visa B2B Biz Nears The Trillion-Dollar Mark
October 25, 2018  |  VISA

Double-digit growth marked Visa's key metrics in the latest quarter, from processed transactions to cross-border activity. Management pointed to performance and potential as the U.S. consumer...

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Why Yesterday Is The Key To Building mPOS’ Future
Why Yesterday Is The Key To Building mPOS’ Future
October 25, 2018  |  Point of Sale

Before 2009, when Square launched in the U.S., the world of payments wasn’t terribly friendly terrain for small and micro-businesses looking to accept credit cards....

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Solving Digital ID Verification’s ‘Existential Crisis’
Solving Digital ID Verification’s ‘Existential Crisis’
October 24, 2018  |  Authentication

There's a tug of war when it comes to digital ID verification — a tug of war between the customer experience and reducing fraud. Socure Co-founder...

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Why Using Rules Of Thumb To Predict Fraud Is A Fail
Why Using Rules Of Thumb To Predict Fraud Is A Fail
October 24, 2018  |  Cybersecurity

Rules of thumb are useful — until they aren’t. When it comes to deploying corporate resources in the battle against online fraud and account takeovers...

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Samsung And HSBC Get ‘Phygital’ With Wearables
Samsung And HSBC Get ‘Phygital’ With Wearables
October 23, 2018  |  Wearables

HSBC and Samsung have announced what they are calling a “first-of-its-kind” program to bring wearable technology into HSBC bank branches. The two firms are currently...

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What Retail Can Teach Banking About Consumers’ Digital Journeys
What Retail Can Teach Banking About Consumers’ Digital Journeys
October 23, 2018  |  Retail

Consumers go on a lot of different types of digital journeys in a day — they might shop online, do some banking, move funds between...

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What Does Blockchain Have To Do With The Gig Economy?
What Does Blockchain Have To Do With The Gig Economy?
October 23, 2018  |  Gig Economy

In the pre-mobile world, in the time before the Uberization of every conceivable service, the gig economy existed — just not in the highly organized...

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When Commerce Goes Global, Should Payments Stay Local?
When Commerce Goes Global, Should Payments Stay Local?
October 23, 2018  |  eCommerce

In eCommerce, the readiness is all, to steal a line from Shakespeare. Merchants who have made the leap from bricks and mortar to clicks here in...

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