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The Fed Wants To Know How It Can Make Payments Move Faster

The Fed Wants To Know How It Can Make Payments Move Faster
The Fed Wants To Know How It Can Make Payments Move Faster
October 04, 2018  |  Real-Time Payments

The Fed is seeking public comment from stakeholders on moving to faster payments, always on and always available. Fed Gov. Lael Brainard said in a...

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Visa, Postmates Give Gig Workers Instant Pay
Visa, Postmates Give Gig Workers Instant Pay
October 04, 2018  |  Digital Payments

Gig work can serve as a lifestyle that offers flexibility and freedom. It can stand as a stop gap that helps people pay rent, grocery...

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Why Machines Need Humans To Beat Online Fraud
Why Machines Need Humans To Beat Online Fraud
October 03, 2018  |  Fraud Prevention

Fraudsters are nothing if not actors. Some of them are quite good, perhaps even worthy of an Oscar (or at least a Golden Globe), while...

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Getting B2B Payments Out Of The Paper Check Dark Ages
Getting B2B Payments Out Of The Paper Check Dark Ages
October 03, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Someone needs to write an epic poem about the paper check. Love it or hate it (and we all say we hate it even though...

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How Picfair Plans To Shake Up Shutterstock (And Photo Marketplaces)
How Picfair Plans To Shake Up Shutterstock (And Photo Marketplaces)
October 03, 2018  |  Matchmakers

Before Benji Lanyado founded photography marketplace Picfair, he was a journalist covering the travel beat for a “publication whose name you would know” facing an ongoing problem....

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Vocalink On The Grim Facts Behind Financial Crime’s $1.4T Toll
Vocalink On The Grim Facts Behind Financial Crime’s $1.4T Toll
October 02, 2018  |  Cybersecurity

Halloween comes early this year as we delve into a slew of grisly facts about financial crime in our latest Data Drivers. Losses amount to...

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Inventor Of The Web, Tim Berners-Lee, Wants To Take It Back
Inventor Of The Web, Tim Berners-Lee, Wants To Take It Back
October 02, 2018  |  Data & Research

What would one say about a computer geek who said he could protect their online identity, and while doing do would make a bold move against...

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Avant Brings SaaS Lending Tech To Banks
Avant Brings SaaS Lending Tech To Banks
October 02, 2018  |  Loans

Avant is best known among its financial services peers as a FinTech firm, founded to throw automation and an artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced underwriting process at...

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