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PayPal’s 203M Users Drive More Frequency

PayPal’s 203M Users Drive More Frequency
PayPal’s 203M Users Drive More Frequency
April 27, 2017  |  Earnings

It was another good earnings day to be PayPal, as the firm managed to beat the Street on earnings and analyst projections and upwardly adjusted...

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P2PE’s Silver Lining In Cybercrime’s Dark Cloud
P2PE’s Silver Lining In Cybercrime’s Dark Cloud
April 27, 2017  |  Cybersecurity

Data breaches are not exactly news — since the Target breach of 2013, they’ve gone from being something that was little considered outside a fairly...

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NEW REPORT: Small Retailers Play Big With Consumer-Friendly Tech
NEW REPORT: Small Retailers Play Big With Consumer-Friendly Tech
April 27, 2017  |  Payment Methods

Whether they realize it or not, consumers have increasingly cutting-edge expectations of the merchants and companies with which they do business. And for the companies...

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JDA Software + TransVoyant Take On Supply Chain Predictability
JDA Software + TransVoyant Take On Supply Chain Predictability
April 27, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Innovation is brewing across the supply chain. As organizations across industries look to become more nimble and able to visualize end-to-end, a need has arisen...

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Walmart2Walmart Is Lowering Fees — And Going Digital With Amex
Walmart2Walmart Is Lowering Fees — And Going Digital With Amex
April 26, 2017  |  Merchant Innovation

In a world obsessed with the digital future of money, cash can be a pretty easy thing to overlook. That’s of course, unless one is...

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Financial Wellness, For Employees, And Their Employers Too
Financial Wellness, For Employees, And Their Employers Too
April 26, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Turnover in certain industries — think fast food firms and cleaning services — can reach a few hundred percent annually. And that can cost firms thousands...

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Helping Investors Avoid The Lending Club Trap
Helping Investors Avoid The Lending Club Trap
April 26, 2017  |  Loans

Transparency cures all ills — especially in the online lending space where investors need certainty the pools of debt they’re buying are as represented. Global...

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Helping Acquirers Embrace An App-Centric Future
Helping Acquirers Embrace An App-Centric Future
April 26, 2017  |  Matchmakers

The historical relationship between merchants, acquirers and ISOs was fairly simple — it was often based on bundling payments processing around POS terminals. But a...

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