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The Year In Mobile Payments

The Year In Mobile Payments
The Year In Mobile Payments
December 22, 2016  |  Mobile

Well, another year will soon be one for the history books, and given the type of year 2016 has been, we imagine it will be a...

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Three Years After The Target Breach
Three Years After The Target Breach
December 21, 2016  |  Cybersecurity

There was a time when data breaches were not a daily part of consumers’ day-to-day lives. Sure, credit cards got stolen or skimmed from time...

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Merchants Deck The Halls With Omnichannel This Holiday Season
Merchants Deck The Halls With Omnichannel This Holiday Season
December 21, 2016  |  Omnicommerce

The impact of omnichannel across the retail ecosystem is significant, but the 2016 holiday season is shaping up to provide a clear picture of just...

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How Trust Ignites Matchmakers
How Trust Ignites Matchmakers
December 21, 2016  |  Matchmakers

Connecting two or three parties isn’t enough to ignite a matchmaker. In this week’s episode of The Matchmaker is In, Jed Kleckner, CEO of Delivery.com,...

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How Blinker Wants To Disrupt Car Sales
How Blinker Wants To Disrupt Car Sales
December 20, 2016  |  Alternative Credit

The problem, according to Rod Buscher, CEO and founder of Blinker, is that most Americans need a car — meaning they often don’t feel they have...

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Payments 2016, The Year Of …
Payments 2016, The Year Of …
December 20, 2016  |  Payments Innovation

From open APIs to omnichannel, from EMV chip cards to faster payments, it’s hard to put a finger on exactly which happenings in the payments...

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Securing Unattended Retail Payments
Securing Unattended Retail Payments
December 20, 2016  |  Today In Data

Move over, velvet: Unattended terminals are the hottest trend in retail. But making them cashless is just the first step to getting consumers to sign...

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Bitcoin: From Store Of Value To Value At Store?
Bitcoin: From Store Of Value To Value At Store?
December 19, 2016  |  News

Commodity. Currency. A hybrid of the two. Where you stand on bitcoin determines how you use it, but as Gene Kavner, founder and CEO of iPayYou notes...

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