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Investments Continue To Perk Up And Snapchat Snaps Back

Investments Continue To Perk Up And Snapchat Snaps Back
Investments Continue To Perk Up And Snapchat Snaps Back
June 01, 2016  |  Investments

It has been an interesting roller coaster ride for the team over at Snapchat for the last six months or so, particularly where its funding...

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How ACH Payments Pump Up C-Store Sales
How ACH Payments Pump Up C-Store Sales
May 31, 2016  |  Alternative Credit

Want to know how a payments method that only a small fraction of consumers actually use increases sales by 6 percent? Stephen Goodrich, president and...

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Difficult Questions Lending Club Left Behind
Difficult Questions Lending Club Left Behind
May 31, 2016  |  Alternative Credit

Given that for a few short years, very prominent executives at the biggest banks in the world were publicly worry that the emerging marketplace and...

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Fed To Hike Rates, As China Looks On Warily
Fed To Hike Rates, As China Looks On Warily
May 30, 2016  |  Cross-border Payments

US stocks have been buoyant amid improving economic data, relatively steady energy prices and now a seemingly imminent rate hike. Here’s why that last point...

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The Costanza Edition: Robots As Checkouts And Retailers Urged To Share
The Costanza Edition: Robots As Checkouts And Retailers Urged To Share
May 30, 2016  |  Payment Methods

Of all the famous “Seinfeld” episodes, few are as memorable as the time George decides to revamp his life by doing the exact opposite of everything...

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The Strange World Of Summer Retail
The Strange World Of Summer Retail
May 30, 2016  |  Retail

Today, summer is officially on. Well, OK, not “officially” in a literal sense, since the sun’s annual trip to the Tropic of Cancer isn’t officially on the...

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Uber, Bitcoin, Botnets, SWIFT – And The Wells Wallets
Sizzle Or Fizzle: Uber, Bitcoin, Botnets, SWIFT – And The Wells Wallets
May 27, 2016  |  Payments Innovation

You want to know what really sizzled this week? The weather in Boston – and it’s about darn time. We’ve even stopped complaining now that...

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Giving Big Data Decision-Making A Real-Time Touch
Giving Big Data Decision-Making A Real-Time Touch
May 27, 2016  |  Identity theft

Big data and analytics can be powerful for decision-making, but what if businesses aren’t taking advantage of what these tools really have to offer? Enter...

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