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60% of Merchants Enable Digital Profiles for Consumers
60% of Merchants Enable Digital Profiles for Consumers
February 23, 2022  |  Retail

The number of merchants offering three cross-channel-capable features increased between 2020 and 2021, according to The 2022 Global Digital Shopping Index, a PYMNTS and Cybersource...

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Credit Unions Partner With FinTechs to Compete Like One
Credit Unions Partner With FinTechs to Compete Like One
February 23, 2022  |  Credit Unions

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Burgeoning EV Market Lacks Data Standardization As OEMs Go It Alone
Burgeoning EV Market Lacks Data Standardization As OEMs Go It Alone
February 23, 2022  |  Connected Economy

There’s a moment in most innovation waves where standardization becomes the missing step to reaching mass-market penetration. It’s why the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)...

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Embedded Banking, Digital Payments Help SMBs Hedge Inflation, Boost Cashflow
Embedded Banking, Digital Payments Help SMBs Hedge Inflation, Boost Cashflow
February 23, 2022  |  SMBs

Generally speaking, businesses are feeling optimistic about their prospects as economies reopen — and they have incentives to invest in the technologies and initiatives that...

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Cities Turn to AI-Powered Solutions to Tackle Traffic Challenges
Cities Turn to AI-Powered Solutions to Tackle Traffic Challenges
February 23, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Ninety-nine percent of the traffic lights in the world use technology that hasn’t been improved in more than a century. Add up all the ones...

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Security, Trust Key to Consumer Adoption of Open Banking
Security, Trust Key to Consumer Adoption of Open Banking
February 23, 2022  |  Digital-First Banking

Americans have opened new accounts, taken out additional loans and carried balances in the past year, and many showed preferences for managing all of this...

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Travel Rebound Helped by Business Use of Virtual Credit Cards
Travel Rebound Helped by Business Use of Virtual Credit Cards
February 23, 2022  |  Travel Payments

There is no question about the severe impact the pandemic has had on the travel industry, and that includes the mayhem it caused travel businesses...

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24% of Consumers Don’t Trust Digital Account Opening Tech
24% of Consumers Don’t Trust Digital Account Opening Tech
February 22, 2022  |  Consumer Finance

Fifty-nine percent of consumers have opened new financial accounts in the past year, according to Account Opening And Loan Servicing In The Digital Environment, a...

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Linking Networks Key to Delivering Instant Payments Ubiquity
Linking Networks Key to Delivering Instant Payments Ubiquity
February 22, 2022  |  Disbursements

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