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Mastercard: 2021 Was the Year of Evolution
Mastercard: 2021 Was the Year of Evolution
January 04, 2022  |  Digital Payments

Businesses and consumers alike built on their digital payments momentum in 2021, Ron Shultz, Mastercard executive vice president, New Payment Flows, North America found, accelerating...

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10 Predictions About What’s Next for Crypto in 2022
10 Predictions About What’s Next for Crypto in 2022
January 03, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

There’s no denying that 2021 was the year that cryptocurrency went mainstream. Even with a couple of bad busts to counter the booms, Bitcoin gained...

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71% of Consumers Who Received Disbursements in 2021 Could Choose How They Got Paid
71% of Consumers Who Received Disbursements in 2021 Could Choose How They Got Paid
January 03, 2022  |  Disbursements

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Automating Mundane Tasks Frees Finance Teams for Value-Added Projects
Automating Mundane Tasks Frees Finance Teams for Value-Added Projects
January 03, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Frank Colich, chief financial officer (CFO) at Rescale, has two mantras that he has followed as he’s built accounting and finance teams over the years....

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To Win Real-Time Payments Fight, Crypto Must Beat Mainstream FIs, Woo Regulators
To Win Real-Time Payments Fight, Crypto Must Beat Mainstream FIs, Woo Regulators
January 03, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

It’s been more than a quarter-century since Amazon shipped its first book. The dot-com bubble burst, and then the world got Web 2.0, followed by...

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eBay: More Options, Less Red Tape Needed to Streamline Cross-Border Payments and Purchases
eBay: More Options, Less Red Tape Needed to Streamline Cross-Border Payments and Purchases
January 03, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

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Visa: 2021 Was the Year of Expectations
Visa: 2021 Was the Year of Expectations
January 03, 2022  |  Opinion

A year of increasingly blurred boundaries between the in-store and eCommerce shopping experience, fueled by a tailwind of installment plans and stunningly fast delivery and...

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Automating Accounts Payable Function Strengthens Business and Relationships
Automating Accounts Payable Function Strengthens Business and Relationships
January 03, 2022  |  Accounts Payable

Consumer payments have been digitized to such an extent that most people have come to expect that every single transaction they make will be easy...

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Two-Thirds of FI Execs Don’t Think Their Firms Understand Crypto and Blockchain Very Well
Two-Thirds of FI Execs Don’t Think Their Firms Understand Crypto and Blockchain Very Well
January 03, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Financial institutions’ (FIs’) blockchain and cryptocurrency implementation roadmaps are, in a sense, all over the map. FIs cite nine different factors as important drivers of...

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