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Rising Smartphone, Digital Service Usage Drives Adoption of Non-Cash Payments in Latin America
Rising Smartphone, Digital Service Usage Drives Adoption of Non-Cash Payments in Latin America
October 14, 2021  |  Digital Payments

Cash use is so prevalent in many Latin American markets that consumers actually go out of their way to use it to make a payment...

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63% of CFOs More Focused on Increasing Customers’ Lifetime Values 
63% of CFOs More Focused on Increasing Customers’ Lifetime Values 
October 13, 2021  |  CFO

The pandemic’s disruption to the economy and to business models has spurred chief financial officers (CFOs) to re-examine the strategies they use to reach their...

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Global Fraud Risks Reduced With Real Time, Cross Platform ID Verification
Global Fraud Risks Reduced With Real Time, Cross Platform ID Verification
October 13, 2021  |  Authentication

As firms move beyond domestic markets and capture new business and revenue streams in other countries, they’ve got to step up their efforts to ensure...

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Visa: Buy Now Pay Later and Revolving Credit Co-Exist as Consumers, Merchants Play With New Credit Models
Visa: Buy Now Pay Later and Revolving Credit Co-Exist as Consumers, Merchants Play With New...
October 13, 2021  |  Buy Now Pay Later

When Visa Installments was launched in Australia last week with ANZ bank and Quest Payment Systems, it was seen as a sign that large global...

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Collaborative Commerce Simplifies Accounts Payable and Receivable Process, Strengthens Business Ties
Collaborative Commerce Simplifies Accounts Payable and Receivable Process, Strengthens Business Ties
October 13, 2021  |  B2B Payments

To borrow from Robert Frost’s “good fences make good neighbors” quote, it would seem that good payments make good partners too.  That is to say, the...

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Electronic Invoicing Turns Digital Doubters Into Informed Believers
Electronic Invoicing Turns Digital Doubters Into Informed Believers
October 13, 2021  |  B2B Payments

When busy business owners think about invoice processing, they often take a super-simplified utopian view: they issue a purchase order, get invoiced and make a payment....

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Digital Driver’s Licenses Herald New Age of ‘Mobile ID Choice’
Digital Driver’s Licenses Herald New Age of ‘Mobile ID Choice’
October 13, 2021  |  Digital Identity

It’s time to ditch the plastic — that is, if you want to. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Data Brief: 80% of US Consumers Have at Least One Subscription 
Data Brief: 80% of US Consumers Have at Least One Subscription 
October 12, 2021  |  Subscriptions

More than ever, consumers’ use of automated payments to manage their subscriptions is gaining ground. That comes in tandem with more subscriptions than ever, across...

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Fortis CEO: End-to-End Platforms Allow Software Partners to Enable ‘Invisible’ Commerce at Scale
Fortis CEO: End-to-End Platforms Allow Software Partners to Enable ‘Invisible’ Commerce at Scale
October 12, 2021  |  Technology

The Bard had it right, penning words mouthed by Hamlet that in a way echo for eCommerce centuries hence: The readiness is all. Get the...

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