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Amex: Digital Tools Will Bring Consumers Back To Restaurants
Amex: Digital Tools Will Bring Consumers Back To Restaurants
April 09, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

According to recent reports, the road to recovery is something of a long slow walk as consumers remain hesitant to get back out there. Even...

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Taking Friction Out Of Back-Office Digitization
Taking Friction Out Of Back-Office Digitization
April 09, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Dramatic disruption often means dramatic response. For many organizations, the pandemic presented the sudden opportunity to fast-track modernization initiatives that had been put on the...

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Acuant Teams With Microsoft On Secure ID Verification
Acuant Teams With Microsoft On Secure ID Verification
April 08, 2021  |  Digital Identity

Identity verification provider Acuant has partnered with Microsoft to support secure information exchange and identity verification on the Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), Acuant announced...

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Mastercard: Consumer Spending Healthy, Poised To Accelerate With Confidence
Mastercard: Consumer Spending Healthy, Poised To Accelerate With Confidence
April 08, 2021  |  Consumer Insights

March 2020. It started with the first death from COVID-19 and political news from the Democratic primaries. It ended with the country in complete lockdown,...

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Cash Flow Becomes The Oil — Or The Sand — In Supply Chain’s Gears
Cash Flow Becomes The Oil — Or The Sand — In Supply Chain’s Gears
April 08, 2021  |  B2B Payments

It was a black swan event that caused supply chains to grind to a halt. Buyers and suppliers lost visibility into shipments. Global traders had...

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Payroc: ISOs Need Integrated Approach to Help Merchants Sell Across Borders
Payroc: ISOs Need Integrated Approach to Help Merchants Sell Across Borders
April 08, 2021  |  International

International eCommerce is coming into its own. A recent report showed that it grew 30 percent from February 2020 to March 2021. As eCommerce becomes...

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Credit Unions Leverage APIs In Quest for Innovation
Credit Unions Leverage APIs In Quest for Innovation
April 08, 2021  |  Credit Unions

In the age of digital-first banking, the application programming interface (API) is where it all happens. APIs can help financial institutions (FIs) introduce new products...

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SPACs, IPOs Uncover Security Vulnerability In Digital-First Economy
SPACs, IPOs Uncover Security Vulnerability In Digital-First Economy
April 08, 2021  |  IPO

Taking a company public used to be an occasional, well-celebrated event on Wall Street, complete with the signature moment of the newly-minted CEO ringing the...

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Digital-First Firms Must Take Page From FinTech Payments Playbook
Digital-First Firms Must Take Page From FinTech Payments Playbook
April 07, 2021  |  Payment Methods

At first, the claim seems to be a bit outlandish. How could every company eventually become a FinTech? But unpack the statement a bit, and...

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