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Bank Branches Need To Be More Like Apple Stores

Bank Branches Need To Be More Like Apple Stores
Bank Branches Need To Be More Like Apple Stores
June 10, 2021  |  Digital-First Banking

The pandemic that changed everything is probably the essential truism of the year 2021, a change that can largely be summed up with a single...

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Micro Disbursements Drive Major Lift In Loyalty 
Micro Disbursements Drive Major Lift In Loyalty 
June 10, 2021  |  Loyalty & Rewards

We’re in the age of rewards, of being reimbursed in some way for our attention, our feedback, perhaps most of all our loyalty. Get the...

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Hokodo Puts BNPL To Work For UK B2B Marketplaces
Hokodo Puts BNPL To Work For UK B2B Marketplaces
June 10, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) is a booming business for consumer commerce, and as is often the case, B2B merchants are now looking at how...

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Technology Helps Locked-Out Consumers Access Lending
Technology Helps Locked-Out Consumers Access Lending
June 09, 2021  |  Financial Inclusion

The problem of unbanked consumers — those without access to a checking or savings account — has remarkably improved, with over 95 percent of American...

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Banks Need To Embrace SMBs Or Lose Them To A FinTech That Does
Banks Need To Embrace SMBs Or Lose Them To A FinTech That Does
June 09, 2021  |  Digital-First Banking

According to PYMNTS’ Making Loyalty Work For Small Businesses produced in collaboration with Pollinate, nearly half of consumers said they think it is critical to...

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Nok Nok CEO: Online Customers Give Better Identity Signals Than Fraudsters
Nok Nok CEO: Online Customers Give Better Identity Signals Than Fraudsters
June 09, 2021  |  Identity

As the race toward a passwordless future gains speed and superior security alternatives gain traction, it has become clear that the connected economy will reach...

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NCR’s Doug Brown: Small Banks Merge Trust Equity With Tech To Drive Digital Future
NCR’s Doug Brown: Small Banks Merge Trust Equity With Tech To Drive Digital Future
June 09, 2021  |  Digital-First Banking

Community banks may have fewer resources and a lot less in the way of digital services to offer customers, but what they lack in tech...

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Stellar: Digital Dollars Are A Financial Tool For Everyone
Stellar: Digital Dollars Are A Financial Tool For Everyone
June 09, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

The cryptocurrency thrill ride can be exciting to watch. Bitcoin’s peaks and valleys, cryptocurrencies that make a splash and then fizzle out, the rise and...

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Why It Took A Pandemic To Bring Healthcare Into The Connected Economy
Why It Took A Pandemic To Bring Healthcare Into The Connected Economy
June 09, 2021  |  Healthcare

It took a pandemic to bring healthcare into the connected economy. Before the pandemic, the ability of a consumer to access a doctor via a...

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