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Stellar’s Airtm Investment Seeds DeFI Opportunity In LatAm Markets

Stellar’s Airtm Investment Seeds DeFI Opportunity In LatAm Markets
Stellar’s Airtm Investment Seeds DeFI Opportunity In LatAm Markets
June 02, 2021  |  International

With Latin American eCommerce growing by 8.4 percent between 2019 and 2020 to over $200 billion, it’s safe to assume the need for safe, fast...

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Finding The Balance For Merchants Between Trusted Authentication And Costly Aggravation
Finding The Balance For Merchants Between Trusted Authentication And Costly Aggravation
June 02, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

With a never-ending parade of bad news about data breaches, cybercrimes, ransomware schemes and a purported army of digital criminals ready to unleash their next...

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BitPay CEO: Consumers Want To Spend Crypto Wealth At Merchants
BitPay CEO: Consumers Want To Spend Crypto Wealth At Merchants
June 02, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

If you want to spend it — will they come? Apologies to the old baseball movie, but the question is a fair one. As cryptocurrencies...

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Payments Orchestration Turns Global Payments Pain Into Merchant Gain
Payments Orchestration Turns Global Payments Pain Into Merchant Gain
June 02, 2021  |  Payments Innovation

Payments orchestration can feel a bit like a new thing to the market in the last few years, but it actually isn’t. Get the Full...

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Digital Pivots Help Johnson & Johnson’s Supply Chain Stay Resilient
Digital Pivots Help Johnson & Johnson’s Supply Chain Stay Resilient
June 02, 2021  |  Commerce Connected

In many ways, Johnson & Johnson was at the heart of the COVID-19 crisis. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Kushki Lands $86 Million To Fix LatAm’s Fragmented Payments Infrastructure
Kushki Lands $86 Million To Fix LatAm’s Fragmented Payments Infrastructure
June 01, 2021  |  Payment Methods

“Latin America is one of the last frontiers where everything is completely ‘legacy.’ The technology is fragmented and unstandardized. It’s been a blank canvas,” Kushki...

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Visa Expands Investment In LoginID — And Authenticated Payments’ Future
Visa Expands Investment In LoginID — And Authenticated Payments’ Future
June 01, 2021  |  Authentication

With news out this past week that the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its second delay of PSD2’s implementation in six months —...

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NEW DATA: What UK And US Businesses Want From Cross-Border Payments Innovations
NEW DATA: What UK And US Businesses Want From Cross-Border Payments Innovations
June 01, 2021  |  Cross-border Payments

Businesses around the world are doubling down on their cross-border innovation amid a growing need for faster, more efficient business-to-business (B2B) payments — and their...

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Consumers Beware: There’s No Such Thing As A Free App
Consumers Beware: There’s No Such Thing As A Free App
June 01, 2021  |  Mobile Applications

There is an “old” saying often applied to social media and other digital products: If you’re using a service and not paying for it, then...

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