Innovation

Innovation in its modern meaning is "a new idea, creative thoughts, new imaginations in form of device or method". Innovation is often also viewed as the application of better solutions that meet new requirements, unarticulated needs, or existing market needs.

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Instant Onboarding: A Payments ‘Red Herring?’
Instant Onboarding: A Payments ‘Red Herring?’
November 02, 2018  |  Faster Payments

Instant onboarding — the ability for a merchant to complete a one-page digital application, then instantly process payments — has, more or less, been heralded as the best thing to happen in...

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NEW REPORT: Gap’s ‘Swiss Army Knife’ Black Friday mPOS Plan
NEW REPORT: Gap’s ‘Swiss Army Knife’ Black Friday mPOS Plan
November 02, 2018  |  MPOS Tracker

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Cardtronics Q3 Revenue Takes Hit From UK And Australia Declines
Cardtronics Q3 Revenue Takes Hit From UK And Australia Declines
November 01, 2018  |  Earnings

Lower ATM operating revenue in the U.K. and Australia helped depress Q3 earnings revenue for Cardtronics, the world’s largest owner of ATMs. Late Thursday (Nov....

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Cannabis Logistics Finds Opportunity In Uncharted Territory: WAYV
Cannabis Logistics Finds Opportunity In Uncharted Territory: WAYV
November 01, 2018  |  B2B Payments

FinTech innovation is often a layered process, taking existing infrastructures and processes, and developing new tools to improve upon them. In the rare instance that...

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How The Gig Economy Is Igniting Spend Management Innovation
How The Gig Economy Is Igniting Spend Management Innovation
November 01, 2018  |  Gig Economy

Before CEO Toffer Grant founded PEX, he worked in the world of prepaid cards (gift cards in particular), where Christmas was the biggest challenge of every year. Gift card...

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Ecosystems: Google, Disney And The Power Of Parental Spend
Ecosystems: Google, Disney And The Power Of Parental Spend
October 31, 2018  |  Artificial Intelligence

There are some hit toys from the 1960s that were genuine classics – so much so that they are still with us today. This year, Ken Dolls,...

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Ford And Baidu Kick Off Two-Year Self-Driving Vehicle Test In China
Ford And Baidu Kick Off Two-Year Self-Driving Vehicle Test In China
October 31, 2018  |  Innovation

Ford Motor Company and Baidu, the Chinese technology company, announced Wednesday (Oct. 31) the start of a two-year joint self-driving vehicle test project, under which...

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How Subscription Services Are Steering Consumers Away From Owning Possessions
How Subscription Services Are Steering Consumers Away From Owning Possessions
October 30, 2018  |  Retail

To help consumers save on the costs of owning possessions, companies are offering more goods and services on demand with the subscription business model, long...

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Chip Implants Raise Security Concerns
Chip Implants Raise Security Concerns
October 29, 2018  |  Fraud Prevention

There may come a day, a generation or two from now, when stories about the data breaches and other hacking threats faced by payments and...

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