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Influencer Brands Are Getting Ready for a TikTok-Less Future
Influencer Brands Are Getting Ready for a TikTok-Less Future
April 27, 2024  |  Social Commerce

G.R.W.M. (that’s “get ready with me”) for a major change in the social commerce landscape, because the pending TikTok ban in the United States could be make-or-break...

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Study Finds Only Half of Consumers Satisfied With Embedded Lending Options
Study Finds Only Half of Consumers Satisfied With Embedded Lending Options
April 26, 2024  |  VISA

Lenders in key global markets offer an ever-increasing range of consumer credit products. Still, consumers express dissatisfaction with the current options. Just 50% of consumers...

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Corporates Shift Mindset Back to Growth
Corporates Shift Mindset Back to Growth
April 25, 2024  |  Payments Innovation

Inflation, inflation and inflation. The drum beat has defined the past year in the financial services business and reached a crescendo in the first quarter. But, according to payments orchestration solution...

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Working Capital Index Finds Central Europe and EMEA Ripe for Growth
Working Capital Index Finds Central Europe and EMEA Ripe for Growth
April 24, 2024  |  VISA

Working capital enables companies to avoid disturbances in operations in the short term and power growth in the long term. In the Central Europe, Middle...

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New Data: 93% of Card-Linked Offer Users Come Back for More
New Data: 93% of Card-Linked Offer Users Come Back for More
April 23, 2024  |  Loyalty & Rewards

Card-linked offers, which provide special savings or rewards attached to a merchant or product, are popular: Roughly 2 in 5 cardholders consistently use them. PYMNTS...

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This Thirty-Year AI Expert Challenges the Notion That AI Can Think
This Thirty-Year AI Expert Challenges the Notion That AI Can Think
April 22, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

There are people who say they are an AI expert and there’s Akli Adjaoute. He was on the case early in the technology’s lifecycle and...

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From Heineken’s Dumb Phone to T-Pain, ’00s Make a Comeback
From Heineken’s Dumb Phone to T-Pain, ’00s Make a Comeback
April 20, 2024  |  Retail

From the rise of social networking to a more fractured media landscape to the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into daily life, the world looks...

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Click-and-Mortar™ Shopping Expands by 49% In Brazil
Click-and-Mortar™ Shopping Expands by 49% In Brazil
April 19, 2024  |  VISA

Half of Brazilian consumers are adopting Click-and-Mortar™ shopping strategies, and the country trails only Saudi Arabia in the Click-and-Mortar™ transformation. The approach blends online and...

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Why Europe Must End Its 30-Year Digital Winter to Ensure Its Long-Run Future
Why Europe Must End Its 30-Year Digital Winter to Ensure Its Long-Run Future
April 18, 2024  |  Opinion

In the last 30 years, Europe — defined here as the EU plus the U.K., Norway and Switzerland — has created few leading digital businesses...

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