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Urban FT Makes Bid For Troubled Online Bank Digiliti
Urban FT Makes Bid For Troubled Online Bank Digiliti
August 16, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Urban FT has launched a bid for struggling mobile money firm Digiliti. To get a sense of the strategy behind the deal, Karen Webster got an exclusive first look...

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Google Brings Allo IM To Desktop
Google Brings Allo IM To Desktop
August 16, 2017  |  Merchant Innovation

What cell phones were to landlines, instant messages are to smartphones: a more streamlined way of communicating. In today’s fast-moving tech society, any method consumers...

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Facebook Tests eBay’s Daily Deals In Mobile App Marketplace
Facebook Tests eBay’s Daily Deals In Mobile App Marketplace
August 16, 2017  |  Facebook

Facebook has launched a new feature within the Marketplace section on its mobile app, and a selection of eBay’s Daily Deals are now available to...

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Wells Fargo Announces It Will Replace Retiring Chairman Early Next Year
Wells Fargo Announces It Will Replace Retiring Chairman Early Next Year
August 16, 2017  |  Personnel

Wells Fargo & Company has announced that Elizabeth “Betsy” Duke will succeed Stephen Sanger as independent chairman of the board, a result of shareholder displeasure over...

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New Uber For Business Platform Includes Easier Travel Rules, Program Creation
New Uber For Business Platform Includes Easier Travel Rules, Program Creation
August 16, 2017  |  Ridesharing

Ridesharing company Uber recently announced news it has launched a revamp of its Uber for Business platform, including easier rule setting for managers, group-based access levels and...

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Interview With A Financial Vampire
Interview With A Financial Vampire
August 16, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

There’s a lot of money in stolen credit cards. Fraud magnate Bern Ersell declined to tell PYMNTS exactly how much, but he did give a...

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Did You Hear The One About The Man Dressed Up As A Car Seat?
Did You Hear The One About The Man Dressed Up As A Car Seat?
August 16, 2017  |  Intelligence of Things

While much has been written about the coming technological future, when cars will drive themselves, actually seeing an unmanned vehicle on the road is still...

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Embedded Chips Lend a Hand To Unattended Retail
Embedded Chips Lend a Hand To Unattended Retail
August 16, 2017  |  Unattended Retail

Some unattended retail solutions run skin deep — literally. Tech company Three Square Market recently kicked up a media firestorm by implanting tiny microchips in employee volunteers,...

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NEW REPORT: Bank Of The West Takes On Innovation’s Wild West
NEW REPORT: Bank Of The West Takes On Innovation’s Wild West
August 16, 2017  |  Digital Banking

If the past month is any indication, the digital banking space could be getting even more competitive, as newer players gain capabilities to compete on...

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