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AmazonFresh Pickup Gets Smart

AmazonFresh Pickup Gets Smart
AmazonFresh Pickup Gets Smart
May 26, 2017  |  Amazon

Ecommerce giant Amazon is increasingly dipping its virtual toes into the physical world, this time with the launch of the AmazonFresh Pickup service in Seattle’s...

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Worldpay Launches VR Payments Prototype
Worldpay Launches VR Payments Prototype
May 26, 2017  |  Payment Methods

Worldpay, the payment processing company, is testing the use of virtual reality to enable card transactions for customers who are in a computer-generated environment. Get...

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Bitcoin Surges Cause Coinbase Outages
Bitcoin Surges Cause Coinbase Outages
May 26, 2017  |  Bitcoin

Coinbase, the world’s largest bitcoin company, announced that it suffered outages this week when the bitcoin exchange saw “unprecedented traffic and trading,” with the digital currency...

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Why So Many eProcurement Efforts Fail — And How To Fix it
Why So Many eProcurement Efforts Fail — And How To Fix it
May 26, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Imagine a business that has overcome the headwinds of digital adoption: the cost of implementing new technology, the corporate culture that fights change, the investment...

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NEW REPORT: Why Five Guys Says Mobile Order-Ahead Is All About The KISS
NEW REPORT: Why Five Guys Says Mobile Order-Ahead Is All About The KISS
May 26, 2017  |  Mobile Order Ahead

Restaurants that want to deliver a great — not just good — mobile order-ahead experience may want to consider the KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid, that...

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Alipay Launches Mobile Payment Service In Hong Kong Dollars
Alipay Launches Mobile Payment Service In Hong Kong Dollars
May 25, 2017  |  Payment Methods

Alipay, Alibaba’s mobile payment unit, is pushing into non-yuan payments, releasing a version of its mobile payment service in Hong Kong dollars. Get the Full...

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