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Digitizing Governments Boosts Business Trade, Digital Payments Across Africa

Digitizing Governments Boosts Business Trade, Digital Payments Across Africa
Digitizing Governments Boosts Business Trade, Digital Payments Across Africa
October 26, 2021  |  B2B Payments

In lists of technology innovations and developments across West Africa, we usually see the achievements of the usual suspects: Nigeria, Ghana and sometimes Cote d’Ivoire....

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Target Adds New Features to Curbside Pickup Offering
Target Adds New Features to Curbside Pickup Offering
October 26, 2021  |  Retail

Target on Tuesday (Oct. 26) introduced enhancements to its Drive Up, Order Pickup and Same-Day Delivery with Shipt offerings that make it easier for customers...

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Contactless Payments Continue to Drive New Waves of Innovation
Contactless Payments Continue to Drive New Waves of Innovation
October 26, 2021  |  Digital Payments

Mark Smith, head of payments for financial services, Amazon Web Services, discusses how the pandemic has prompted many financial institutions to fast-track their digital initiatives...

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New Study: Crypto Emerging as a Favored Form for Cross-Border Remittances
New Study: Crypto Emerging as a Favored Form for Cross-Border Remittances
October 26, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

PYMNTS research finds that nearly 60% of consumers making cross-border remittances in the past year increased such payments under the pandemic, and, with U.S. consumers...

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COVID Drives Small Businesses’ Re-Platforming – and a Renaissance in Digital Payments
COVID Drives Small Businesses’ Re-Platforming – and a Renaissance in Digital Payments
October 26, 2021  |  SMBs

Stoyan Kenderov, chief product and technology officer for Plastiq, discusses how 2020 saw many manual, legacy payment and accounting practices fell by the wayside, with...

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Payveris Teams With Paymentus To Drive Instant Payments
Payveris Teams With Paymentus To Drive Instant Payments
October 26, 2021  |  Faster Payments

Real-time money transfer firm Payveris is partnering with the instant payments network Paymentus to advance a new payment hub — Bill Center — for expanded...

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New Study: Big-Ticket Purchases Slowly Crossing Over From Offline to Online Channels
New Study: Big-Ticket Purchases Slowly Crossing Over From Offline to Online Channels
October 26, 2021  |  Digital Payments

As the pandemic recedes and a sense of normalcy slowly returns to everyday life, more consumers are thinking about the big-ticket purchases they crave —...

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Deep Dive: How Payments Orchestration Can Reduce eCommerce Platforms’ Merchant Integration Challenges
Deep Dive: How Payments Orchestration Can Reduce eCommerce Platforms’ Merchant Integration Challenges
October 26, 2021  |  Payments Innovation

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Blaze Pizza on Firing up Mobile-First Experiences That Go Long on Loyalty
Blaze Pizza on Firing up Mobile-First Experiences That Go Long on Loyalty
October 26, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

When Blaze Pizza’s digital orders grew 150% year over year in just one week during the pandemic, the fast-casual chain knew it had to overhaul...

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