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Mastercard: The Touchless And Caring Economies Are Boosting P2P Adoption

Mastercard: The Touchless And Caring Economies Are Boosting P2P Adoption
Mastercard: The Touchless And Caring Economies Are Boosting P2P Adoption
October 09, 2020  |  Digital Payments

Consumers seeking out low- to no-touch payments options amid public health concerns have combined with an uptick in charitable donations and tips to boost the...

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Dwolla CEO: The Paper Check-less Business Payments Sea Change
Dwolla CEO: The Paper Check-less Business Payments Sea Change
October 09, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Watchers of the B2B payments space already know how overwhelming the power of inertia can be. The great digitization that was supposed to drive out reams...

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How SMBs Could Edge Out eCommerce Giants This Holiday Season
How SMBs Could Edge Out eCommerce Giants This Holiday Season
October 09, 2020  |  Retail

With the holiday shopping season set to kick into high gear with Amazon Prime Day on Oct. 13-14, online merchants in America and beyond are...

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Report: How Furniture Retailers Use Automation To Take Fraud Off The Table
Report: How Furniture Retailers Use Automation To Take Fraud Off The Table
October 09, 2020  |  Next-Gen Debit

Brick-and-mortar commerce has rebounded in recent months, but consumers are still heading online for many of their purchases, maintaining trends set in the early months...

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Fixing A Credit-Data Dearth That’s Hurting Lending More Than COVID-19
Fixing A Credit-Data Dearth That’s Hurting Lending More Than COVID-19
October 09, 2020  |  Credit Cards

The pandemic has cast a chill across the loan process, but Matt Harris, co-founder and CEO of Bloom Credit, told PYMNTS that a lack of...

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ShoppingGives: When Philanthropy Makes Good Business For Retailers
ShoppingGives: When Philanthropy Makes Good Business For Retailers
October 09, 2020  |  Retail

It’s the middle of an unprecedented pandemic, and the health of the economy seems to change on a day-to-day basis. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Grocery Round-Up: Instacart’s Big Valuation Jump, Kroger’s Ghost Kitchens And Grocery Deals Come To Prime Day
Grocery Round-Up: Instacart’s Big Valuation Jump, Kroger’s Ghost Kitchens And Grocery Deals Come To Prime...
October 09, 2020  |  Retail

Another busy week in grocery as it seems the pace kicked up in the race to capture the consumer’s grocery dollar. Instacart saw its valuation...

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Hackers Hit Mobile Money Payments Processor In Uganda
Hackers Hit Mobile Money Payments Processor In Uganda
October 08, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Ugandan police are investigating the hacking of a third-party processor of phone-based transactions, Bloomberg reported, that affected MTN Group and Standard Bank Group‘s local units....

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Consumer Need Fulfillment Co goPuff Nets $380M On A $3.9B Valuation
Consumer Need Fulfillment Co goPuff Nets $380M On A $3.9B Valuation
October 08, 2020  |  Investments

Philadelphia-based goPuff, which bills itself as a catch-all service to help people with everyday needs, has raised $380 million in funding, according to a report...

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