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Predictions For Retail Footprints And Gift Cards Amid The Pandemic 

Predictions For Retail Footprints And Gift Cards Amid The Pandemic 
Predictions For Retail Footprints And Gift Cards Amid The Pandemic 
June 11, 2020  |  Today In Data

A retail apocalypse could turn into a retail Armageddon, with tens of thousands of storefronts projected to close by 2020’s end, but the prediction is spurring alternate...

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Pandemic And Conspiracy Theories Delay 5G At Retail
Pandemic And Conspiracy Theories Delay 5G At Retail
June 11, 2020  |  Retail

One of the unsung casualties of the pandemic for retailers may be 5G technology and its rollout. Its proponents had Christmas visions of dressing room...

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Stripe Adds Direct Debit
Stripe Adds Direct Debit
June 11, 2020  |  Digital Payments

The FinTech Stripe said it will “create the first self-serve unified payments platform for U.K. businesses” by adding the popular Bacs Direct Debit payments service...

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Lowe’s Starts Accepting Pandemic Minority Small Business Grant Applications
Lowe’s Starts Accepting Pandemic Minority Small Business Grant Applications
June 11, 2020  |  Retail

Lowe’s Companies, Inc. opened its inaugural phase of grant applications to offer relief to minority-owned businesses as part of its $25 million commitment announced in...

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Smarter Payments Are Crossing Borders
Smarter Payments Are Crossing Borders
June 11, 2020  |  Cross Border Commerce

Cross-border payments are immense, clocking in at $29 trillion in 2019 and projected to balloon to an estimated $39 trillion in the next two years....

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Another 1.5M Americans File For Unemployment As Pandemic’s Job Losses Top 44M
Another 1.5M Americans File For Unemployment As Pandemic’s Job Losses Top 44M
June 11, 2020  |  Economy

Another 1.5 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits over the past week, bringing the total jobs lost since the pandemic began to more than 44 million —...

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Digital Onboarding In The New Reality
Digital Onboarding In The New Reality
June 11, 2020  |  Digital Onboarding

Mobile banking has rapidly grown to become a major force in finance. Mobile onboarding, however, is more like a force of nature at the moment....

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EU Reportedly To Charge Amazon With Antitrust Violations
EU Reportedly To Charge Amazon With Antitrust Violations
June 11, 2020  |  Amazon

Amazon could be facing antitrust charges by the European Union (EU) as early as next week over its treatment of third-party sellers, The Wall Street Journal...

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Enforcing AML/KYC Compliance When Legal Precedent Does Not Apply
Enforcing AML/KYC Compliance When Legal Precedent Does Not Apply
June 11, 2020  |  Authentication

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