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Apple, Xiaomi Lead Wearables’ 55 Pct Annual Growth
Apple, Xiaomi Lead Wearables’ 55 Pct Annual Growth
May 30, 2019  |  Wearables

Shipments of wearables like Apple’s AirPods and Samsung headphones reached 49.6 million units during Q1 of 2019, a 55.2 percent increase from 2018, according to...

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Mastercard Offers Refunds, Rewards To NYC MTA Commuters
Mastercard Offers Refunds, Rewards To NYC MTA Commuters
May 30, 2019  |  Mastercard

Mastercard has announced that cardholders who tap to pay for subway rides on Fridays in June and July will get refunded fares, and have the...

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Mastercard Names New President Of Canadian Operations
Mastercard Names New President Of Canadian Operations
May 30, 2019  |  Personnel

Mastercard announced on Thursday (May 30) the appointment of Sasha Krstic as president of the company’s Canadian operations. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Dashlane Raises $100M, Names New CMO
Dashlane Raises $100M, Names New CMO
May 30, 2019  |  Investments

Credential and digital identity management solution company Dashlane announced Thursday (May 30) it raised $110 million in funding and appointed Joy Howard as chief marketing...

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Indonesia Rolls Out Standard QR Payment Codes; UAE Sees Rise In Outbound Remittances
Indonesia Rolls Out Standard QR Payment Codes; UAE Sees Rise In Outbound Remittances
May 30, 2019  |  Global Payments

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Western Union‘s rollout of an international money transfer service...

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What It Takes To Enable Instant Earned Wage Access
What It Takes To Enable Instant Earned Wage Access
May 30, 2019  |  Faster Payments

Deciding to offer employees instant access to earnings means employers must make a slew of decisions — including how much pay will be made available...

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First American Financial Customers Sue Over Data Breach
First American Financial Customers Sue Over Data Breach
May 30, 2019  |  Legal

First American Financial Corp., the title insurance company that exposed the data on hundreds of millions of mortgages dating as far back as 2003, is...

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Yapily Raises $5.4M To Connect UK FinTechs To Banks
Yapily Raises $5.4M To Connect UK FinTechs To Banks
May 30, 2019  |  Investments

Yapily, the U.K.-based FinTech startup, has raised $5.4 million in a seed round of funding. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Visa: EMV Drives POS Counterfeit Fraud Down 76 Pct
Visa: EMV Drives POS Counterfeit Fraud Down 76 Pct
May 30, 2019  |  Payment Methods

Visa said this week that as acceptance of EMV cards has gained traction in the U.S., counterfeit fraud, measured in dollars for these card present...

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