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A Bigger Picture For Payments

A Bigger Picture For Payments
A Bigger Picture For Payments
July 25, 2019  |  Today In Data

As business becomes ever more global, payments diversity and new forms of trade financing and onboarding become ever more important. That doesn’t meant investors won’t...

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Retailers Up Their Loyalty And Rewards Games
Retailers Up Their Loyalty And Rewards Games
July 25, 2019  |  Retail

Recent days have brought new evidence of the importance of robust loyalty and rewards programs in retail – an area of ongoing innovation, and where...

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Building A Ridesharing App For Pets (And Their Owners)
Building A Ridesharing App For Pets (And Their Owners)
July 25, 2019  |  Retail

SpotOn Founder Aparna Srinivasan was inspired to start her company because of her dogs. When she was traveling with them, it was tough for her...

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Mail.ru And Sberbank To Back Joint eCommerce Platform
Mail.ru And Sberbank To Back Joint eCommerce Platform
July 25, 2019  |  Retail

As eCommerce sales in Russia gather pace, internet firm Mail.ru and Sberbank plan to invest up to $1 billion or 64 billion rubles in a...

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PSCU Credit Unions See Boost In Sales During Prime Day
PSCU Credit Unions See Boost In Sales During Prime Day
July 25, 2019  |  Credit Unions

Amazon wasn’t the only company to see a boost in sales during this year’s Prime Day.  A new report from payments credit union service organization...

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Phishing Remains A Persistent Problem
Phishing Remains A Persistent Problem
July 25, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Because of the huge number of emails sent daily – by some estimates, 3.7 billion people send around 269 billion emails every single day –...

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Amex Refunds $1.6M To SMBs Hit By Forex Fee Hikes
Amex Refunds $1.6M To SMBs Hit By Forex Fee Hikes
July 25, 2019  |  B2B Payments

American Express is refunding some of its small business foreign exchange (forex) clients following an investigation into claims that the company misrepresented foreign currency conversion...

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India’s Jana Bank Left KYC Customer Data Exposed
India’s Jana Bank Left KYC Customer Data Exposed
July 25, 2019  |  B2B Payments

A so-called “small finance” bank in India has reportedly left sensitive data on 2.6 million of its customers exposed without password protection, according to Security...

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