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Mastercard Eyes Biometric Tech For UK Cards
Mastercard Eyes Biometric Tech For UK Cards
July 09, 2018  |  Mastercard

As the second payment services directive (PSD2) is set to take effect in Europe next year, Mastercard wants to test out its fingerprint-scanning cards in the...

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Report: Alexa Is Everywhere, Google Assistant Smarter
Report: Alexa Is Everywhere, Google Assistant Smarter
July 09, 2018  |  Voice Activation

Amazon’s voice-activated digital assistant Alexa and Google’s Assistant are leading the voice digital speaker market, with competition between the two expected to get even fiercer....

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Global Payments Industry Sees Surge In Acquisitions
Global Payments Industry Sees Surge In Acquisitions
July 09, 2018  |  Payment Methods

Mergers and acquisitions in the global payments industry have hit record highs in 2018, especially in the payments technology market. Financial Times (FT) reported that there were...

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Investors Flee Danske Bank Following Money Laundering Allegations
Investors Flee Danske Bank Following Money Laundering Allegations
July 09, 2018  |  Bank Regulation

Danske Bank is facing backlash from a money laundering scandal that has now resulted in it losing client Unity Technologies, a video game startup that is valued...

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US Business Loans Saw Second Quarter Uptick
US Business Loans Saw Second Quarter Uptick
July 09, 2018  |  Loans

In a sign of strength for the economy in the U.S. and welcome news for banks, business loans saw an uptick in the second quarter....

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Zelle: How Faster Corporate Disbursements Will Ignite Its P2P Network
Zelle: How Faster Corporate Disbursements Will Ignite Its P2P Network
July 09, 2018  |  Disbursements

Consumers can be an impatient bunch, and that becomes pretty clear when the conversation turns to insurance checks and other corporate disbursements. But what would...

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Fighting Fraud By Finding The Gaps
Fighting Fraud By Finding The Gaps
July 09, 2018  |  Fraud Prevention

The problem with fighting fraud — according to GIACT EVP of Product David Barnhardt in this week’s edition of the PYMNTS Topic TBD — is how much...

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Why Tokenized Data Remains Vulnerable
Why Tokenized Data Remains Vulnerable
July 09, 2018  |  Data

Beyond the buzzword that is tokenization, the reality is that replacing sensitive data with unique identifiers is not the bulletproof method that some may think...

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