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Mastercard And Unilever’s Micro-Lending Has Macro Results For Kenyan SMBs
Mastercard And Unilever’s Micro-Lending Has Macro Results For Kenyan SMBs
May 07, 2018  |  International

Building, sustaining and growing a small business isn’t easy in the best of circumstances. Even in a developed economy, margins are narrow, and tough decisions...

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FitPay CEO: Tokenization And Wearables Mean Identities Are Our Data  
FitPay CEO: Tokenization And Wearables Mean Identities Are Our Data  
May 07, 2018  |  News

Beyond the fitness tracker, wearables are catching on.  Get ready for the device as data conduit, as tracker of different sorts, from patient information to...

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CO-OP Network President: Shared Branching And Credit Union Service Ubiquity
CO-OP Network President: Shared Branching And Credit Union Service Ubiquity
May 07, 2018  |  Data Dive

Consumers, on the whole, really like doing business with their credit unions. According to the latest iteration of the Credit Union Tracker, 81 percent of credit union customers report being highly satisfied...

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Tesla, Elon Musk And Much Ado About Earnings
Tesla, Elon Musk And Much Ado About Earnings
May 05, 2018  |  Merchant Innovation

Some things in life are predictable. The passage of seasons, the flow of time and, of course, quarterly earnings reports. Rain or shine, four times...

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Is Walmart Nearing A Deal For A Flipkart Stake?
Is Walmart Nearing A Deal For A Flipkart Stake?
May 04, 2018  |  News

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at some of the freshest payments news of the day. Today’s run of stories starts with an...

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Virginia Sues Online Lender Over Consumer Loans
Virginia Sues Online Lender Over Consumer Loans
May 04, 2018  |  Consumer Finance

Virginia is suing one of the largest online lenders in the U.S. after reportedly charging Virginians millions in interest and fees. In a lawsuit, the state...

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Tennessee Election Website Went Offline In Cyberattack
Tennessee Election Website Went Offline In Cyberattack
May 04, 2018  |  Safety and Security

In a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack this week, the website of a county election commission in Tennessee went offline during a mayoral primary. Despite the...

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Shake Shack Decides Against Going Cashless
Shake Shack Decides Against Going Cashless
May 04, 2018  |  Payment Methods

Months after Shake Shack opened a location in New York City that didn’t accept cash, the burger chain has decided not to continue with a plan to...

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