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Services and APIs Turning Interchange Pressure Into Merchant Growth
Services and APIs Turning Interchange Pressure Into Merchant Growth
June 13, 2025  |  Payments Innovation

Payment processing may be the plumbing of modern commerce, but for banks and FinTechs chasing transaction volume, it is also the battlefield where customer loyalty...

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Lean Into, Look and Listen to Your Customers Before Taking a Product Leap
Lean Into, Look and Listen to Your Customers Before Taking a Product Leap
May 08, 2025  |  Opinion

Product innovation comes from “Aha!” moments in customer conversations, North SVP of Product Preet Patel writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “The Listening Economy: How...

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How a ‘Partner-First’ Mindset Forges Bank and FinTech Bonds
How a ‘Partner-First’ Mindset Forges Bank and FinTech Bonds
March 06, 2025  |  Partnerships

The payments ecosystem thrives on collaboration. After all, in a world where consumers expect seamless, one-click experiences, no single player can do it all. Partnerships...

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Payments Go From Mono to Modular: Why North Says ISVs Are the Big Winners
Payments Go From Mono to Modular: Why North Says ISVs Are the Big Winners
February 18, 2025  |  Payments Innovation

For decades, payments infrastructure was largely controlled by major financial institutions and legacy processors, with limited flexibility for customization. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Google Buys Smart-Glasses Maker North For A Reported $180M
Google Buys Smart-Glasses Maker North For A Reported $180M
June 30, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Google’s parent, Alphabet Inc., confirmed on Tuesday (June 30) that it has purchased North, the Canadian startup best known for Focals, its $600 smart glasses.  Get the Full...

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Wearers Of North’s AR Glasses Can Now Get Android Alerts
Wearers Of North’s AR Glasses Can Now Get Android Alerts
August 30, 2019  |  Wearables

North rolled out a new update for its Focals augmented reality (AR) glasses that now supports Android notifications, The Verge reported on Friday (Aug. 30)....

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