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Panel: Digital Credentials Help Simplify the Connected Economy
Panel: Digital Credentials Help Simplify the Connected Economy
December 15, 2021  |  Connected Economy

The connected economy, with a tangled web of devices, apps, payments choices and a never-ending series of interactions between consumers, merchants and financial services firms...

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Panel: Passwordless Banking, Payments Must Overcome Consumer Headwinds
Panel: Passwordless Banking, Payments Must Overcome Consumer Headwinds
December 14, 2021  |  Authentication

Ten years is a long time in tech — to dream up new ways of doing things, design them, deploy them and see the masses...

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Merchants Find Extended Warranties Build Long-Term Customer Relationships
Merchants Find Extended Warranties Build Long-Term Customer Relationships
December 10, 2021  |  Merchant Innovation

As the weather turns colder across most of the U.S., people are reaching into their closets to pull out winter coats — or perhaps preparing...

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DeFi Opens New Possibilities for Banks Willing to Embrace Change
DeFi Opens New Possibilities for Banks Willing to Embrace Change
November 30, 2021  |  Digital-First Banking

There are any number of ways to look at the emerging decentralized finance (DeFi) space, at least where banks are concerned. Some view it as...

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In a World of Buy Now, Pay Later, Lease to Own Payments Convert Customers Merchants Otherwise Ignore
In a World of Buy Now, Pay Later, Lease to Own Payments Convert Customers Merchants...
November 24, 2021  |  Payment Methods

Even before runaway inflation started to dominate headlines, PYMNTS research uncovered that 57% of the U.S. population is living paycheck to paycheck, including 39% of...

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Better Data Access Delivers Profit, Spending Controls for Small Business
Better Data Access Delivers Profit, Spending Controls for Small Business
November 23, 2021  |  SMBs

Consolidation is critical when it comes to improving spend management. In a recent On the Agenda, Bessemer Venture Partners Operating Partner Jeff Epstein; Airbase Founder...

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Investment Capital Finds Its Place at the Intersection of Software and Payments
Investment Capital Finds Its Place at the Intersection of Software and Payments
November 15, 2021  |  Investments

It may seem like a lifetime, but it was only a few years ago — nearly three, in fact — when the payments mega-deals began...

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Fiverr’s Payments Chief on Why Payment Complexities Best Left to Experts
Fiverr’s Payments Chief on Why Payment Complexities Best Left to Experts
November 10, 2021  |  eCommerce

To thrive in the age of eCommerce, online marketplaces that match up supply and demand need to inspire confidence that they can move money across...

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From Cats to Cotton Candy: Consumers Choose Personalization, Experience in The Face of ‘Limitless’ Retail Subscription Options
From Cats to Cotton Candy: Consumers Choose Personalization, Experience in The Face of ‘Limitless’ Retail...
November 04, 2021  |  Subscriptions

In 2013, Olivia Canlas saw subscription boxes for dog owners, wine connoisseurs, book lovers and various others, but none for cat owners.  As the owner...

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