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Card Issuers Target The Affluent

Card Issuers Target The Affluent
Card Issuers Target The Affluent
April 30, 2014  |  Loyalty & Rewards

Perhaps it should come as no surprise, but consumers today are a lot less likely to own a credit card and carry card debt. The...

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Let the Cross Border Games (and Monetization) Begin
Let the Cross Border Games (and Monetization) Begin
April 29, 2014  |  Company Profile

Move over, Wii. Currently, free and low-cost apps are what gaming consumers are downloading and playing these days, most of which are on mobile devices....

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Will LivingSocial’s ‘Strategic Refocus’ Be Enough?
Will LivingSocial’s ‘Strategic Refocus’ Be Enough?
April 29, 2014  |  Exclusive Series

Local deals and marketplace provider LivingSocial once had grand plans for an initial public offering, but Groupon’s IPO flop apparently altered that thinking. Now the...

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How Much Is Square Really Worth?
How Much Is Square Really Worth?
April 28, 2014  |  Legal & Regulation

The payments version of the rumor mill has been going full tilt about whether Square’s running out of cash, whether it’s up for sale, and...

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Holy Smartphone, Batman!
Holy Smartphone, Batman!
April 28, 2014  |  Exclusive Series

New research from Nielsen shows that 70 percent of Americans now own smartphones, including those elder Boomers 55 and older. Is this the missing link...

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Tax Returns, Confused Consumers Credit Card Fraud…And Other Friday Factoids
Tax Returns, Confused Consumers Credit Card Fraud…And Other Friday Factoids
April 25, 2014  |  Cybersecurity

Do you know … How many billions of dollars will be lost to credit card fraud this year? How many consumers have no idea what...

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Remote Control Credit Cards?
Remote Control Credit Cards?
April 25, 2014  |  Merchant Innovation

What would happen to fraud if consumers were given the opportunity to turn their credit and debit cards on and off from their mobile phones...

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Bitcoin Tracker Week 21
Bitcoin Tracker Week 21
April 25, 2014  |  Cybersecurity

Bitcoin traded in the in a fifty dollar range going from as low as about $450 and as high as $506, ending at $464 at...

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