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Pew Talks Payday Loans

Pew Talks Payday Loans
Pew Talks Payday Loans
May 24, 2016  |  Alternative Credit

These days, payday lending is not a subject that lends itself to much in the way of rational discourse. It does much better at attracting passionate...

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Have You Tried The Checkout Cleanse?
Have You Tried The Checkout Cleanse?
May 24, 2016  |  Payment Methods

The anonymous hand clicking the mouse in an online transaction may belong to a merchant’s friend or foe. How to tell the difference? BlueSnap and...

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Deloitte Report Flares Tensions Amid Banks, Alt-Lenders
Deloitte Report Flares Tensions Amid Banks, Alt-Lenders
May 24, 2016  |  B2B Payments

The threat that is alternative lending is no more, according to a new report by Deloitte. The firm published a paper on the marketplace lending industry...

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MasterCard Makes Robots Pay
MasterCard Makes Robots Pay
May 24, 2016  |  Payments Innovation

Meet Pepper, the 4 foot (sorta) humanoid figure that will take orders at Pizza Hut and even let the consumer pay for it. Science fiction?...

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Making Strategy A Numbers Game
Making Strategy A Numbers Game
May 24, 2016  |  Payments Innovation

It may be easy to assume that a person overseeing finance is only about the numbers, but Ed Jordan, CFO of Billtrust, begs to differ....

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Why It Pays To Be Thick In Mobile Payments
Why It Pays To Be Thick In Mobile Payments
May 23, 2016  |  Mobile Payments

Starbucks and Dunkin’ have cracked it. Walmart Pay seems to have all of the ingredients to do it, too. Facebook and Messenger could but haven’t...

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