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You’ll Never Guess Who’s Mining Facebook Data

You’ll Never Guess Who’s Mining Facebook Data
You’ll Never Guess Who’s Mining Facebook Data
October 14, 2014  |  Cross-border Payments

MasterCard has agreed to a 2-year-contract to mine user data from Facebook Asia-Pacific, packaging it and then reselling it to banks. Get the Full Story...

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MasterCard Stays The Course On Russia
MasterCard Stays The Course On Russia
October 14, 2014  |  Cross-border Payments

After initial signs that MasterCard might resist new rules, which required billions of dollars of security deposits, the card brand has now agreed to continue...

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Amex, McDonalds Cut Realtime Rewards Deal
Amex, McDonalds Cut Realtime Rewards Deal
October 14, 2014  |  Apple Pay

The idea of using American Express points to redeem various rewards is hardly new, but in a joint rollout with McDonalds, the idea is to...

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Simple Bank Is Simply Broken
Simple Bank Is Simply Broken
October 13, 2014  |  Alternative Credit

While it is a well accepted idiom that the road to hell is paved with good intentions, the corollary wisdom that the path to simplicity...

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Why Amazon And Google Terrify Bankers
Why Amazon And Google Terrify Bankers
October 13, 2014  |  Alternative Credit

Recently released research indicates that large tech firms such as Google, Apple and Amazon are looking less like partners and more like emerging competitors to...

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Malls Embrace Geolocation
Malls Embrace Geolocation
October 13, 2014  |  Loyalty & Rewards

Among the myriad of problems mall-based retailers face in the era of diminished traffic to the traditional shopping box, is the issue of drawing the...

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