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StubHub’s Disbursement Solutions ‘De-Risk’ Ticket Resales

When fans decide to sell their tickets, they expect to be paid on demand. Not paying them on time is a luxury...

Faster Payments

NEW REPORT: Minding Faster Payments Global Gaps

The need for faster payments is transcending borders, with FIs in several major global regions making efforts to expand local access to...

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Vending Machines

An Unattended Way To Keep Business Running And Employees Healthy

In the latest Unattended Retail Tracker, Lee Mokri, co-founder of the smart vending startup, explains how unattended technology can help keep employees...

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Platform Payments

Turning To The Crowd — And Gift Cards — To Fund Honeymoons

Millennials could care less for crystal stemware or fine china as wedding gifts. They want experiences — and that’s a trend turning the $19 billion bridal...

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Channeling APIs To Stay Compliant With Regulators

Legacy banks have a problem. FIs are embracing APIs to offer customers new features – but aren't necessarily meeting customer expectations. Fredrik...

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B2B Payments

TSB Investigates Concerns Fraudsters Are Taking Advantage Of IT Mishaps

TSB, the U.K. bank that continues to face an ongoing scandal after an IT project went awry and blocked customers from their...

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Omnicommerce

NEW DATA: Why 44 Percent Of Health And Beauty Customers Use Retailers’ Mobile Apps

For years, pundits and industry experts have been predicting the end of brick-and-mortar business. But those rumors of demise may have been...

Building A Responsible AI Roadmap

FIs are turning to artificial intelligence to make more financial decisions than ever before, from deciding who gets (or doesn’t get) a...

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Deep Dive: Lessons In Global Education

Although the market for international students is fraught with challenges, it’s showing no signs of slowing down. As more international students travel...

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Blockchain-Powered Escrow Tools To Empower Freelancers And Content Creators

Payment frictions — from slow payments to non-payments — can easily sour relationships between freelancers and employers. But while gig workers want...

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ResTech

IHOP Turns To Mobile Technology To Keep Up With Digital Joneses

There isn’t much separating the best from the rest when it comes to QSR innovation – except when it comes to in-store...

Vending Machines

Reis & Irvy’s Finds An Unattended Way To Sell Soft-Serve Treats

Selling desserts in grocery stores is a $25 billion business — and it’s one that Nick Yates, chairman of Reis & Irvy’s,...

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Deep Dive: Rewarding Healthy Worker Habits

Can financial incentives boost workforce production and help employees pursue healthier lifestyles? The new Disbursement Tracker includes a Deep Dive that looks...

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Faster Disbursement Tools To Encourage Employee Wellness

Companies will spend roughly $13 billion on employee wellness programs by 2023 to combat soaring healthcare costs and improve workforce productivity. In...

APIs, Data And The Push To Get Personal

Keeping up with FinTech challengers takes more than just offering services designed for the masses. FIs must provide personalized services, says Rohit...

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Smarter Payments

How Smarter Payment Tools Make Filing Taxes Less Taxing

The early bird may get the worm, but for the 15 million early tax filers in the U.S., weeks may go by...

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Subscription Commerce

How Postfly Is Luring Anglers With The Right Subscription Bait

The subscription market is growing by 200 percent annually, becoming more competitive in the process. That’s why Brian Runnals, founder of fly...

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Omnicommerce

Shoe Carnival: Selling Shoes Offline, Online And Everywhere In Between

Many eTailers, including Amazon with Zappos, are turning the nearly $100 billion footwear industry upside down — and creating serious competition for...

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How Wells Fargo Works To Meet Customers’ Changing (Digital) Expectations

Seven out of every 10 Americans use banking apps at least once per week, but nearly as many say they are frustrated...

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Credit Unions

Visa Explores How CUs Can Engage And Retain Millennial Talent

Millennials are a tough generation to recruit. Nearly two-thirds are open to new career opportunities, while one in five has changed jobs...

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Cash

Cash Is Still On Top For US Consumers

In the U.S., cash isn’t just sticking around — at $2.3T in overall spend, it remains the most commonly used payment method...

Why BofA Merrill Lynch Is Banking On APIs To Help Corporate Clients

While FIs — big and small — are turning to APIs to boost their offerings, corporates still find it tough to get...

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call center commerce

How AI Is Changing Call Centers

Cybercrime targeting contact centers jumped by 113 percent in 2017 as fraudsters drove out the weakest commerce link. Chris Bauserman, NICE inContact...

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Volvo Aims To Ease X-Border Vehicle Leasing Pain

One million international students come to the U.S. to study each year, and those who want to buy a car get a...

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Faster Cash Back, Happier Customers?

Cash back programs are nothing new for financial institutions (FIs), but the banking industry may be well-served to take a few cues...

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Subscription Commerce

Skip, Switch Or Cancel: Why Giving Customers More Control Can Help Subscription Services

For the 11 million subscription businesses in the U.S., success hinges on more than offering an easy way to pay. Consumers want...

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Authentication

After Mueller Indictments, Is Social Security’s Number Up?

Special counselor Robert Mueller recently indicted 13 Russians for using stolen identities to illegally open U.S. bank accounts and meddle in the...

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Omnicommerce

For Alex And Ani, Omnichannel Consistency ‘Doesn’t Mean Uniformity’

Selling products through one channel can be hard enough. Selling them through multiple channels can quickly turn into a real headache, one...

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With AI-Banking Growing, Ally Seeks To Humanize Conversational Tech

Banks want to get smarter even — or perhaps especially — if that includes a dose of artificial intelligence (AI). As of 2017, 32...

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Vending Machines

An Unattended Solution To The DMV’s Friction-Filled Reputation

Bread? Check. Milk? Check. Vehicle registration renewal … check! Californians can now add DMV transactions to their grocery lists, thanks to an...

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Mobile Order Ahead

Going Mobile To Make Food More Personal

As the popularity of mobile order-ahead solutions has surged, consumers’ expectations for their QSR have surged too, Matthew Furman, VP of Marketing for...

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How Lobster Wholesalers Keep Cross-Border Cash Flowing

China is crazy for crustaceans: The country imports more than $100M worth of them from the U.S. each year. But with the...

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Credit Unions

Amidst Growing Competition, Credit Unions Turn To Data

For credit unions, challenging a growing competition means better understanding their customers’ needs. But doing so without data insights is like shooting...

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Cash

To Win Consumers In Mexico, eCommerce Companies Play The Cash Game

When it comes to making payments, 90 percent of Mexico’s population prefers using cash over cards, and that’s a lesson eTailers like...

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Platform Payments

Integrating Payments To Help SMBs Find Success

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have a problem. While SMB owners may be expert bakers, carpenters or designers, managing the back office...

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Channeling APIs For eCommerce Payments In LatAm

eCommerce in Latin America is now an $80 billion business — and with that comes the pain of paying suppliers cross border. APIs are helping to...

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Bringing Direct Deposit To The Unbanked

Checks are still the standard way to pay unbanked workers, even though the experience is expensive and time-consuming for them. Adam Rust,...

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MPOS Tracker

TRENDING: How mPOS Keeps Food Trucks, Truckin’

Industries across the board are getting a mobile makeover. From retailers looking to use mobile features to better appeal to tech-savvy customers...

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Intelligence of Things

How Pet Tech Can Create Smarter Pet Owners

From monitoring a pet’s activities and health to re-ordering supplies, IoT and AI are fueling a pet commerce market already valued at...

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How RBC Uses AI To Help Clients Manage Money

Historically, bank-driven personal financial management (PFM) solutions have been met with a lackluster reception. Rami Thabet, Royal Bank of Canada’s VP of Mobile, tells PYMNTS how AI is...

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Mobile Order Ahead

Behind Slim Chickens’ Mobile Ordering Play

Consumers want what they want, when they want it. That’s a lesson Slim Chickens learned from fielding a growing demand for mobile order-ahead from customers...

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Learning Lessons In International Education Payments

At 33 percent, Florida Institute of Technology’s international student population is higher than any other U.S. university. Accommodating those students includes managing...

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Cash

For Payments In Spain, Cash Still Reigns

Despite broader adoption of newer payment methods, PYMNTS’ research finds that Spaniards are still committed to spending over €254 billion in cash...

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Subscription Commerce

A Record Club For A New Generation Of Vinyl Lovers

No subscription services are made alike — but the top performers do share some common traits. According to the latest Subscription Commerce...

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