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1.3KDisbursementsWinning Customer Loyalty With Faster Reward Disbursements
Here’s one: paying consumers their cash back rewards with a check. We wish we were kidding. For the October Disbursements Tracker™, in...
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3.1KSubscription CommerceCan Subscription Commerce Revive Floundering Movie Theaters?
In the 1970s, a date night at the movies was a relatively cheap affair. For just an easy $4 and some loose...
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2.1KFaster PaymentsIn The Push For P2P Prominence, Zelle Emphasizes Instant Gratification
P2P FinTechs like Venmo and Square Cash gained popularity by winning over millennial users, which was rad. Now, the bank-backed platform Zelle...
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3.0KDisbursementsHow Ride-Hailing Apps Disburse Payments
They’ve reigned for decades, but checks’ days atop the world of disbursements are numbered – or they should be. The inaugural PYMNTS...
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4.1KIntelligence of ThingsFitbit Shakes Up Workout Routine With Connected Payment Tech
‘No pain, no gain’ is, of course, a motivating mantra for fitness. In turn, by gaining contactless payment tech, can fitness tracking...
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2.8KDigital BankingStaking Out Territory In An Increasingly Crowded Digital Field
Can being first to market with innovations help a banking startup standout in the ever-expanding sea of digital options? In the latest...
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2.8KSecurity & FraudFrom Fingerprints To Faces: Bank of America Explores Biometrics’ Next Phase
Consumers are generally accustomed to using a fingerprint to unlock their banking apps - but, are they willing to use their face...
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3.8KPayments As A ServiceOn-Demand Stuff-Storage And Space Reclamation In An Increasingly Urban World
Tiny city apartments create big headaches for residents needing space to stash their stuff. For September’s Payments as a Service PYMNTS Tracker™,...
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4.4KCredit UnionsCredit Union’s Key To Survival: Listen, Learn, Repeat
How can older credit unions keep up with younger, sexier FinTechs? In the latest PYMNTS Credit Union Tracker™, powered by CO-OP Financial...
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2.3KDisbursementsFor Beauty Professionals, Steady Cash Flow Is Always In Style
For beauty professionals, collecting fees from no-shows can be harder than giving a perm to someone with a comb-over. For September’s Disbursements...
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2.5KCross Border CommerceX-Border Commerce And Saving One Rhino At A Time
When navigating the payments complexities of international trade, it pays to carry a compass (app). Here’s your compass. The first PYMNTS.com X-Border...
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3.2KAPIBanking On APIs For B2B Innovation
FinTech companies have grown accustomed to using APIs to conduct business — and are now expecting their banks to do the same....
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3.4KPlatform PaymentsExpedia Travels The Wide World Of Payments
Travel now, pay later? In this month’s PYMNTS Payments Powering Platforms Tracker, powered by WePay, Wilson Wang, director of checkout and payment...
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3.3KFaster PaymentsComing Soon: Same Day ACH Phase 2 – Debits
Hollywood sequels tend to disappoint, but what about Same Day ACH sequels? In the latest PYMNTS Faster Payments Tracker™, powered by NACHA,...
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2.0KCredit UnionsWhy Credit Unions Should Take Comfort in Risk
As the saying goes, no risk no reward. For the credit union market, the message is clear in terms of innovation: Put...
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2.3KDisbursementsFinTechs Give Banks A Wake-Up Call With Loan Disbursements
Will SMBs seeking loans for expansion and growth dump traditional banks for alternative lending services that can quickly approve applications and disburse...
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3.5KPayments As A ServiceHelping Dental Labs Take A Bite Out Of Data
How to get the dental industry aligned on Big Data? Now, that’s something to chew on. In the August PYMNTS Payments as...
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2.6KMobile Order AheadShake Shack Shakes Up Ordering, One Step At A Time
Sometimes slow and steady wins the race. While the rest of the restaurant space is racing to the mobile order ahead finish...
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3.3KPayment MethodsWith Apple ARKit’s Launch, Is AR’s Mainstream Moment Here?
Last year, the whole world had Pokémon Go fever – and a look at a whole new reality via their smartphone. Can...
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3.2KSecurity & FraudFor Authentication’s Next Act: Tapping Into Your Digital Fingerprint
Thanks to fingerprint-scanning smartphones, consumers have grown accustomed to using physical biometrics to authenticate their identity. But, in the hot-off-the-presses PYMNTS Digital...
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3.0KOmnicommerceWill Finally Going Online Be An eField Of Dreams For Hibbett Sports?
While in-store sales at sporting goods companies are taking a hit, Hibbett Sports finally took its business online last month after decades...
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3.3KCashNEW REPORT: In Australia, Is Cash On The Barbie?
In Australia, cash and card-based payments have long been playing tug-of-war. In 2017, however, the balance seems to be tilting away from...
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3.9KDigital BankingSeeking Banking Balance Between Physical And Digital
Recent studies find most bank customers — yes, millennials too — still prefer having a physical branch nearby. So, how can banks...
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3.5KUnattended RetailEmbedded Chips Lend a Hand To Unattended Retail
Some unattended retail solutions run skin deep — literally. Tech company Three Square Market recently kicked up a media firestorm by implanting tiny microchips...
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4.1KAPIHow APIs Are Fostering Collaboration Between FinTechs And Banks
In the past, banks and FinTechs have been known to lock horns like (financially savvy) reality TV stars. Can APIs build a...
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5.9KPlatform PaymentsWhy The Mobile Shopping Experience Needs Retail
While specialty stores have traditionally had personalized service locked up, mobile platforms are finding ways to disrupt retail in its wheelhouse, while...
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3.8KMPOS TrackerMastercard’s mPOS Shot At The Open Championship
At this summer’s British Open, Jordan Spieth served up an exhilarating finish, while, in a first for the event, fans were served...
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3.7KFaster PaymentsWhy Community Banks Can’t Afford To ‘Wait and See’ About Faster Payment Innovations
Previous stereotypes be damned, recent research pegs Millennials as entrepreneurial, with almost half the generation planning to start businesses within the next...
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4.1KIntelligence of ThingsRobot v. Food?
When it comes to building a better burger, can an IoT-connected robot cut the mustard? In the latest PYMNTS.com Intelligence of Things...
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3.3KCredit UnionsCredit Unions Seek Level Playing Field To Offer Innovation
Let’s give credit unions, yes, the credit they deserve. Take membership, for instance, which recently reached 108 million, a sign the market is...
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2.4KMobile Order AheadHow TGI Fridays Is Feeding Growth With Mobile Order-Ahead
Thanks to online ordering, every day may truly be TGIF at TGI Fridays. In the latest PYMNTS Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker™, Gail Seanor,...
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2.3KPayment MethodsSoftware Developed Specifically For The Smallest Businesses
Entrepreneurs can be a lot of things – CPA, however, isn’t often a common denominator. That’s why, as he explained in the...
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3.1KPayments As A ServiceAre SMBs Ready For Mobile Order-Ahead?
In the age of instant downloads and prime delivery, speed is king. But can small businesses take a run at the throne?...
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3.1KOmnicommerceLowe’s Learns To Build A Better Omnichannel Experience
Home improvement inspiration can come from unlikely places. And, as it turns out, the same can be said for a home improvement...
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3.5KDigital BankingFor Challenger Digital Banks, It’s Game On
Game on. That’s the message U.K. challenger Atom Bank has for competitors, as it seeks to reinvent banking with lessons taken from...
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6.4KAPIMastercard Taps APIs With An Eye Beyond Plastic
After decades of focus on plastic cards, Mastercard has turned its attention to the potential of APIs to expand its services and reach. For...
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2.6KGig EconomyGig Economy Powers Growing Demand For Experiences
Take this job and... gig it? The gig economy is taking off and an emerging workforce that covets flexibility isn’t looking back....
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2.6KPlatform PaymentsDemocratizing The Gig Economy, One Business At A Time
Two years ago, creative services platform Fiverr launched, aimed at helping startups complete projects for as little as five bucks. Since then the marketplace...
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2.2KDisbursementsCan Disbursements Help Ease Travel Disruption Pain?
Between lost luggage, bad weather and guys getting dragged off planes, there’s plenty that can go wrong with vacation plans. For the...
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4.1KFaster PaymentsDoes The U.S. Faster Payment System Need A Federal Mandate?
Get ready. When the Fed’s Faster Payments Task Force issues its mammoth recommendation for strengthening the U.S. payment system later this month,...
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3.3KMPOS TrackerHow mPOS May Be The Lifeguard For Relaxation Undertow
Summer’s here and for devoted beachgoers, there’s almost nothing that can ruin a day in the sand and surf — except maybe...
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2.8KCashIn South Africa, Cash Is Consumers’ Hands-Down Choice
For South African eTailers, accepting cash is not an ‘if,’ but a ‘must.’ According to the latest PYMNTS Global Cash Index™ South...
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3.0KTracker SeriesDeveloping A Healthy Online Business
When it comes to pumping up sales, strategically infused tech can be downright performance-enhancing. In the latest PYMNTS.com Developer Tracker™, powered by...
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3.2KSecurity & FraudChanging Authentication For A Changing World
In the hot-off-the-presses PYMNTS Digital Identity Tracker™, powered by Socure, Adam Vancini, head of authentication for virtual channels at Wells Fargo, explains...
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4.6KPayments As A ServiceBuilding A More Transparent Payments-as-a-Service Marketplace
Not a news flash. It’s a global commerce world, and merchants that can’t accommodate the payments methods of those global shoppers lose...
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3.5KMobile Order AheadMobile Ordering, The New Window To Winning Over Millennial Consumers
It seems that most every industry these days is vying for millennial dollars and devotion. Like it or not, the 17-to-29-year-olds who...
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2.9KUnattended RetailHow GM’s Maven Is Driving Unattended Urban Mobility
Can car-sharing services help detangle urban traffic gridlock? For the June Unattended Retail Tracker™, PYMNTS catches up with Bob Tiderington, senior manager...
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2.9KDigital BankingBanking On Socially Conscious Consumers
Spend smartly and carry a big social impact. For the June Digital Banking Tracker™, PYMNTS speaks with Andrei Cherny, CEO of digital...
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3.4KPlatform PaymentsWhy Payments Are The Core Of Airbnb’s Meteoric Rise
In less than a decade, Airbnb has gone from startup to hospitality powerhouse, bringing in billions in travel rentals – and that...
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4.4KOmnicommerceNEW REPORT: Chatbots Go Omnichannel As Personal Stylists
Everyone could use a little styling help from time to time, but would you more likely ask a bedazzling chatbot than a...
