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How Digital Is Transforming Vital Industries In 2019
August 22, 2019

At the dawn of a new decade, everything from grocery shopping to disaster relief is getting a digital upgrade. And as all that happens, authentication and artificial intelligence are helping big digital players significantly up their game. As hurricane season starts, PYMNTS takes a deep...

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Beyond Everyday Payments And Commerce
August 21, 2019

It’s exciting times in the digital world. Amazon is trying to make a bigger play for control of connected vehicles, while the sale of eyewear is getting a 3D mobile makeover. AP management is moving beyond mere payments, student loan burdens are leading to innovation...

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Breaking Payments Stereotypes And Finding New Commerce Avenues
August 20, 2019

As we mark an historic IPO anniversary, it’s becoming even more clear that mobile commerce stereotypes need to be overcome. Not only that, but there could possibly be a new way to break what amounts to a paper jam for B2B payments. And the conventional...

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A Few Things About The Internet Of Things
August 19, 2019

Devices are everywhere – and are now intelligent and interacting with us through all manner of daily routines. There are billions of devices in the world helping to monitor and regulate everything from room temperatures to restocking the fridge. The Intelligence of Things Tracker has shown that...

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Data Dive, Moving In And Moving On Edition: Apple, Venmo, Google And Visa
August 19, 2019

The official end of summer is now less than two weeks away, but payments and commerce got an early jump on getting back to the fall work schedule. There is lots of motion in the markets, with Apple officially moving into the world of being a card issuer (with...

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Signing Onto The Subscription Model
August 16, 2019

The subscription eCommerce market is big business, growing at 300 percent over the past seven years. In the U.S., subscribers have signed onto roughly three services, up from 2.4 five years ago. But dig into the numbers and there’s at least a bit of churn – and...

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Moving Toward Supplier Onboarding, Done Digitally
August 15, 2019

Getting onboard with digital onboarding? The numbers, as shown in the Payables Friction Playbook: Old School Manual Versus Digital Onboarding Edition, give the nod to at least some embrace of automated processes driven by technology. Many firms use a hybrid of digital and manual techniques,...

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Faster Payments Gone Global
August 14, 2019

Speedier payments, across the globe – faster and, in some cases, in real time. The Federal Reserve’s plan to launch FedNow may have grabbed headlines and perhaps refocused observers’ attention on real-time rails, especially in the U.S. But the move toward instant money movement is...

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 For FIs, Giving Corporates Credit (Cards) Where Credit’s Due
August 13, 2019

In the ever-evolving push by FIs to serve corporate clients, bringing new credit products to market remains a key initiative. As detailed in the Corporate Credit Products edition of the Innovation Readiness Playbook, and also in a recent interview between i2c Executive Vice President of...