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Holiday Cyber Fraud

The Cyber Grinch Is Coming To Retailers
 

The fraud forecast for this holiday season is looking grinchier than ever. In fact, Signifyd director of merchant advocacy Sourabh Kothari, tells Karen Webster that retailers should be prepared for an “all out holiday assault.” In episode two of the Global Fraud podcast series, Kothari tells Webster what segments are most vulnerable and why.

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Alt Lending

Lend Small: POS Credit For SMBs
 

The holiday shopping season may drive sales, but it doesn’t always guarantee a cash flow boom for SMBs. Seasonal shifts mean SMB access to working capital is vital, yet according to Quick.me CEO Ola Okeshola, traditional lenders don’t always step up or step in. Okeshola tells PYMNTS why payment providers — and their data — can play a vital role in helping banks lend small — and smart.
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Biometric Ecosystems

Sensory: The Invisible Technology Behind The Voice- Activated Revolution
 

Maybe you’ve never heard of Sensory before — but you’ve probably spoken to its tech at least once, particularly if you’ve ever said “Hello” to Alexa. Sensory’s voice, and now visual, tech with facial biometrics is an increasingly widespread (if often unseen) part of a growing ecosystem of payments and commerce players ready to embrace the future of connected commerce. Karen Webster caught up with CEO and chairman Todd Mozer on what’s next as “the future” becomes the now.

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NEW STUDY: How Many Payments Methods Matter For X-Border Success?
 

Consumers like making purchases from merchants across borders — and oceans — as long as the process is easy. According to the latest PYMNTS X-Border Payments Optimization Index, a Braintree collaboration, making that process easy often comes down to what payments methods those merchants accept. Examining hundreds of merchants across 10 corridors and 50,000 data points offers new insight on what that magic number is. Find that, and a conversation with Eugene Laney, head of international trade affairs at DHL Express, for his views on cross-border payments “must-haves” — all inside the Index.

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