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Siri Says Hi To HomePods And Apple Goes P2P
 

The annual Apple developer pilgrimage aka WWDC was held yesterday and Apple unveiled a number of upgrades to its OS and App Store. Also on the docket was the launch of its “Echo Killer” the HomePod and its “Venmo Killer” P2P through iMessage. We have the scoop.

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PYMNTS Data Drivers

The Millions, Billions And Trillions Of Same Day ACH
 

25 billion and $43 trillion. That's the number of transactions (and value) logged over the ACH network in 2016. And that was just the first of about 15 key data points about ACH and its Same Day ACH faster payments scheme as shared by NACHA CEO Jan Estep in our latest Data Drivers.
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Changing The Conversation About Income Volatility
 

As many as half of all Americans deal with some form of income volatility — and those numbers are expected to grow. With this cashflow instability comes the negative side effects that can occur when funds aren't available when needed. This is why the Aspen Institute and LendUp, in partnership with nonprofits, consumer groups and for-profit businesses, are bringing the cashflow conversation to stakeholders in cities across the U.S., in the hopes of getting these groups commitment to implementing actionable solutions.

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NEW REPORT: IoT Turns Trash Into A Shopping List
 

Throw IoT connectivity into the trash and it is transformed into data treasure that reorders the products that were just tossed. For June’s Intelligence of Things (IoT) Tracker, Rob Griffin, cofounder of GeniCan, spoke with PYMNTS about how connected trash devices are helping households ensure that they never miss buying the supplies they've just used up. That, plus the latest news and trends in connected technology (and rankings of 189 providers), inside the latest Tracker.

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