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Commanders-in-Chief Series

Why Smartphones Are Payments' Biggest Innovators
 

”Walk a mile in my shoes” is an invitation to understand what it is like to really be that person for a day. In the latest PYMNTS Commanders In Chief Series, Western Union President Odilon Almeida shares a day in the life of a leader of one of the largest global person-to-person money transfer networks, how smartphones have changed the game and why security and compliance are always key in a game where the rules change daily.

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PYMNTS Data Drivers

Stopping Faster Payments Fraud, Faster
 

When the UK implemented Faster Payments, fraud tripled as fraudsters exploited the vulnerabilities of a new system that moved money in an instant. In the latest Data Drivers, Biocatch's head of Cyberstrategy tells Karen Webster how new tools and technologies can slow fraud to a crawl, even as payments move fast.
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Alt-Lending

Americans Are Borrowing Like It's 2008...Sort Of
 

American households passed a minor milestone in Q1 when household debt exceeded levels not seen since 2008. Time to celebrate the economy being back on track — or feel a bit panicked that the next crash is upon us? Maybe a little bit of both.

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NEW REPORT: New Threats, New Identity Solutions
 

Could removing human error from the authentication equation stop attacks like WannaCry before they begin? In the May Digital Identity Tracker™, powered by Socure, PYMNTS caught up with Brett McDowell, executive director of the FIDO Alliance, about how biometrics and second-factor authentication are replacing human-generated passwords, and why that’s good news for everyone (except the bad guys). Plus, find the latest Digital Identity headlines and a directory of 111 players in the space, inside the latest Tracker.

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