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December 12, 2017

Cashless Payments

Inside Visa's Vision For Cashless Commerce
 

It takes an ecosystem — to move consumers from cash to a cashless method of payment, worldwide. Visa recently gave the world a look inside the data and research once marked “for Visa's eyes only” about how to make that journey simple, seamless and secure in a new report. Visa’s SVP of innovation, Shiv Singh, took Karen Webster inside the five key findings and seven big trends that this report uncovered.

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Honest Finance

Max Levchin On What Comes After $200M Worth Of Capital Affirmation
 

Fresh off a $200M funding round, Affirm's CEO Max Levchin cautions PYMNTS' Karen Webster against thinking the money is simply a validation for a job well done — but rather a new bar for tackling successfully the tougher, bigger challenges that lie ahead. Here's his take on how the stage is being set for growth in point-of-sale lending and beyond — with an eye on promoting better consumer knowledge (and responsibility) when it comes to their finances.
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Holiday Spending

2017: The Year Retail Got Its Experiential Act Together
 

Mastercard SVP of consumer insights and “Duchess of Doom” Sarah Quinlan is unusually upbeat about the 2017 holiday season — as all shopping channels have shown stronger than expected performance — and consumers have rediscovered their lost love of buying stuff at the store. But, Quinlan notes, the smart money is still keeping an eye on the experiential shopper — as they still drive the holiday season’s biggest trends.

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Payments Powering Platforms Tracker™

TRENDING: Retail And The Power Of Real-Time Pricing
 

For retailers, increasing conversions in the Amazon age doesn’t just mean making it easy to check out. It means adapting prices in real time across multiple virtual storefronts in response to supply and demand. In the latest Payments Powering Platforms™ Tracker, a WePay collaboration, Ed Sturrock, CEO of eCommerce platform, AmeriCommerce, tells PYMNTS how some of the biggest retailers are using real-time pricing to increase sales, in real time too. Find that, the latest payments platform trends and rankings of 87 industry players, inside the Tracker.

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