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December 22, 2017

Cryptocurrency

Why Cypterium Thinks The World Needs A Cryptobank
 

Is there more to bitcoin than wild price swings? Many entrepreneurs say yes, and have their eyes on the day that people actually use their digital windfalls to buy things. We spoke to Austin Kimm, Cypterium's co-founder, about why preparing for that day means building a cryptobank to make commerce with cryptocurrency a bit less ... cryptic.

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Call Center Security

Holiday Season Cons: More Calls Mean More Fraud For Contact Centers
 

One in nearly 500 contact center calls are fraudulent, and the holidays typically serve up second helpings. While it’s too soon to say how hard fraudsters have hit this holiday season, it’s unlikely that the risk has gone down. As IntraNext CEO Patrick Brown told Karen Webster in a recent interview, it’s time for retailers’ attitudes to shift to keep their customers’ information safe.
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Open Banking

PSD2 And The US, Too
 

The second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) should drive increased innovation and add transparency for players in the European financial market, but Europe isn’t the only part of the world that stands to benefit from it. Currencycloud Head of Product Management Arshi Singh recently told PYMNTS what the directive could mean for players in America and for others conducting cross-border commerce with European countries.

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PYMNTS Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker™

TRENDING: Order-Ahead Expands To Airports and Virtual Restaurants
 

Order-ahead is fast winning consumer’s hearts, so much so that grocery stores and airports want in on the action, too. In the December PYMNTS Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker™, Door Dash’s Abhay Sukumaran explains how the company is using machine learning to match the consumer’s need for ordering ahead — wanting it delivered — with new digital payments methods to eliminate the friction. All this, latest trends on new order-ahead services and a ranking of the top 67 top mobile order-ahead apps inside the Tracker.

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