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February 3, 2017

Earnings

Visa Surges On Visa Europe, Strong Cardholder Spend
 

“Visa’s fiscal 2017 is off to a terrific start” Visa CEO Al Kelly told analysts yesterday. And with $1.8 Trillion in payments flowing across its network, that means one thing: Visa cardholders spent big everywhere cardholders wanted to be spending. Get the details.

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Platforms And Payments

Making Payments Work For Platforms (Instead Of The Other Way Around)
 

Don’t try this at home — especially if you’re a platform: payments. The problem with payments — particularly for platform businesses — is that enabling payments for both buyers and suppliers is a lot harder than it looks. Especially, said WePay SVP Kurt Bilafer, in a world where friction-free, secure payments is the name of that payments game.
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PYMNTS Sizzle/Fizzle

Facebook Sizzles, Stocks Fizzle And Corporate America Proves We Can Be Friends
 

So many sizzles and fizzles this week — it was tough to get to just six. Facebook crushed it, while FedEx and UPS could be crushed, and acquisitions prove that corporate America, at least, seem to get along.

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Digital Delivery

Payments Play A Starring Role In The Entertainment Economy
 

We like our movies and our music the way we like our mail — digitally and when we want to look at it. In the most recent survey from PayPal on digital delivery in the entertainment space, the smartphone reigns supreme, as Melissa O’Malley, director of global initiatives at PayPal, told Karen Webster — even when watching movies. Which means that payment plays a starring role.

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