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How Sprint Got A 17-Year Head Start On IoT
 

While many have been surprised at the speed at which the IoT has “suddenly arrived” — the team at Sprint has been waiting for the rest of us to catch up. A very long time — 17 years to be exact — and as Mohamad Nasser, General Manager of the Internet of Things at Sprint told Karen Webster, whose networks are the way machines talk to each other in some 19 different verticals.

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Payment Technology

In Payments, Closed And Open, Global And Local
 

One month into his new gig as CEO of AEVI, Nelson Holzner tells PYMNTS’ Karen Webster that technology — strengthening the ever-evolving bond between merchants and acquirers and the customers they serve — can make payments global, local and flexible beyond the confines of hardware.
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PYMNTS Sizzle/Fizzle

The IoT Sizzle, Wells Fargo Fizzles (Again) And Bitcoin — Does Some Of Both
 

The IoT continued its 0-6000 march this week, while Wells Fargo found yet another way to draw a class action law suit. And bitcoin was up. Till it was down. Can anyone predicts what's next? Happy #SizzleFizzle Friday.

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NEW REPORT: How Airbnb Does Payments
 

In less than a decade, Airbnb has gone from startup to hospitality powerhouse, bringing in billions in travel rentals — and a fortune that has its foundation in payments. In the latest Payments Powering Platforms Tracker™, powered by WePay, Kapil Mokhat, the company’s director of payments and partnerships, discusses why the company controls its own payments, and how that’s helped its expansion. Find that, plus the latest headlines and rankings of 58 players, including 7 new additions, inside the new Tracker.

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