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October 17, 2017

Payments Innovation

How Payments, In Context, Become Events
 

Each event in life is made up of smaller decisions and actions, all combined in moving parts to make a cohesive whole. Why should payments be any different? Modo Payments is emerging from a self-imposed dark period with the goal of changing the way we talk about payments that goes well beyond the semantics, CEO Bruce Parker told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster.

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Banking

Why The ICBA Doesn’t Want Square To Be A Bank
 

The ICBA doesn’t want Square to be a bank. They didn’t want SoFi to become one either. But why? Nothing personal, says ICBA EVP and Senior Regulatory Counsel Christopher Cole, who thinks community banks can do it better, and with less risk.
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PYMNTS Data Drivers

In Payments, For Consumers, Form (Factor) Follows Function
 

Mobile wallets to ignite contactless payments? Seems so, especially among the younger set — as Paysafe found in a recent survey of millennials across the UK, Canada and the U.S. Paysafe EVP and CPO Daniel Kornitzer weighs in on what spurs consumers to embrace technology as they shop — or not — and what keeps them from abandoning their carts when they do, in the latest Topic TBD.

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Breaking News

Pay With Venmo Launches At 2M Merchants
 

Venmo made paying friends social when it launched in 2009, and today, it’s made paying merchants social, too. Pay With Venmo lets anyone with a Venmo account shop and pay at 2M U.S. merchants that accept PayPal — with a single click. Karen Webster spoke with PayPal COO Bill Ready to get an inside look at how it works, the Instant Pay feature that is rolling out too and what both mean for the future of commerce — made social.

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