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Saturday - May 11, 2019


Cash In Unattended Retail


SMBs And Retail Innovation Readiness


mPOS And Convention Payments


Citi's 'Security Perimeter'


eTailers And Checkout Conversion



New Debit Rules, Promise Of Seamless Payments


Uber’s Bust(ed IPO) Of A First Day


People And Bank Automation — An 'And,' Not An 'Or'


Visa's Natural Disaster-Focused SMB Week Hackathon


Uber’s IPO: Pricey And Dicey Or Poised For Liftoff?


Why Accounts Payable Is The ‘Lost Child’ Of Finance


Instant IDV: Digital Security’s Next Big Thing?


Why It’s Time To Rewire Payments Or Fail


Mastercard: Transactis Buy Speeds Bill Pay’s Digitization


What Happens To Tipping When Cash Disappears?


Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez Look To Cap Card Rates


MoneyGram's Q1 Slide Overshadows Digital Growth


No Lift For Lyft Following Q1 Earnings Report


QSRs Notch Mobile Ordering, Loyalty Gains


Collectives Aim To Create Blockchain Centers


FreightRover Reportedly Impacted by Celadon Scam


QSR Managers Satisfied With Mobile Order-Ahead


Enterprise Offers Vehicle Subscriptions


Debt Collection, Done Digitally?


Fifth Avenue Vacancies Reflect Uptick In Retail Closures


Pet Retail Dominance Battle Gains Fresh Fuel


Reliance On Old Habits Slows Down Invoices


The Risk-Reducing Case For Push Payments


FinTech Charter Hits Speed Bump


Data Dive, New Ideas Edition: Uber, Marriott, Facebook


FinTech Firms Tackle PCI Burdens With Checkout


For MercadoLibre, Payoff From Payments


Instagram's High-Fashion Fakes Problem


Google I/O Highlights Assistant, Smart Speaker



How Unattended Retail Is Shaping Retail’s Future


Will Marketplaces Take Over eCommerce Completely?


What FIs Don’t Know About Their Customers


The Credit Union Innovation Balancing Act


Vodafone: How 5G Will Impact IoT’s Future


Is Real-Time Payments A Threat To Credit Cards?



Has Eating Local Hit A Tipping Point?


eTailers Attempt To Give Instant Coffee Subscriptions A Jolt


An Off-The-Beaten-Path Approach To Selling Bags


SMB Retail Innovation: Payments, Inventory Boost Prospects


Etsy Hits 41M Active Buyers In Q1


How Catbird Broke Into Branded Jewelry


Taking Pet-Friendly Into IoT


Subscription Merchants Innovate With Plan Features


How Crowdfunding Is Changing Wedding Gifting


TV Points To Retail (And Amazon’s) Future


Will Air Travel Ticketing Subscriptions Take Off?


Taking The Pain Out Of Vacation Planning


How DTC Brands Go Green With Cleaning Refills


Loyalty Innovation Is On QSRs' Menus



Celebrating SMB Week With Innovation


The Global Innovation Race With Fraudsters


Balancing Secure And Seamless Commerce


Great Expectations, Challenging Executions


Enabling A World Of Faster Disbursements



Accounts Receivable Tackles Digital Advertising


Is Digital Trade Finance Fraud's Best Defense?


AI Leads Over $1B In Funding For B2B Startups


Banking/FinTech Collaboration Grows In China


Should Auditors Catch Corporate Fraud?


The State Of Corporate Cybersecurity


Starbucks Eyes Blockchain Supply Chain Tracking


Suit Accuses FLEETCOR Of Anticompetitive Payment Processing


How APIs Boost SMB Financing Data Integrity


Ripple Boosts X-Border Partnership Tally


How Fuel Cards Hold Fleets Back From EV Adoption


Contractor Risk Analysis Shifts To Look Ahead


UK’s Prompt Payment Code Sees Laggards


Hiring Pains, Revenue Optimism Hit SMB Week

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Have Consumers Fallen Out Of Love With Robots?

Given the gangbusters success that AI voice assistants have had over the last five years, it doesn’t seem like a giant leap to think that household robots could be right around the corner. But as the slew of robotics startups closures over the last few years has proven, while consumers like robots in theory, they’re still too underpowered and overpriced to go mainstream. Power down and have a read — it’s the PYMNTS Saturday feature.

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Will The Stars Align For Facebook’s Crypto Payments Project, Libra?

Facebook announced its plans to create a global payments system based on cryptocurrency and blockchain rails. Karen Webster says that it, like Facebook Credits that launched a decade ago this month, is pretty much DOA. She even sketches out a fictional, three-act play speculating the details, and offering her thoughts as to why. Ready for the curtain to rise?

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