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Saturday - March 3, 2018


mPOS And Tipping


Millennials’ Interest In 'Next-Day' Cash Back Debit


Mid-Sized FIs Payments Innovation Pressure Points


Subscription Box Commerce Fatigue


Replacing SSNs With Digital Identifiers



Phish Acquired For $400M, Rebrands As Cofense


Rethinking The Merchant Cash Advance


Kohl’s New Grocery Concept


Vending Machine Weddings


Equifax's Breach And Q4 2017 Earnings


Gourmet Coffee Goes Subscription


Straight-Through Data And SMB Lending Improvements


How Equifax Is Using Mobile ID Tech


Visa Everywhere Initiative Expands


Travel Industry’s B2B Payments Fraud Problem


Consumer Loyalty And Emotional Connections


Macy’s Proves Brick And Mortar Isn’t Dead


Square Moves Up Market


Banking, AI And Digital Humans


A New Lease On Auto Leasing


Restaurant Reservation Platforms Push Loyalty


MNOs Move Into ID Verification


QSRs Take On ResTech Innovations


Mastercard Launches Solar Payments In Uganda



Beyond The Buzzword: Ingo Money And Faster Payments


Hyperwallet: Paying Gig Workers


Boloro: Mobile Identity

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The Oscars: Who's Spending What (And Where)

Once upon a time, guests could attend the Oscars for $5 a ticket and winners strutted their stuff in modest, off-the-rack ensembles. The awards ceremony is now one of Hollywood’s most glamorous — and expensive — annual events. Here’s how the $44 million evening breaks down, from the cost of the Oscar itself and dressing the celebs to stuffing those luxury “swag bags” and buying primetime ad slots.

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Mobile Wallets: Where’s The S-Curve?

It’s been approximately 40 months since Apple Pay launched, and it's time to put it and all of the mobile “pays” that followed to the classic product launch s-curve test, says Karen Webster. The latest mobile wallet adoption study results, done in partnership with InfoScout, are in — and the results seem clear. Find out who she says flunked the test, who passed the mid-term with flying colors and who looks like there could be a spark starting to emerge. We’ve got all the details and lots of charts and graphs, too.

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