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Saturday - March 30, 2019


Paying The Millennial Workforce Via Instant Payment Apps


Credit Unions Are Crushing Loyalty


Freelancer.com Filters Fraudsters Out


Lime Uses Payments To Win Scooter Race


HSBC's PSD2-Ready API Portal


Hotels & Restaurants Struggle With POS


DoorDash Tries Subs Model For Free Delivery



Why Wells Fargo CEO Sloan Had To Go


New Approach To Digital ID Verification For SMBs


Retail's Putting On A Show At Coachella


Using Credit To Close The SMB 'Funding Gap'


Can AI Turn Banks Into FinTech?


Action's In Authentication For Online Gaming


Mastercard On Apple's Digital-First Credit Card


New Software Drives Data From Security Cams


Mastercard: Bringing Contactless Payment To Transit


Samsung And The Future Of Contextual Commerce


Content Management Support For Voice Assistants


Smart Cities Will Be Powered By Payments


TransferWise Rolls Out PayNow Payments


Google Retooling Ambitious Robotics Program


Comparing Lyft & Levi's IPOs


Cannabis Banking Grows Support In US House


Mercari And Line Partner For Payments


Building A Better Way To Repair Credit


QSRs Use AI To Smarten Up


Judge Upholds Stay On CFPB Payday Lending Rule


The Role Payments Can Take With Sharing Services


FamilyMart Debuts Cashless App



Fixing The KYC And AML ‘Horse-and-Buggy’ Model


Is P2P A (Good) Trojan Horse For Banks?



Ship Bets You'll Swipe Right On Group Dating


Apple Pay Takes First Bow On Broadway


Domino's And McDonald's Make Big Moves


Fashion Rental For The Young And Influential


How Data Fueled This DTC Furniture Line


The Reasons Kiosks Are Popular Internationally


Meghan Markle's Favorite Shirt Designer's New Line


Coffee Retailers Brewing Up Single-Serve Subs


Restaurants Use Tech & AI To Stand Out


Burger King Bets Breakfast On Java Subscriptions


Voice Technology Makes (Sound) Waves At QSRs


Domino's Wants Your Car To Order Your Pizza


Convenience Isn't Just About Speed, Says Nordstrom


Food Delivery Aggregator Tackles Cost, Convenience



Consumers Trust Credit Unions And They're Loyal


Platform Economy's Growth Is Based On Trust


Subscribing To The Subscription Model


The Money Laundering Cycle Spins On


Regulatory Concerns Are Actually Sparking Innovation



POS Financing Makes Its Way Into B2B eCommerce


Wells Fargo & Mastercard On Blockchain: Overhyped?


Logistics Scores A New Unicorn For B2B Startups


Relief From Banks' Legacy Infrastructure


SWIFT’s gpi Gains X-Border Traction Overseas


Why Adoption Rates Of Early Payment Are So Low


Compliance Burden Should Be Viewed As Opportunity


Voters Eager For Big Tech Regulation On The Hill


The B2B Risks Small Vendors Face


Treasurers: FX Risk Is Not What It Used To Be


Stay On CFPB Payday Lending Rule Upheld


Are VCs Souring On Alternative Lending?


Supply Chain Analytics To Boost Hospital Margins


UK Chancellor Wants Crackdown On Late Payments

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Putting A Famous Face To A Product

It's not easy to build a good celebrity brand — though the rapid proliferation of them over the last decade or so might lead you to a different conclusion. But while it’s easy to put a famous name on a product and send it off for sale, building a celebrity brand that actually goes the distance is almost just as hard as getting famous in the first place. It’s the last PYMNTS Saturday feature of March.

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Will Amazon Pay Plus Worldpay Conquer Food?

The announcement last week that Worldpay was the first merchant acquirer to enable Amazon Pay is about more than making a new tender type available to Worldpay merchants. Karen Webster said it has the potential to create a single commerce experience across all of the channels and places where consumers buy and eat food — even ironically, perhaps, giving restaurant operators their best hope of surviving the threat of the aggregators.

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