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Saturday - September 7, 2019


Australia And Digital ID


AI And Insurance Claim Payouts


TD Bank And Call Center Innovation


How Sales Tax Complexities Shape eCommerce


Merchants And Sales Tax Compliance


How Ad Fraud Affects Advertisers And Publishers



Payments, Peloton And Going 'Beyond The Bike'


WeWork’s IPO Strategy Could Make Investors Swipe Left


SCA Delay: A Payments Opportunity In Disguise?


SMB Spend Mgmt. Revs Up For New Decade


Amazon Gives Biometric Payments A Hand


Clouds Gathering For Chinese Consumers?


Marketplaces Bet On A Picture Being Worth A Thousand Sales


Is There Healthy Friction Online?


Meal Kits Go Back To School


Building A Better Payday Lending Product


Emerging Markets And The Lessons Of Selling X-Border


Back-To-School Carpools Go Ridesharing


eBay: 24 Years In, A Look Back


What 10 Top CEOs Said About Payments This Summer


PYMNTS’ Labor Day Reading List


Retail’s Voice-Assisted, Meatless Summer


B2B's Summer Of Faster, Integrated Payments


Separating Safe Apple Bets From Wild Speculation


Speeding Up Gig Economy Disbursements


Call Centers Move Away From KBA With MFA


How Sharing Economy Platforms Keep Users Secure


Amid Trade War, US Job Growth Misses Estimates


South Dakota v. Wayfair's Unfolding Legacy


Biometrics And Beyond For Call Centers


5G Set To Hit South Korean Baseball


China Central Bank Said To Ready Crypto Launch


How Amazon Hopes To Make Alexa King Of The Road


eCommerce Startups Find Funding Favor In India


EU Firms Form X-Border Mobile Payments Network


Japan Eyes Guidelines For Tech Regulations


NFL Uses TikTok To Win Younger Fans



FIs Grapple With Tech, Consumer Engagement


Digital Platforms And The $100B Flower Biz Transformation



Disrupting DTC Wellness With Text Messaging


Legal Cannabis Retail Innovates Around Payments


Using Self-Service Retail To Solve City Parking


Luxury Retail Finds New Avenues


Personalizing Subscriptions For Self-Care


Using eCommerce To Upcycle Food


What's Driving Pharmacy Retail Innovation?


Making Marketplaces For Experiences


Bringing Breakfast Cereal Back Via DTC Reboot


Holiday Retail Trends Start To Take Shape


Customizing eCommerce Subscription Boxes For Dogs



Bringing Biometric Payments To Retail


Protecting Customers With Call Center Innovation


Driving Payments Innovation With Invisibility


Navigating Tax Collection With Tech



New Zealand Sees Rise In Late Payments


SMB FinTech Leads B2B Venture Capital Roundup


Rfxcel Eyes Track-and-Trace Supply Chain Impact


Regulators Look Into Early Wage Access Debate


The Cash Flow-Accounts Receivable Connection


Hong Kong Relaxes Rules To Hike FinTech Lending


Banks Flock To Trade Finance FinTechs


Data Integration Ensures The Price Is Right


Blockchain Gains Steam Amid Food Tracking Push


UK Scrambles To Prop Up Business Bank Lending

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The Sharpie’s Indelible Mark On Commerce (And, Well, #SharpieGate)

The Sharpie spent some time in the spotlight this week — in an unusual cameo. But while the permanent pen/marker’s popularity has been at admittedly unusual levels of late, research reveals the American love affair with the Sharpie is itself indelible — and it has been a favorite of more than one president. As it turns out, there is way more to the Sharpie than meets the eye. So, put a cap on yours for a moment — it’s the PYMNTS Saturday feature.

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Why Invisible Will Make 2020’s Payments Innovation Roar

Magicians wow their audiences when they make objects disappear. Karen Webster says innovators wow the payments and commerce ecosystems when they’ve made visible things disappear, too — like payments and even stores, brands, issuers and card networks. It’s why she says the most transformative payments innovation of the last decade has been making the visible, invisible. And it's why invisible will be the most powerful driver of innovators and their strategies in the decade to come.

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