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Saturday - October 27, 2018


Mental Health Services' Go Subscription


Digital Fraud And Loyalty Rewards


Connected Grocery And Share Of Stomach


IoT And Tracking Of Retail Consumers


Digital Identity's Global Authentication



Amazon Shares Skid On Slowing Growth


Tech Investors Rotating Into Payments Stocks?


Mastercard Tackles 'Greening' Plastic Cards


Moody's Sees Improving Charge-Off Climate


Digital Identity Credentials Go Global


Grubhub’s Latest Push: College Students And Meal Vouchers


Amazon Roundup: Making Moves In Rx, Grocery


Adobe Doubles Down On Voice Interfaces


Visa B2B Biz Nears The Trillion-Dollar Mark


Data Privacy Debate Gathers Steam In US


New FICO Will Change Credit Landscape For Borrowers


Why Yesterday Is Key To Building mPOS’ Future


Robbers Asked To Come Back ‘Later’


IBM And The Blockchain Bet


Samsung And HSBC Get ‘Phygital’ With Wearables


Onboarding And Authenticating A Global User Base


Solving Digital ID Verification’s 'Existential Crisis'


Zelle, Venmo P2P Payments Race Gains Fresh Fuel


Why Using Rules Of Thumb To Predict Fraud Is A Fail


Benefits, Challenges Of Digital Medical Billing


Retail Can Inform Banking Via Consumers’ Digital Journeys


ChowNow's Mobile Order-Ahead Security Approach


Gig Economy Marketplaces Tapping Into Blockchain


Citi Ventures Makes Investment In Ondot


Global Commerce, Local Payments?


Payment App Using Visa APIs Wins At Money20/20


Uber Mulls Food Delivery Via Drones


Hewlett Packard Labs’ Bresniker On AI's Potential


Sam’s Club Expands Instacart Footprint



UATP CEO On Airlines And Alternative Payments



Facebook's Augmented Reality Move


Uber Eats Sets A New Target


Walmart Ups Shipping And Returns


Facebook Wants More Cybersecurity



Pinterest Powers Up Its Shopping Features


Dunkin’ Expands Beverages, Adds Snacking Platform


NY Mag To Open Pop-Up Shop; Amazon Go Plans NYC Store


thredUP Is Hoping To Launch An Upcycling Trend


Hotel Apps Tap Into AI For Bookings


Retailers Ride Smart Speaker, Voice Ordering Wave


Hasbro And The Tricky Trail For Toy Sales


Snack Shops Run Lean Via Delivery Platforms


McDonald’s Gains With Kiosks, Delivery Initiatives


Fourpost's Plan To Restructure Physical Retail


Uber May Be Gearing Up For Drone Food Delivery


Grocers Carve Out Niche With Unattended Retail


Scentbird's Direct-to-Consumer Success


Alibaba’s ‘Singles Day’ Marks A Decade


Mall Kiosks Find New Life As ‘Studio Shops’



The Digital Payments Train


A Connected Retail World


Hidden Costs Of Digitization


Voice Payments Innovation


Driving A Digitally Determined World



Govt Eyes BEC, Govt Slammed By BEC


Small Biz FinTech Gets VC Spotlight


Loadsmart On Freight Consolidation And Payments


SWIFT X-Border Payments Test 'Instant' Success?


SEC Urges New Accounting Controls Amid BEC Scam Threat


ANNA Money On SMB Challenger, FinTech Banking


LevaData Finds Procurement Data Analytics Gaps


SkySparc Talks Corporate Treasury, Open Banking


FSB: No Govt Contracts For Big, Late-Paying UK Firms


Canada's Post Strike Could Boost B2B Payments


ValueSelling On Changes In B2B Buying Habits


SMBs Weigh Trust Over Tech In Banking


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Trick Or Treat – Either Way, Halloween Rakes It In

The scariest thing about Halloween may be how much Americans are willing to spend on it — an estimated $9 billion this year alone. And it’s not just costumes and candy that consumers are shelling out scary amounts for — their pets, of course, need costumes too. And then there are the pickled marshmallows and tickets to the hipster haunted house… Take a Saturday trick-or-treat stroll down to the parabolic PYMNTS pumpkin patch.

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How Connected Devices Are Revolutionizing How And Who We Pay

The connected consumer is now just about every consumer — and the connected devices that are an indispensable part of their everyday lives are quickly becoming an indispensable part of how and who they pay. In collaboration with Visa, PYMNTS studies 2,800 U.S. consumers to understand this shift and what’s behind it. The second annual How We Will Pay report details these findings. Karen Webster breaks down the five key insights that every innovator needs to know.

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