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April 4, 2016

Financial Inclusion

MasterCard’s Digital Road To Humanitarian Solutions
 

MasterCard announces today that it has partnered with one of the largest humanitarian agencies in the world, World Vision, to drive developmental and social outcomes in a commercially and operationally sustainable way. Tara Nathan, EVP, Public-Private Partnerships at MasterCard, tells Karen Webster how this latest move crates a “ladder of services” needed by those most in need.

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Data Dive

Facebook, Square and Alt Lending Look For Signs Of Spring
 

While Q1 2016 was rough sledding for many, spring is starting to inspire new growth for a few new players. Facebook is looking hard at in-app payments, Square wants in on omnichannel and online lending has some soul searching - and business model editing - to do.
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Retail On The Record

Domino's Robot Reality Check
 

Franchised pizza is the newest product to join the autonomous delivery fad, but Domino's robotic entry didn't receive a warm welcome from the public. In fact, it got quite ugly and speaks volumes about how much growing up humans and robots have to do together.

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Invisible Payments

Why Contextual Commerce Is The Next Big Thing
 

You want to know what happens when invisible payments gets context? Closed ecosystems take commerce exactly where consumers want it go. Karen Webster said that a few of the moves made last week by Uber, Facebook, Braintree, Spotify, and Amazon are further proof of the power of what she argued in January was one of the six big forces that would reshape payments in 2016. “Contextual Commerce 2.0” is what these non-payments players are using to pull payments into their world and consumers along with them - creating a world of opportunities along with some pretty big risks (depending on who you are).

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How Amazon Payments Wins Over SMBs


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Amazon Moves Prime Now To the Web


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Uber CEO Faces Price Fixing Lawsuit


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