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Flywire And Volvo Give Cross-Border Car Leasing Wheels
 

Leasing a car for a college student can be a challenge under ideal domestic circumstances — but it’s a huge hassle for international students. But Volvo — in partnership with Flywire — wants to take that pain away by solving a huge cross-border receiveables management friction today — Flywire’s EVP and GM Jeff Althaus told Karen Webster — that opens the door to a host of new solutions going forward.

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SMBS Go Cashless

Why SMBs Are Ready For A Cashless Future
 

When Visa announced its Cashless Challenge a few weeks ago, it expected to generate interest. But even Jack Forestell, Visa’s global head of product, said he was surprised by the level of enthusiasm once word got out it was giving grants to SMBs to make it easy to go cold-turkey cashless. Forestell told Karen Webster that the key now is to guide that enthusiasm into the right cashless experiences for businesses and consumers.
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PYMNTS Sizzle/Fizzle

QR Codes Sizzle, While Wells Behind The Wheel Fizzles
 

Turns out QR codes have been hiding in plain sight: The payments technology is finally getting the attention it deserves — and a pretty big sizzle to boot. Plus, it's very hip to be Square, while Wells behind the wheels proved to be no good thing.

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Mastering mPOS At The British Open
 

At this summer’s British Open, Jordan Spieth served up an exhilarating finish, while, in a first for the event, fans were served food and drink right to their seats. In the hot-off-the presses PYMNTS mPOS Tracker, Mastercard U.K.’s Head of Digital Payments, Elliott Goldenberg, discusses how the company used its mPOS platform to offer in-seat delivery service at the Open, and what’s next for Mastercard’s mobile offering. Find that, plus the latest mPOS headlines and rankings of 283 players, inside the latest Tracker.

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