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Mastercard Cybersecurity Toolkit Sheds Light On SMB Education Gap

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19), Mastercard announced the launch of its Cybersecurity Toolkit for SMBs, an online resource developed in partnership with the Global Cyber Alliance (GCA) that provides entrepreneurs and business executives with guidance and tools to address the threat of cyberattacks on their companies. In a press release on Tuesday (Feb.

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GonzoBanker Awards 2017

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Seriously, sit back with a pocket flask of Pappy Van Winkle, smoke a cigar (or your combustible of choice if you live in Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Main or Massachusetts) and enjoy the 2017 GonzoBanker Awards. Malls, retail stores and even some bank branch closings proliferated in 2017. Payments chaos.

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Can On-Demand Pay Stop QSRs’ Employee Churn?

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The social media giant itself claims Libra could help provide access to financial accounts for unbanked individuals, but some observers question the cryptocurrency’s ability to achieve such a goal and suggest other motives behind the project, such as an effort to collect more data. Serving Quick Payments to the QSR Industry.

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Fighting Financial Awkwardness With Faster Payments?

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The peer-to-peer mobile payment service offers a social media element aimed at making the exchange of money more fun for both sides of the transaction. billion in Q1 2017 — tackles feelings of financial discomfort by giving consumers a more engaging option to settle debts, by mixing social media with finances.

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Does Destination Maternity Chain Bankruptcy Signal Larger Trends?

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21), the latest commerce operator to be on the verge of extinction in this age of digital and mobile. though they also operate under such brands as Motherhood Maternity and Pea in the Pod stores. “As percent CAGR since 2017, according to one recent estimate. The company owns 458 stores in the U.S.,

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Why Africa Is eCommerce’s Next Great Frontier

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To embrace opportunity and tackle the outstanding challenges, he noted that Emergent has already had a presence in the market for years, and has seen that there is a huge — and growing — demand in Africa for all manner of digital services, from eCommerce to social media. Consider the fact that eCommerce generated $16.5

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Cybersecurity And Digital Reputation: For SMBs, Two Sides Of The Same Coin

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It was a 2017 report commissioned by Google that caught Womply President Cory Capoccia’s attention. Many businesses are confining themselves to the most basic levels of technology, like email, yet fail to reach an online audience with websites, eCommerce capabilities, social media presence, digital marketing and beyond.