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Today In Data: Intelligence Of Things Pushes Innovation

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in the form of smart poles that improve urban communities’ access to wireless networks and LED lighting. The contactless payment-enabled smartwatch will allow its users to make payments before, during and after their workouts, all without having to carry a wallet, payment card or smartphone, and all with just the flick of a wrist.

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Generation Z And Omnicommerce

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After all, if people aren’t carrying bills – or even cards – with them, how will traditionally non-digital retailers keep up? Farmers typically don’t have access to a broad market either – a farm stand in a small town might only be able to serve their immediate community. About The Tracker.

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Building A More Compliant Cannabis Industry With The Blockchain

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Despite Chris Rock’s old adage that people “don’t sell drugs, drugs sell themselves,” being in the legal — or at least legal-ish — business of cannabis retail is surprisingly difficult and friction-filled work. And so, when we talk to the community, we are seeing a lot of demand of a different solution that provides more function.”.

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The Future of Checks – Tales From The Crypt

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The rise of card-not-present transactions for phone and then e-commerce, starting in 1994, cannibalized check volume, as did Paypal, retail ACH for phone and internet transactions in 1998. The debit card started to rise in popularity in 2004, as did an explosion of ATMs in 2005, affording the general population more access to cash.

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Take Me Out To The (Payments) Ball Game

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We got the inside scoop of what the ballpark of the future might look like from FIS’s Bob Legters, chief product officer of FIS Global Retail Payments, and David Wright, Minor League Baseball’s chief commercial officer — and what brought two such different organizations together to build it. One ball park and customer experience at a time.

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