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Mastercard Partners With Four Retailers For Pay By Bank App

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“We are thrilled to be partnering with WHSmith and its brands Funky Pigeon, Cult Pens and The Card Gallery to bring this revolutionary new way to pay, putting the customer firmly in control of their finances. as well as maintain the company’s critical national infrastructures. .

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Meal Kits May Be Just Getting Started

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“The meal kit market is crowded, but it’s also growing rapidly, so there’s room for a lot of types of brands,” McDevitt told PYMNTS. The acquisition is a sign that others are seeing the rising trend in consumer demand for healthy products, which validates our brand position and gives us confidence for continued growth in our sector.”.

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Conversable Launches Social Commerce Platform

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. “Bots are easy; conversations are hard,” says its brand’s unique selling point. The platform is offering a message-based, white-label eCommerce platform over IM services, like Facebook Messenger, Twitter and text messaging, which it says keeps the shopping experience conversational.

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How Mexico’s Central Bank Plans To Move Payments To Digital

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The discussion took place as Diaz looked back at the 15 months that have passed since Banxico launched Cobro Digital (CoDi), the national digital payments platform that uses QR codes and NFC to enable users to transact with mobile devices. Looking Ahead .

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Helping Small FIs Make Banking Services As Seamless As Taking An Uber

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They are not always fast followers of newly introduced products and services from their larger banking brethren who operate on a national scale. To modernize payments and the user experience, Davis said it is critical to consolidate processes and data aggregation. Davis told PYMNTS.

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Virtual Reality: 5G Retailers’ Secret Sauce?

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News this week from South Korea stated the country’s “SK Telecom and the nation’s retail conglomerate Shinsegae Group have joined forces to develop new business models and innovative services in the logistics and distribution sectors powered by 5G networks.” Last year saw a boom in brands using VR in this way, including U.K.

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Should QSRs Be Scared Of ‘Ghost’ Restaurants?

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The latest PYMNTS Order to Eat Tracker highlights how several major brands are embracing (or resisting) third-party delivery services, new models and new ordering solutions in an effort to win over customers. The virtual restaurant business model is becoming increasingly popular as technology improves the user experience.