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Samsung Pay: Getting Past Contextual Commerce Friction

PYMNTS

With the rapid proliferation of shoppable social media channels – as well as the explosion of wearables, smart speakers and other connected devices, along with advances in voice-activated AI – for a growing cohort of consumers, contextual is just how they do commerce.

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In Praise Of The Selfie And The Commerce It Drives

PYMNTS

Granted, he had to sit motionless for up to 15 minutes, according to estimates, but he got the job done and secured his place in history (or, least, earned a page on Wikipedia). Brands are turning narcissism into cold hard cash. astronaut and still-living tough guy Buzz Aldrin took his own self-portrait.

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Happy 10th Anniversary iPhone

PYMNTS

Freed from the shackles of paying for film (and with countless opportunities to display our lives on mobile social media platforms), people worldwide will take 1.2 The iPhone platform has enabled an incredible number of innovations that have made payments easier and more secure. million Americans and is powered by smartphones.

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Memes That Kill: The Future Of Information Warfare

CB Insights

After conducting research backed by DARPA — the same defense agency that helped spawn the internet — Dr. Robert Finkelstein proposed the creation of a brand new arm of the US military, a “Meme Control Center.” In internet-speak the word “meme” often refers to an amusing picture that goes viral on social media.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Bitcoin Busts, Payments Get Faster And The Eyes Have It

PYMNTS

Mastercard started with week with an announcement of how its Mastercard Send product would extend the reach and the speed of Early Warning’s clearXchange P2P network for bank customers with a Mastercard branded debit product. The networks are happy because they are the proud recipients of tons of brand new transaction volume.

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Mobile Wallet: A Marker for the Future

NCR

It’s convenient, secure and labor-free. In fact, across most of the studies released recently, tools such as Apple Pay, Android Pay and Samsung Pay attract greater attention and adoption. Even a favored bank-branded technology might supplement these choices rather than replace them. So why is it still an outlier?

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?? Generations X and Y’s “Culture of Convenience” driving financial institutions toward “mobile-first” omnichannel structures

Banking 2020

Consumers have grown accustomed to a faster, more secure world and expect payment solutions to follow suit. Because of the need for fast, secure transactions over inherently personal and often insecure devices, there is growing interest in biometric verification payment systems. Simple: convenience + simplicity + security = loyalty.

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