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And The Payments And Commerce Innovation Winners Are…

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And, as America found out what actually happens when the wrong name gets read on stage, PwC found out what happens when Twitter decides to rename your firm — as our CEO (and former PwC employee) Karen Webster told those assembled at the Innovation Project’s annual awards dinner last night. And the winners are… Best POS Innovation.

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The Apple Pay Pivot?

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After a bit of a bumpy start to the year, what has become a now multi-week debacle with the FBI over that phone and a solid month of share prices below $100, it has been a while since Apple has managed a whole week of headlines that were, more or less, positive and even hopeful about innovation in the offing.

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Apple’s In-Store Story, Android Pay Goes Wearable And Samsung Open For Business In Thailand

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Samsung’s global march added another stopping point this week, as Thailand became the latest nation to come online for Samsung Pay. That announcement comes as most of the global payments-watching community was watching Samsung Pay’s imminent foray into India. Samsung Pay In Thailand. merchants to 36 percent of U.S.

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10 Early-Stage eSports Startups To Watch

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Select Investors: CAA Ventures, Greycroft Partners, GVR Fund, Samsung NEXT, Sony Innovation Fund. Headquarters: Boston, Massachusetts. Series A eSports Companies to Watch. Headquarters: Cupertino, California. Disclosed Funding: $16M. Dojo Madness. Headquarters: Berlin, Germany. Look for eSports in the Collections tab.

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Most Platforms Can’t Scale, Will Fail

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Well, it is “an innovative new payment platform created to transform the payments industry by drastically altering the economics through Internet-based technology, generating significant consumer benefits.” Except, of course, it didn’t – and it is now in the crowded graveyard of payments innovations that sounded too good to be true.

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Mobile Payments Amnesia And CVS’ M-Pay Entrance

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The data digs into the likes, dislikes and habits of Apple Pay, Android Pay and Samsung Pay mobile payments users. Almost twice as many Android and Samsung Pay users like to use cash, and close to twice as many Android Pay and Samsung Pay users claimed that mobile payments take too long.

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The Week In Payments: Acquisitions, Partnerships And A Team Of Rivals Unite Over Standards

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The world of B2B payments saw its latest significant acquisition play this week with Boston-based private equity firm Great Hill announcing its intention to acquire VersaPay, a company that provides cloud-based invoice-to-cash solutions. The B2B Receivables Revolution . Great Hill will be buying VersaPay — and paying a fair premium.

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