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As Bill Payments Go Digital, The Rental Industry Still Lags

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trillion in 2017, and that could nearly double by 2021 — online billing platforms are rushing to incorporate payment processing capabilities into their offerings. That’s according to the new “ Payments Powering Platforms Tracker ” from PYMNTS. Source: Payments Powering Platforms Tracker , powered by WePay.

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What Serving The Internet’s ‘Underserved’ Means For Payments

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These days, it seems like you can hardly go a minute without hearing about the rise of 5G, the spread of facial recognition or how friction is being removed from all types of payment methods. I really don’t think it will upend our market,” he said. “If communities. Expensive Cities.

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Mobile Payments: Samsung To Tackle Africa And Google The App Landscape

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The latest news on mobile payments shows that the big banks are wanting in on the mobile wallet race, but are they already too far back in the pack? Meanwhile, Samsung is tackling the African market ahead of Apple and Android, and Google announces a way to avoid app downloads. Miami Transportation To Offer Mobile Payments.

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How Platform Payments Are Reimagining Rentals

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Consumers, particularly millennials, are increasingly paying their bills online. are paid online, with 61 percent of those payments coming from millennials. Bringing Rent Payments Online. According to research from 2017, more than 50 percent of bills in the U.S. Why, then, does the rent check endure?

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Why Pride Vendors Are Forgoing Cash For mPOS

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Skirting Cash Shortages at Boston Pride. Boston’s pride celebration is one of the season’s biggest events for Mandy Roberge, the owner and artist behind Wicked Good Henna. The 2018 Boston Pride parade reportedly saw more than 750,000 spectators and over 55,000 marchers. Her needs are relatively simple.

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Outside The Box (And Inside The Storage Container) Solutions To Sky-High Rent

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Older adults tend to own, while younger adults skew much more heavily toward renting – particularly millennials, for whom homeownership is lower than other generations at the same point in their lives. 2,420 in Boston and $2,300 in Seattle for a no-frills one-bedroom, probably a walk-up. What is Nuns and Nones?

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The Connected Car: An Extension Of The Consumer’s Home

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It’s Boston. It’s February (or maybe it’s May, because it’s still snowing in Boston). The firms are eyeing a confluence of mobile commerce, digital marketing and ease of payments. So, if we look at millennials,” he said, “they have $400 billion in buying power today. Picture this. It’s snowing. The Available Data.