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Google Backs Away From Chatbots

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“The media has declared chatbots the digital version of the little black dress: a technology staple that every brand must now have and every payment type must now commerce-enable,” Karen Webster wrote about six months into the great bot binge of the extreme excitement gunning up in the ecosystem around them.

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Mastercard Digital Commerce Suite To Make Every Card ‘Token Ready’

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17) that it will enable tokenization services on all cards by 2020, as part of its Digital Commerce Solutions, a suite of offerings geared toward making online transactions speedier and more secure. The company is also working with issuers, including Citi and Fifth Third Bank, to convert cards on file into tokens.

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CellPoint Mobile Rebrands As CellPoint Digital To Power Travel Payments

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The newly branded company aims to innovate the way travel merchants promote and sell across all digital channels. “I am very excited to unveil our new brand, which captures our ambition and capability as both FinTech and travel tech specialists. We started out with a radical, mobile-first solution. .”

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Data Dive, Rainy Days Edition: Fines, Misses And Video Game Money Laundering

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It is also, according to reports, a favored new method by thieves, who will access someone else’s credit card information, use it to create a Fortnite account and then buy V-bucks, the game’s currency. Capital One ’s further reprots domestic card loans increased 8 percent or $5.8 Credit card loans increased 5 percent to $116.4

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Checkout Features, Visa Interchange Rates, Gaana’s Music Service Top This Week’s News

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The rates refer to the rates that United States-based merchants pay to accept Visa cards. Retailers that sell products and services online have been slowly, but steadily, removing payment frictions and improving user experience to boost conversion rates. And Google Search revenues gained 16.7 percent to $27.2

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In Retail, Are Rewards Their Own Reward?

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Rewards can help lure customers to a brand and keep them there. credit cards, 1.3 debit cards and 1.3 store affinity cards. I think merchants and issuers alike see the value of rewards in creating a storyline for customers, enhancing the relationship with the brand and driving stronger loyalty,” he added.

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Voice-Activated Tracker: Milestones

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It’s a game called “Beat the Intro,” which had already been seen on the App Store and Google Play. That night, the “name that tune”-style game was given the Alexa treatment, adding voice functionality to the user experience. This suggests that Google may not have too far to go to catch up to Alexa. 22, according to Wired.

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