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Samsung Pay Crosses 1.3 Billion Transactions, But Falls Short of Apple Pay

Bank Innovation

As it makes its way to South Africa and continues to amass impressive partnerships with the likes of Alipay and PayPal, Samsung Pay might have completed three years in the mobile payments market, but its numbers still lag its main rival, Apple Pay. Samsung revealed yesterday that it had completed 1.3

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And The Payments And Commerce Innovation Winners Are…

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PricewaterhouseCoopers — after 83 consecutive years of tabulating the Academy Awards without incident — managed to accidentally put the wrong card in Warren Beatty/Faye Dunaway’s hands for the Best Picture award and … well the rest is YouTube history. PwC is now called Probably Wrong Card!”. Best B2B Innovation. Silver: Alipay.

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Apple Pay Trending Up as Target, Other Retailers Add Payment Option

Bank Innovation

Apple Pay was trending across social media today on news the payment option will soon be accepted at Target, Taco Bell and other major U.S. According to Apple, 74 of the top 100 U.S. merchants now accept Apple Pay. The company touted the service’s ease of use, security and speed at the register. But […].

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Innovation All the Time

Independent Banker

Even with technology’s increasing influence on retail banking, it’s not typical for a community bank to have one of its most senior and trusted executives concentrate primarily on leading consumer product and payments innovation. The role of Alex Jimenez, senior vice president and director of digital and payments innovation at the $7.2

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Will Rio Take The Gold In Tech Innovation?

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What we do know, however, is that efficiency-driving innovation will have its place, come whatever market environment,” Joshua Kempf, cofounder and CEO of online B2B industrial products distributor Gaveteiro.com.br , explained in his TechCrunch piece. The (Advertising) Haves And Have-Nots.

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Deep Dive: How Securing Customer Onboarding Can Curb Negative Option Billing Subscription Creep

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The Deep Dive also highlights innovative fraud detection technologies that FinTechs and other businesses are employing — such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and dynamic biometrics — to thwart criminals. Consumers are advised to call billers or card providers directly to stop such charges. Data-Rich Defenses.

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The Big Questions For Mobile In 2017

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The only things we can confidently say about this year, predictions-wise, is that we will spend less time watching political debates on TV and more time getting drawn into them on social media. Well, it seems fairly clear at this point that, on their own, mobile payments aren’t causing consumers to ditch their cards.

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