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Mastercard Expands NYC Tech Hub

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The others are located in St. Louis, Dublin, Sydney and India, as it seeks to transition from debit and credit cards to gadgets. New York is an exceptional gateway for talent, innovation and collaboration,” Ed McLaughlin, president of Operations and Technology at Mastercard, said in the statement announcing the hiring spree.

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Payments Tech Firm InComm Acquires Meridian Loyalty

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“Meridian disrupted the incentives industry in the ’80s and ’90s with the introduction of the MeridiCard, the industry’s first reloadable debit card, so our point of view has been rewards-agnostic from day one,” Toumayan said. Meridian Loyalty is based in St. InComm is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Top News in Payments: UK FCA Asks Banks To Explain High Overdraft Fees; Yandex Launches 15-Minute Grocery Delivery

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Bank Is Doing To Drive Virtual Card Adoption. Bank’s Jennifer Swenson, vice president of virtual payments, discusses how taking a data-centric approach to gathering customer insights can ensure smooth virtual card implementation – even turning AP departments into profit centers. In the latest Next-Gen AP Automation Tracker, U.S.

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Sam?s Club Takes On Convenience In Age of Amazon

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The new brick-and-mortar location will come chock-full of new retail innovations, but the store won’t carry a plethora of items. This will be smaller than a typical club — which is perfect for testing innovations in a live shopping environment,” Iannone said. Click-And-Collect And Mobile Apps.

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Mastercard: The Inclusive Futures Of Cities, SMBs And The Next-Gen Workforce

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Until last week, the card network’s highest-profile efforts have been centered in the developing world – Latin America, Asia Pacific and Africa – in an effort to move cash digital. Among those on Mastercard’s Inclusive Futures listening tour were New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Oakland and St. Finding a Focus.

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QSRs Ramp Up Mobile Order-Ahead Offerings

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Here’s how QSRs are integrating mobile order-ahead technology into their stores and where the innovation is headed in the future. — Last year, the St. Johnson pointed out the company’s scale in mobile payments and loyalty members, which positions it well for other innovative initiatives. million active members.

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Meal Subscription Services Take On The School Lunch

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In addition to fully cooked meals, each box comes with activity sheets, collectible reward coins and trivia cards. For now, Wise Apple distributes its meals in the Midwest — in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa and St. The Road Ahead. But, as of now, “I think there’s a big business to had here in the Midwest,” Cooper said.

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