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MTrac Launches Marijuana Payments Platform For Louisiana

PYMNTS

The state of Louisiana has entered legal marijuana territory with medical cannabis access beginning this week. The platform will go live the same day the state’s legal medical marijuana market goes live, Tuesday (Aug. Global Payout Inc. subsidiary MTrac Tech Corp. announced Monday (Aug.

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Biometrics: The Key To Overcoming Contactless Payment Limits?

PYMNTS

In the March Digital Identity Tracker® , PYMNTS explores the latest developments in the world of digital IDs, including the rise of biometrics in the border control sector, challenges to digital ID posed by the new coronavirus outbreak and a new credit card-mounted fingerprint reader from NatWest. This market is expected to be valued at $3.5

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Will Vroom’s Plan To Bring AI To Auto Sales Mark The Death Of Dealerships?

PYMNTS

After a two-year test drive as a client of market data and analytics firm CarStory, Vroom announced on Tuesday (Dec. Marketing Cars Online. Unity believes the tool will empower the auto industry’s digital marketing professionals to easily create and publish content and interactive experiences.

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Identity As A Service To The Rescue

PYMNTS

Card issuers are fielding new technologies and utilizing next-gen identity verification technology to expose the fakers and make social media — and the wider digital domain — safe for kitten vids and funny memes again. Within four years there will be 800 million smartphones in-market with facial recognition scanning capabilities.

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TRENDING: Portillo’s On Pushing Order-Ahead Security To The Next Level

PYMNTS

The app features digital, shareable gift cards, loyalty points and rewards, and social media connection. Sonic Drive-In recently introduced its mobile ordering to Monroe, Louisiana, where it has six locations, and is working to drive usage with promotions that offer half-priced drinks and slushes ordered through the app.

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Community Bank CEO Outlook 2022: Your priorities for the new year

Independent Banker

Fortunately for Red River Bank, loan demand is picking up in Louisiana as cities stabilize from the pandemic and businesses reopen. is facing increased competition in its home market from other banks, nonbanks and even credit unions that are aggressively pricing loans to businesses, says president and CEO Steve Dehnert.

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June’s Top 12 Mobile Pay Moments

PYMNTS

And what better way to mark that milestone than with a monthly recap of the Top 12 news items in one major market in the payments ecosystem: mobile payments. Samsung Pay is the first mobile payment service of its kind to be launched in Spain, giving it a head start in the market over Apple Pay and Android Pay. Apple Pay — 20 Months In.

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