PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

National Football League (NFL) football is about to start up — real games, not the practice ones — and that means another flurry of activity regarding payments and commerce. Not only that, but “the transitory nature of social media and its effect on the collective U.S. The reasons? Payment Plays.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2020

The bread of social media, like the people who were posting photos of it, always looked its best when presented to the world. The national obsession with baking bread quickly turned into a national debate on the best bread to make and the best way to make it. Dry yeast or fresh cultures? Hand-kneading or stand-mixing?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2019

As new PYMNTS research documents, over the past year, 18 Major League Baseball (MLB), National Basketball Association (NBA), National Football League (NFL) and Major League Soccer (MLS) arenas have deployed biometric solutions by CLEAR. Attendance at NFL games declined from approximately 17.8 million people in 2016 to 17.2

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2016

Of course, that data has, at times, been used for targeted marketing campaigns. Nothing further would extend to social media sites that are already around, such as Facebook or Twitter. The proposal has been brought forth by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler and does not keep Internet providers from sharing data.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

government is reportedly gearing up to spend close to £2 billion over the course of the next five years to fight the growing number of cyberattacks in the country. Email and social media hacking were also among the most commonly reported cybercrime techniques. According to a report , research suggests the U.K.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2019

Food trucks have been around since the 1970s, when taco trucks began making the rounds in New York City, but didn’t become a national sensation until 2008 when two events coincided in such a way as to make a long extant — but largely niche — subsegment of the restaurant game into a mass market phenomenon. economy was blowing up in a bad way.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2020

That’s understandable, given how viciously email, texting and other forms of digital and mobile communication have displaced actual writing — which, of course, would seem to reduce the need for actual stationery products. The move has much more to do with the decline of handwriting, of course. Millennials to the Rescue.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

Indeed, as the recently completed National Retail Federation (NRF) retail show in New York City demonstrated, commerce keeps moving to what Webster called in the webinar a “customer-centric approach.” There are different degrees of trust around the different types of things we do around commerce and social media,” she said.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

This , of course , doesn’t include fraud losses that were not filed due to the victim's embarrassment or lack of knowledge on how to report. Social media scams account for the highest losses and are higher than any other fraud typology , at a reported half-billion total loss. That equates to $35 billion annually.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2019

The dispute over the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ‘s (OCC’s) national bank charter, which became available to FinTech firms last year, has reportedly caused technology conglomerates to shy away from a tool that aims to provide nonbank firms with a more streamlined way to operate on a national level.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

For companies like Fiserv, Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), PayPal and others, selling terminals, offering payments platforms and designing checkout buttons, top and bottom lines were poised to move up and to the right. The coronavirus upended, well, everything, of course.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2020

Toronto fashion columnist Jeanne Beker told Reuters the fact that Harry and Meghan have officially handed in their “Royal Highness” titles will likely do very little to dim their status as international style royalty for the millions who follow them on social media. People just absolutely lap up whatever (Meghan) wears.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2019

Among the most anticipated are IPOs that will impact the mobility-as-a-service and ride-hailing ecosystems, social media, and data analytics. There is no guarantee any of them will happen, of course, though some seem much more likely than others.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

There is never a good time for the emergence of a global disease, of course, but certain periods are markedly worse than others. According to The National Development and Reform Commission, by the end of February, more than 60 percent of the country’s logistics companies had returned to work. The Holistic Approach.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

But the social media company’s stock was down in after-hours trading, as investors were taken aback by the projected uptick in the platform’s rising operating costs in the year ahead. Q3 earnings and revenue both came in significantly higher than expected, with strong growth in Facebook’s mobile advertising business.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2019

And of course hardly a week passes here at PYMNTS when we are not announcing some new innovation application in the QSR space. The problem, of course, is keeping them all straight — and this points to the bigger problem with big innovations in QSR: just how quickly they become table stakes in the industry.

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Abrigo

MAY 5, 2022

In many cases, the podcasts or hosts have sizable social media followings, and all release a new episode at least once per month so you can stay up to date with the latest trends in the finance world. Of course, there are numerous other excellent banking podcasts available that are worth a listen.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2020

But the nod seems there to more fully address where data and other types of information resides and how it is transferred between companies and between the two nations. billion, and more recently, there has been an investigation launched into TikTok , the social media and streaming app. Asset Management.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Attorney General William Barr because the social media platform’s plans to encrypt messages on Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram might be too private. Of course, different regions and countries have different concerns when it comes to biometrics and privacy. Last week, Facebook came under scrutiny from U.S.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2017

Connecting with consumers has seen a significant change over the course of the past few decades. In consumer news this week, we’ve learned that Generation Z-ers are most influenced by social media when it comes to purchasing decisions.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 30, 2019

This week marked a historical milestone that many Americans probably missed in the course of trying to follow a news cycle that is always full, to say the least. The Commerce Magic of National Dog Day. And then there are the holidays that we all know are made-up, but still have a great time celebrating on social media.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2018

Granted, “wait and see” was probably not the most highly recommended strategies going into the GDPR world, given how the European Union (EU) regulation essentially applies to every company making money in digital, not just those firms based in the EU’s 28 member nations. However, every group has its slowpokes and cautious movers. “I

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2016

A few years ago, The New York Times took a shot at the quantification of fun with an article that does the rounds on social media every summer in late June despite the fact that it is now four years old. Their headline figure was $16 billion, which is the aggregate value of the summer camp industry in the United States.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 22, 2018

To learn more about why, PYMNTS this past week caught up with Doug Hundley, a spokesperson for the National Christmas Tree Association. million of them sold last year, and an average price of $107 (artificial trees, of course, can last more than one holiday season; indeed, some are promoted as being able to give 30 years or more of use).

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 26, 2019

And then there are the holidays that we all know are made-up, but still have a great time celebrating on social media. National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day (Aug. 4), National Chocolate Day (Oct. 28), National Avocado Day (July 31), National Ice Cream Day (July 21) and so on. Holidays like National Dog Day.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

We all know the classics, of course, flowers, chocolates and jewelry tend to make up the love trifecta on our national annual celebration of love, with stuffed animals and lingerie getting the annual honorable mention. But here at PYMNTS we like to think outside of the box, and like to reward the players that follow suit.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

The magic that makes it happen is the social media part of the Venmo platform, which allows users to list a live feed of their transactions in an easily digestible, scrollable, emoji-filled form. “The annual Girl Scout cookie sale is a force of nature at the national level,” said John Frank, a Mintel food analyst.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2018

That’s a bit tongue in cheek, of course, but only a bit. The relationship is two-sided, of course. Of course, we live in an age where the end user must opt in to the data being used. The terms and conditions, Siegel stated, allow companies to have access to the consumer’s social media and other aspects of their lives.

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PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2019

And, of course, Musk has bigger visions for the technology. Yes, the nation that brought ABBA to the world is working on its newest fad: implanting a microchip into one’s hand. Those NFC-enabled chips can save payments credentials, electronic door keys, emergency contact details, social media profiles or e-tickets.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2017

It has done its best to circulate the information on its website and through social media channels. The Bank of Canada, Payments Canada, top banks in the nation and blockchain consortium R3 all joined together about a year ago to explore the use of distributed ledger technology.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

But somehow, we are a nation of chronically under-rested people. Sleepio’s user retention issues might indicate that its course of study can succeed, but that it might be a little too much work for someone who is already tired. For those customers, it might be better to offer lower-tech solutions.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Retailers scour social media to find influencers and designer bellwethers to turn trends into sales. How We Will Pay 2019 is an annual national study of more than 5,000 U.S. The average consumer in our study engages in roughly 12 activities during the course of her day, and makes a purchase while doing roughly four of them.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Of course, the fact that millennials are so interested in starting their own businesses should cheer community bankers. Fifty-four percent of millennials said, specifically, that they would prefer the local option, while 30 percent of them said they would rather bank at a national or international bank. A true online generation.

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NCR

MAY 26, 2016

Each year since 1963 the SBA has marshaled resources to observe National Small Business Week , billed as an “opportunity to highlight the impact of outstanding entrepreneurs, small business owners, and others” as they “grow small businesses, create 21st century jobs, drive innovation, and increase America’s global competitiveness.”

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2019

And last week in payments and commerce was particularly drizzly — between real money launderers making use of fake video game funds, regulatory fines and earning fumbles, all kinds of players were reaching for their umbrellas over the course of the week. Fortnite’s Money Laundering Problem. Alphabet Inc.’s

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Of course, the fact that millennials are so interested in starting their own businesses should cheer community bankers. Fifty-four percent of millennials said, specifically, that they would prefer the local option, while 30 percent of them said they would rather bank at a national or international bank. A true online generation.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2018

The pomp, the pageantry — and, of course, the glamour. So, for this week’s Data Dive , we thought we would hand out some “trophies” of our own — metaphorically speaking, of course. On top of that, many firms have announced they plan to rethink — or simply cancel — their relationship with the National Rifle Association (NRA).

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