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Deep Dive: Why Contactless Payment Innovation Is Key For CUs Amid The Pandemic And Beyond

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It will likely alter global markets and regulations as the financial ecosystem becomes more digitized. The use of Apple Pay, Google Pay and other digital wallets has also been on the upswing since the start of the pandemic. This change in consumer behavior is expected to remain even after vaccines are more widely distributed.

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The Great Online Innovation Pile On Of 2017

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There seems to be an awful lot of piling on these days on the big online platforms. The regulators in Europe piled a $2.7 billion fine onto Google, claiming that their product carousel ads created an unfair advantage to small guy retailers who didn’t have the money to advertise. Take Google. Investors put $2.65

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Frightful Five: The Apple Update That Pays

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In another blow to online artisan marketplace Etsy, Amazon is pushing its own artisanal wares this holiday season by offering last-minute, one- and two-hour Prime Now delivery through Christmas Eve on items from its Amazon Handmade marketplace. Vietnamese hackers have tricked the iPhone X’s Face ID user authentication technology — again.

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Amazon Cloud Investigation And Walmart’s Answer To Libra Top Week’s News

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Bank Regulators Probe Amazon Cloud. The App Store and Google Play collectively offer more than five million mobile apps offering every type of service imaginable – ridesharing, music and video streaming, aggregators, banking, quick-service restaurants (QSR), retail merchants and countless others. Weddings, the Millennial Way?

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Google, Amazon, Facebook, And Apple Are Giving The Beauty Industry A Makeover

CB Insights

While beauty conglomerates like L’Oréal are making acquisitions to become more tech-enabled, tech giants like Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple (GAFA) are pursuing the high margins in beauty through partnerships, consumer insights, e-commerce, and more. Beauty brands partner with Google Assistant and Home. Source: Think with Google.

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Putting Commerce Into The Driver’s Seat With 64M Connected Cars To Hit The Road

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From automakers to retailers and online platforms, companies around the world are tapping into connected commerce technology in automobiles and mobile devices. The portion of millennial parents who would rather not eat at all than wait in long QSR lines is 48 percent. is 63,000. “I

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Challenges for the neo-challengers: Four hurdles to overcome

Accenture

Neo-challenger banks have several advantages over their traditional counterparts—including having lower operational costs, because their tech stacks are cheaper to run, and offering a tailored online experience that appeals to Millennials. The biggest hurdles are around profitability, UK regulation, customer growth and cybersecurity.