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Boosting Innovation And Mobile Gaming Via Sports

PYMNTS

Sports are big business around the globe, so it comes as no surprise that retail innovation constantly takes place within that industry, and in combination with payments. However, mobile concession ordering apps like FanFood still encounter their fair share of security and logistical challenges. Working from the Bottom Up.

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Cobalt Credit Union’s Data-Driven Innovation In Member Services

PYMNTS

Modern credit unions understand all too well that loyalty innovation is critical to staying in business, and that those that do not prioritize it risk losing a significant share of their members. Loyalty-based innovation is a top concern for many credit union (CU) members, as outlined in the latest Credit Union Innovation Playbook.

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Fiserv Enables SNAP Online EBT Payment Acceptance For Grocers

PYMNTS

In addition to New York, the program is now available for SNAP recipients in Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, New York, Oregon and Washington. The ability for grocers to enable safe and secure ecommerce, for all of their customer segments, remains critically important to their success.”.

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A community bank-fueled payments rail

Independent Banker

A secure, open-loop, cost-saving, customer-accessible, multiplatform P2P payments network might sound too good to be true, but community bank consortium Alloy Labs Alliance hopes to achieve just that with the CHUCK payment rail. American State Bank in Sioux Center, Iowa, is another CHUCK network participant. “As The whole package.

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Taking A Data-Driven Approach To Meeting CU Members’ Banking Needs

PYMNTS

CUs that are adapting to an online-only banking reality thus also have to keep an eye out for more fraud schemes and are turning to technologies such as machine learning (ML) and data analytics to keep online data and transactions as secure as possible.

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How FanFood Brings Mobile Ordering To Sports And Concerts

PYMNTS

PYMNTS recently spoke to Dustin Hemesath, FanFood’s co-founder and national sales manager, about the company’s position in the industry and how it meets logistical and security challenges. The app was initially available at just six locations in California, Iowa and Texas, but now caters to more than 60 across the United States.

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Function Over Flash

Independent Banker

Most prominently, delivering timely security alerts is where mobile banking still provides the most distinct value to consumers, points out Ed O’Brien, director of banking channels for the Mercator Advisory Group in Maynard, Mass. a technology and core software firm in Cedar Falls, Iowa. the payments network in Johnston, Iowa.