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How The Pandemic Made QR Codes Sizzle

PYMNTS

The first was that American mobile-wallet providers pretty much avoided it, starting with Apple eschewing QR codes in 2014 in favor of the higher-tech (and more secure) NFC technology. consumers could have learned to pay with QR codes, but the technology hit two major roadblocks. Second, U.S. It's completely unstructured,” he noted.

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5G, Biometrics Lead The Way At Mobile World Congress

PYMNTS

As for AT&T, it reportedly launched 5G service in these cities: Houston, Texas; Dallas, Texas; Atlanta, Texas; Waco, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; Raleigh, North Carolina; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Jacksonville, Florida; Louisville, Kentucky; New Orleans, Louisiana; Indianapolis, Indiana and San Antonio, Texas. Biometric Innovation.

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Retail Pulse: Luxury Brands Eye Airport Retail; Panera Bread Tests Dinner Menu

PYMNTS

shopping malls are on the decline, are also becoming locations where brands are innovating with products. Consumers wait just over an hour — or 72 minutes — passing the time from security to the flight during a so-called “golden hour.” These hubs for travel retail, which are providing an audience of on-the-go travelers as U.S.

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Data Dive, Better Together Edition: Worldpay, FIS, Google, eBay, PayPal, Instagram

PYMNTS

While the competition part of the story is usually where the action is in payments and commerce – who’s ahead, who’s behind, who’s innovating, who’s imitating – sometimes the news isn’t about who is getting ahead, but who is working harder to get there. merchant customers.

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Cardless Cash from FIS Helps Mobile Banking Customers Make Safe, Speedy ATM Withdrawals

Fintech Labs Insights

FIS is up next with its Cardless Cash innovation for mobile banking. Cardless Cash protects customers with biometric security and eliminates skimming fraud risks associated with plastic cards. Customers experience unparalleled convenience, speed and security of access to cash using only an app. HQ: Jacksonville, Florida.

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Getting Mobile Ready

Independent Banker

As players in the Apple Pay initiative, Visa, MasterCard and ICBA Bancard are working to ensure community bank credit card customers will have full access to the mobile payments system, including its tokenization security measures. Moreover, lingering doubts over the security of mobile channels also surfaced in the Fed’s research.

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