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The United States May License Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Exchanges

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The Acting Comptroller of the Currency of the United States, Keith Noreika, has stated that he is considering imposing a nationwide licensing program for cryptocurrency exchanges, similar to the licensing program recently enacted in Japan.

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Amazon, Home Depot Eye Fulfillment Innovations As Same-Day Delivery Race Heats Up

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Sometimes innovation in the commerce and payments space is a matter of a new technology or a new process. The eCommerce operator reportedly is leasing some 500,000 square feet of space in a three-story warehouse in Amazon’s hometown of Seattle, according to The Wall Street Journal. The company applied to the U.S. eBay Program.

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The Year In Data: Measuring 2020’s Payments Innovation

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This study assessed how restaurants’ customer engagement strategies have evolved since the pandemic's onset, and helped identify the key digital innovations that can help restaurants deliver improved user experiences and boost their average unit volumes (AUVs). percent of consumers bought groceries online in 2020, compared to the 18.6

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Virtual Cards Help Companies Manage Spend In Real Time

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Most are encouraging employees to work from home while also moving their back-office operations online, and payments operations are no exception. The pandemic has fundamentally changed the lives of working professionals across the United States — possibly for good.

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Duffel Funding Round Adds Fuel To Travel Industry Innovation

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million in fresh funding, capital that will go toward “a B2B offering (that allows) individual travel agents at large online travel management companies and tour operators to offer a ‘seamless travel experience’ to their end customers, making the booking experience simpler, faster and cheaper.”. Payments Cost.

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Delivering Restaurant Innovation With Mobile Tech

PYMNTS

These are some of the ways that innovators in the dining space are making it easier for consumers to order their favorite foods — and for restaurants to accept their orders: The projected value of online restaurant delivery sales by 2022, compared to $25 billion today, is $62 billion.

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EMV’s Online Fraud Attack Push

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Though the industry knew it was coming, the sharp migration of fraud from in-store to online channels with the growing adoption of EMV is still enough to keep any online merchant up at night. The data show that since the October 2015 EMV liability shift, United States fraud attacks have jumped by 11 percent.

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