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Amazon To Host eSports Tournament

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The online retail giant recently announced that it will hold its first-ever eSports tournament. CBS Sports is set to air two hours’ worth of highlights from the event, and streams will be made available on Amazon.com, Amazon Fire TV and other social media networks with streaming capabilities, including Facebook and YouTube.

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Balancing customer expectations (and risks) in real-time payments

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Even now, efforts to expand Faster Payments for use in retail are being explored, presenting their own unique challenges. Yet, P2P apps without those same safeguards are already well established among the US consumers and are making headway in retail as well. Fingers-crossed. Want to get face-to-face with the future of payments?

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Balancing customer expectations (and risks) in real-time payments

Insights on Business

Even now, efforts to expand Faster Payments for use in retail are being explored, presenting their own unique challenges. Yet, P2P apps without those same safeguards are already well established among the US consumers and are making headway in retail as well. Fingers-crossed. Want to get face-to-face with the future of payments?

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Frictionless Payments Take Center Stage at Money 20/20

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This year’s Money 20/20 event in Las Vegas drew a massive attendance with 11,000 individuals, 4,500 companies, tons of new technology, and a mind-blowing expanse of collective brain power. My colleague Ryan Rackley summed it up perfectly when he referred to social media as the “new tattoo.”. Some say it’s a gas.

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Fintech Fundings: 15 Companies Raise $125 Million Week Ending May 1

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Payments via social media. Household bill management solution. HQ: Las Vegas, Nevada. Tags: Home management, bills, billpay, expense sharing, payments, mobile. Source: Finovate. Loop Commerce. Electronic gift card platform. HQ: Palo Alto, California. Latest round: $16 million Series B. Total raised: $29.2

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Facebook’s Sizzly, Fizzly Week

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And for good reason, Karen Webster noted in a recent commentary – a minority of users managed to turn Facebook into a home and hub for some of the vilest content on the internet. The firm also announced another major retail play: It will be opening pop-up shops within select Macy’s locations across the U.S.

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What’s the ROI, Kenneth?

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Asking project sponsor for ROI projections is a way for execs to say—without having to actually say it—”maybe if you give me ROI projections on this social media monitoring technology it will help me understand what exactly it’s supposed to do, and how it will benefit us.