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MENA Region Holds Regulatory Clues For Merchants

PYMNTS

In regions where open banking and other electronic payments pilots are becoming common, such as the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region, pandemic-era payments are all about privacy, security and trust, particularly in B2B transactions. Privacy Protection In The Spotlight. Lessons From Abroad. 3D Secure 2.0

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Early Days: AI Shows Promise And Limitations For Retailers

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Start creating more customer data to feed the algorithm and then you too can join the artificial intelligence (AI) retail revolution. Retailers can engage with an “AI lite” strategy that produces lookalike customer data and a level of predictive analytics. But the present and future of AI in retail is much richer.

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BLS Report Shows Static Retail Jobs Picture

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That’s the case with the new employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which showed that retail jobs held steady between January and February. Manufacturing, mining, wholesale and retail trade, and transportation and warehousing saw little change in employment for the month, the BLS said. Sometimes no news is good news.

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Retailo Raises $2.3M In Seed Round To Boost Financial Inclusion

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The company aims to boost retailers' ability to gather inventory for their stores. The MENAP region has a significant opportunity to increase its economic prosperity by unlocking the productivity delta that exists between the region and global benchmarks," they said in a statement.

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10 Lessons From The Small Business Banking Conference

South State Correspondent

We sat through almost every presentation and took pages of notes. Every Bank Has a Certain Level of Small Business Banking Channel Confusion While few said it, almost every major bank implied some level of channel confusion with small business banking as it overlaps with retail, commercial, and specialty lines of business.

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Here is our Digital Banking Playbook

South State Correspondent

Banks often lack a technology architecture plan and are channeled down dead-end streets. Bankers don’t know what they don’t know, and few bankers outside of national and regional banks have experience with platform selection when it comes to digital banking platforms. Part of this problem is deficiencies in vendor selection.

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Voice Technology Makes (Sound) Waves At QSRs

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Innovators are seeing the potential to shape the way consumers place their orders at quick-service restaurants (QSRs) through digital technology. The company is targeting both regional and national businesses with a minimum of 10 locations. The employee or wait staff wouldn’t know the difference between a voice or an online order.