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November 13, 2018

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Affirm Launches New Features To Help Consumers Spend Responsibly

Along with a brand refresh, today alt-lender Affirm is introducing new consumer-facing features to make it easier to find merchants and receive offers. It’s all part of thinking bigger, and helping retailers and customers transact more easily, Affirm’s Chief Product Officer Jack Chou tells Karen Webster on the eve of the launch, which arrives just in time to help consumers better manage their spending during the holiday shopping season.

 

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Digital Identity

Diebold Nixdorf On Why Banks Could Be Digital Identity’s Future

Digital identity is advancing globally, with 60 countries having embraced some version of a digital identity scheme so far. The problem, Diebold Nixdorf’s Scott Anderson and John Spenler tell PYMNTS, is that digital identity done right isn’t about digitizing credentials. It’s about finding a better way to store and exchange them digitally. That, they say, may be better handled by banks than governments.

 

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Automotive Ecosystem

Tantalum CEO Talks What’s Working (And What’s Not) In The Connected Automotive Ecosystem

Connected cars are here, en route to becoming extensions of consumers’ homes. Payments, commerce and tech firms, along with OEMs, are all striving for position within this new futuristic ecosystem. Ozgur Tohumcu, CEO of Tantalum, talks with Karen Webster about successes and stumbles, and how payments and commerce are helping to build a new automotive world.

 

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Payments Powering Platforms Tracker™

TRENDING: BigCommerce On How Platforms Solve Big eCommerce Payment Complexities

One quarter of customers will abandon purchases if a merchant doesn’t accept their preferred payment method. However, managing payments made in 180 currencies can be a big headache, says Jimmy Duvall, BigCommerce's chief product officer. In the latest Payments Powering Platforms Tracker, Duvall tells PYMNTS how BigCommerce is using integrated payments to help merchants large and small.

 

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