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NEW REPORT: To Mandate Or Not To Mandate? That’s The US Faster Payments Question


NEW REPORT: How mPOS Can Help Steer Clear Of Beach Parking Burn


Vantiv: Electronic Payments Are SMBs’ Natural Evolution


The Connected Commerce Network Effect


Can APIs Save Traditional Banks?


In Lending, Next-Day Payout Doesn’t Cut It


Taking A Bite Out Of The Smart Self-Serve Kiosk Trend


Let’s Hear It For (Sizzling) Voice-Activated Speakers


Vantiv For Worldpay Shows Lure Of Size And Reach In Payments


FIS On Loyalty’s Role In The Age of Retail Reinvention


Innovators: Avoid The Siren Song Of “What’s Hot”


What API Standardization Could Mean For Payments Fraud


What's Next For EU eCommerce?


Why CFOs Are Kicking The Fraud Fighting Can ... Out The Door


How Tech Can Bury — Or Uncover — The Story Behind Financial Data


Brexit FinTech Talent Drain A Leak Likely To Deluge?


U.S. Legislators Aim For Faster Construction Company Payments


How Cisco And Hyundai Want To Drive The Connected Car Future


India’s Grand (De) Monetization Experiment


LendingPoint CEO On Medical Payments “Last Mile” Problem


Direct To Consumer: Challenges Facing DTC Market


Is Seattle's Minimum Wage Hike A Job Killer?


The Buyers: Generation Z's Shopping Preferences


How Payments Makes Online Travel Sites Worth The Trip


Independence Edition: Square, Amazon And LendUp


British Grocers Get A Boost From Brexit


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The Payments Cure For The Commuting Blues
 

Summer’s here, and the commute to the office is likely sticky and dreary and just as long, or longer as it ever was. And if not, it sure feels that way. Data shows that we waste way too much time on the way to and from the salt mines — at least a half hour each way — and part of the problem lies in the gestalt of how people buy and pay for tickets. So, how can payments make the slog a little less, well, sluggish?

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The End Of The Uber Experience?
 

Innovators everywhere regard the “Uber Experience” as the bar that any innovation must clear to deliver an exceptional user experience. But, Karen Webster says, there are now a number of new threats to the company — and business model — that turned the taxi industry upside down and inspired others to find and solve for other frictions. One of those threats, Webster says, even comes from Uber itself, as it manages the dynamics (and optics) of a business that’s become everyone’s favorite punching bag. Does it spell the end of The Uber Experience?

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