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The Rise of Alternative Data in the Lending Market

Bank Innovation

EXCLUSIVE – There were conflicting views on the importance of the FICO score at the PayThink Conference in Phoenix this week. While only some professionals were bold enough to say the standardized credit scoring has become marginalized, others maintained that it was here to stay.

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PayPal Takes The Court With WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury

PYMNTS

While the last few years has seen a lot of expansion out of PayPal , it’s latest announcement with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury certainly stands out. ” A post shared by Phoenix Mercury (@phoenixmercury) on Apr 8, 2019 at 10:09am PDT. The Phoenix Mercury was the first team in the WNBA to sign a sponsor patch deal.

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web 5.0, the 2030s and Samantha

Chris Skinner

There’s a line in the 2013 film Her, it’s not just an operating system, it’s a consciousness. The film is about Theodore, played by Joaquin Phoenix. Theodore is a lonely writer who gets to trial a new operating system OS1, the world’s first artificially intelligent operating system.

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What U.S. Tourism Means to Alipay

Bank Innovation

payments markets with a focus on the industries that cater to Chinese tourist, according to a keynote by Souheil Badran, President of Alipay North America, at the Paythink Conference in Phoenix. Ant Financial operates Alipay, a digital payment platform. At […].

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GenNx360 Acquires B2B Industrial, AMW Packaging

PYMNTS

Current B2B Industrial President Bill Drake will assume the role of CEO of operations of the combined companies, while current AMW Packaging CEO Chuck Farguson will take over as president of B2B Industrial's west operations, the release stated. AMW Packaging will continue to operate out of its Phoenix, Arizona, location.

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ALDI Plans 70 New Store Openings In Expansion Push

PYMNTS

The value grocery chain also said it intended to come into the greater Phoenix market and continue to support Gulf Coast store growth with a new Alabama distribution center, according to a Tuesday (July 21) announcement. As it stands, the company operates 180 retail locations in Florida as well as Alabama.

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With Curfews Descending, Uber And Others Suspend Services

PYMNTS

With curfews descending on some American cities due to violent clashes between law enforcement and protesters, Uber , Lyft and DoorDash have ceased operations during the curfew hours, CNBC reports. Now, Uber has suspended its operations in Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco and parts of Minneapolis during the curfew hours for the time being.