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PayPal On How One Touch Won 2016
 
Forty million. That's how many One Touch users PayPal clocked at the end of 2016. PayPal’s Head of Global Partnerships, Anuj Nayar, said that it’s growth was so strong, it actually topped PayPal's own internal estimates. Nayar and Karen Webster chatted on the heels of PayPal’s Q4 earnings report about how he says One Touch won 2016 — and what's on tap for 2017.
 
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McDonald's Big Mac ATM
 

McDonald's latest tech experiment uses unattended retail as a low-cost marketing tactic. Combining the draw of free food and the reach of social media, the fast food giant hopes its Big Mac ATM will say to customers that McDonald's is a 21st-century restaurant.   Read More...

 
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Making The Supply And The Demand Match In Consumer Financing
 

The problem in consumer credit isn't that there aren't consumers who need it, retailers that want them to have it or lenders that want to offer it. It's that the model that exists doesn't allow the supply to hit the demand properly. But Vyze's CEO Keith Nealon says that is why his company exists — to supply the platform where that interaction can happen.  Read More...

 
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Grocery Tracker: $100B By 2025
 

In this edition of Grocery Tracker: stock values in a late-January slump, Whole Foods closes down commercial kitchens in the latest cost-cutting and streamlining effort, and Albertsons brings in an eCommerce expert to grow online options.  Read More...

 
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