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August 23, 2017

Commanders-in-Chief

Payments Innovation: Beyond The 'Wow'
 

What would you say if someone asked you to name the most important payments innovation in the last five years? We asked Marqeta CTO Tony Ford to give us his answer, and it might surprise you. What it may lack in “wow,” it more than makes up for in the mission-critical innovations in payments that it powers. Curious?

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Reinventing Retail

JOOR CEO: Why Digital Wholesale Ordering Is Fashion’s Latest Trend
 

The world is moving too fast for fashion retailers to rely on poster boards and paper line sheets in showroom after showroom as they plan the season’s inventory. Even in the 1990s, when Kristin Savilia was working as a buyer for Macy’s, such a process was cumbersome — today it’s downright archaic. Savilia, now JOOR’s CEO, is taking its digital wholesale fashion marketplace to the next level — and reinventing retail in the process. She lays it all out in this week’s "The Matchmaker Is In."
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Smartwatches

Igniting Smartwatches One Student At A Time
 

Smartwatches have had a hard time capturing consumer interest here in the U.S. or getting those consumers into the habit of using the ones they got last Christmas. But DBS Bank in Singapore has an idea to ignite smartwatches by putting them on the wrists of their students. Find out why — and what it has to do with mobile payments.

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Developer Tracker™

NEW REPORT: Will Apple’s ARKit Be A Shot In The Arm For AR?
 

Last year, the whole world had Pokémon Go fever — and got a look at a whole new reality via their smartphones. So, can Apple’s ARKit turn smartphones and augmented tech into more than just a fun fad? In the latest PYMNTS.com Developer Tracker™, powered by Vantiv, PYMNTS spoke with a trio of AR experts to find out. That, plus, notable headlines from around the space and rankings of 267 developers, inside the new Tracker™.

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