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A publication created to provide First Data’s merchant clients with an insider’s perspective on what’s happening right now, and what’s coming soon, in the world of commerce, as well as offer suggestions on how to navigate the new world of “connected” commerce. The articles inside explore current issues and trends in retail, marketing and the payments industry – and showcase some of the newest, most innovative solutions First Data is creating to help clients retain a competitive edge.
Volume 3 | 2018
The Innovators
Marketplaces and consumer desires are changing across the globe. To keep up with the pace, new partnerships are being formed and battle lines are being drawn. This issue of Connected explores how trailblazers are turning payments into a competitive advantage by accepting all payment types anywhere, expanding and managing risk, and understanding the data to create conversational commerce.
We Dwell in Possibility
Experience how great things are born.
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In This Issue
The Innovators
A look at the ways merchants are pushing boundaries through technology and partnerships. This is human intervention designed to change the consumer experience and conquer natural selection... This is innovation.
The Innovators
A look at the ways merchants are pushing boundaries through technology and partnerships. This is human intervention designed to change the consumer experience and conquer natural selection... This is innovation.
The New Big Data
Each time you slide your credit card into an EMV reader, you trigger a powerful built-in microcomputer a centimeter wide. But the real game begins instantly after, as Big Data continues to influence the way we live, work, shop and play.
Equality Pays
Headlined as a “boys’ club”, the starkest gender inequality can be found in the tech industry. But, First Data, a leading global fintech company, is taking real action to help build and nurture a culture of equality throughout the company.
Fintech & Bank Fusion
The banking landscape in Europe is changing. Factors like evolving consumer environments and new legislation are forcing banks to act more like fintechs. Great challenges lead to greater opportunities which result in even more impressive innovations.
Gen-Z Rising
The first wave of Gen-Z’ers will graduate college and enter the marketplace this year. Behind them is an entire generation of teens and young adults who have never known an unconnected world. If you think Millennials changed how we lived and shopped, get ready for a whole new reality.
Volumes
The Innovators
The Innovators
Volume 3 | 2018
Age of the Consumer
Age of the Consumer
Volume 2 | 2017
The Future of Fraud
The Future of Fraud
Volume 1 | 2017
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