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Stax Payments Appoints Mark Sundt as Chief Technology Officer

Stax

Stax Payments , a leading payment technology provider, has appointed Mark Sundt as Chief Technology Officer. Sundt brings more than 30 years of expertise as a technology leader to his new role, with a deep background in payments and transforming businesses with groundbreaking technology solutions. and Canada.

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How Adopting Mobile Payments Can Help Your Business Grow in 2024

Stax

Fast forward to now where much has changed, and research anticipates contactless mobile payments to exceed one billion users globally by 2024. Customers can pay with their watch or phone just by tapping it on a card reader, and businesses can host an entire POS system on a mobile phone.

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Marketing Your Video Game Outside of Game Marketplaces & App Stores

FastSpring

At the time of writing, Hi-Rez’s 2014 release SMITE sits at #15 on Steam’s “Most played Massively Multiplayer games” list , with SMITE’s Steam page boasting 40+ million players.) The first phase is focusing on your own community,” Todd explains, citing Discord as a great platform on which to do so. Listen to the episode to hear more!

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Tap to Pay: What It Is and How It Works

Stax

Since the first plastic credit card was issued by American Express in 1959 , payment tech progress has been growing exponentially. Magnetic stripe payments enjoyed a 30-year reign between the ’70s and ’90s. Contactless payments became a must-have during COVID. NFC technology is in the midst of an evolution.

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The decade software ate the world

Intercom, Inc.

Putting narrative order on the past decade, a 10-year-period that has somehow remained stubbornly nameless, is quite the challenge, but it’s impossible to make sense of the 2010s without understanding the role of software. It is very possible that no other company has done as much to shape our decade as Jeff Bezos’s behemoth. Rise of mobile.

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How to Make Money on Instagram in 2024

Buffer Resources

In 2014, making money on social media was a feat for a select few people like travel creator Gabby Beckford ( @packslight ), who made $2,000 for six Instagram posts in the same year. Fast-forward a decade, and the landscape of creator monetization has changed completely. And this might be where your next monetization idea comes from.

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Our New Transparent Pricing Dashboard: Where Your Money Goes When You Buy a Buffer Subscription

Buffer Resources

We’ve shared a number of parts of Buffer’s business transparently over the years — and one piece we’ve always wanted to expand on is where your money goes when you pay for a Buffer subscription. Since 2014 our team has grown from 34 to 78 team members. Stripe payments make up 98.5