May 01, 2024
Payment Innovations Help Small Businesses Navigate the Main Street Maze
Payments are the lifeblood of any business, but for small businesses, they are particularly crucial. And with the news that, in the last 12 months, Main Street businesses have operated...
April 30, 2024
What CFOs Should Know About the Growing Use of Stablecoins
Stablecoins, as their name implies, offer the benefits of cryptocurrency without the volatility. And with Visa having launched on April 25 the Visa Onchain Analytics Dashboard to showcase how fiat-backed stablecoins...
April 29, 2024
Stripe Is Bringing Back Crypto Payments, Citing ‘Real Utility’
Crypto payments have traditionally suffered from a pervasive “cold start” problem. Among other issues hamstringing the integration of blockchain-based digital assets as a payments mechanism, many potential customers simply don’t...
April 28, 2024
General Catalyst Reportedly Raises Nearly $6 Billion for Tech Firms
Venture capital (VC) operation General Catalyst has reportedly raised almost $6 billion for technology startups. The company, which has invested in Stripe, Snap and Mistral, could close its newest fund as soon as May, the Financial...
April 25, 2024
Stripe to Launch Support for Global Stablecoin Payments This Summer
Stripe is bringing back crypto payments after stopping them in 2018. John Collison, co-founder of Stripe, said in a Thursday (April 25) post on X (formerly Twitter): “Crypto is back.” Crypto is...
April 25, 2024
This Week in B2B: Enterprise Metaverses, AI Accountants, Virtual Cards
Innovation is a key factor in any company’s ability to succeed in the long run. And so are the ways in which they pay and get paid. That’s why, within...
April 25, 2024
FreshBooks to Add Latest Stripe Connect Features to Accounting Software
FreshBooks will add a payment solution with the latest Stripe Connect features to its cloud-based accounting software for small businesses and accountants. The new FreshBooks Payments will be available this summer, enabling business owners to...
April 24, 2024
Stripe Co-Founders Say They’re Building ‘Software-Defined Financial Services’
Today’s customers of the FinTech industry are no longer asking just for ways to accept online payments; they’re asking for “software-defined financial services.” So said Stripe co-founders Patrick Collison and John Collison Wednesday (April 24) during...
April 24, 2024
Foot Locker Begins Rollout of ‘Store of the Future’
Foot Locker has unveiled its “store of the future” in Wayne, New Jersey. This new retail format will inform the footwear and apparel retailer’s global refresh, as information gleaned from it...