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Working Capital Innovations Give Travel Sector Flexible Financing Tailwinds
Working Capital Innovations Give Travel Sector Flexible Financing Tailwinds
August 22, 2023  |  Travel Payments

Demand for travel has taken flight this summer, with record-breaking numbers of people planning trips. This seasonal surge in sunny escapism is not just limited to leisure...

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Buy Now, Pay Smarter: How Digital Solutions Reshape Credit Behavior 
Buy Now, Pay Smarter: How Digital Solutions Reshape Credit Behavior 
August 19, 2023  |  Consumer Finance

Americans credit card payment delinquencies are starting to pile up.   Per the latest Federal Reserve report, credit card balances rose past $1 trillion for the...

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StockX’s Luxury Resale Dominance: Can Everday Sneakers Step Up?
StockX’s Luxury Resale Dominance: Can Everday Sneakers Step Up?
August 19, 2023  |  Retail

Sneaker rental platform Kyx World learned a hard lesson in January. Demand for its shoes dropped, and it had to abruptly cease operations just a month after securing a...

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Citi Ventures’ Zec: ReCommerce Helps Luxury Brands See Second-Life Revenues
Citi Ventures’ Zec: ReCommerce Helps Luxury Brands See Second-Life Revenues
August 18, 2023  |  Merchant Innovation

Etsy, eBay and Craigslist marked the “first generation” of ReCommerce sites — where anybody could sell just about anything to anyone.  Etsy, Poshmark and Depop...

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JPMorgan: Embedded Payments Build New Business Models That Challenge Competitive Norms
JPMorgan: Embedded Payments Build New Business Models That Challenge Competitive Norms
August 17, 2023  |  Payment Methods

In the darkest days of the pandemic, businesses scrambled to confront supply chain pressures and meet consumers on their mobile devices. The changes felt temporary...

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How a Generation of Connected Multitaskers Is Shaping the Digital Economy
How a Generation of Connected Multitaskers Is Shaping the Digital Economy
August 16, 2023  |  Connected Economy

Many of you may be reading this article on your smartphone or tablet while sitting in the back of an Uber on the way to...

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One-Third of Credit Union Members Would Leave for Better Credit Products
One-Third of Credit Union Members Would Leave for Better Credit Products
August 14, 2023  |  Credit Unions

Consumers in the United States rely less on their primary financial institution (FI) for major credit products than they used to. Many are shopping around...

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McDonald’s, Domino’s Launch Merch Collections, Will You Bite?
McDonald’s, Domino’s Launch Merch Collections, Will You Bite?
August 12, 2023  |  Retail

Food meets apparel. It’s an interesting twist that many restaurants, specifically quick-service-restaurants (QSRs), have pursued in a bid to diversify their offerings, tapping into a...

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Visa Says CFOs See Digital Payments Solutions Through Working Capital Lens
Visa Says CFOs See Digital Payments Solutions Through Working Capital Lens
August 11, 2023  |  Commercial Payments

Back in the darkest days of the pandemic, Visa struck a partnership with Conferma Pay to integrate the payment network’s virtual cards into the latter’s...

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