America’s Troubling Debt Picture
America’s Troubling Debt Picture
July 29, 2014  |  News

Nearly one third of Americans are delinquent on debt, according to a new report out from the Urban Institute.  An analysis of the credit files...

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How mCommerce Can Push Distributors Forward
How mCommerce Can Push Distributors Forward
July 29, 2014  |  B2B Payments

In the words of Game of Thrones’ Ned Stark, “Brace yourself: mCommerce is coming.” Okay, so the lord of Winterfell might have said winter instead...

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GE’s Synchrony IPO Set To Pop This Week (And Break Records)
GE’s Synchrony IPO Set To Pop This Week (And Break Records)
July 29, 2014  |  Alternative Finances

Summer lull?  What summer lull?  Showing that initial public offerings wait for no one, this week is shaping up to be the busiest week in...

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Ikea For Banks?
Ikea For Banks?
July 29, 2014  |  News

According to some researches, the enthusiasm consumers feel for furniture they built themselves may not be, strictly speaking, rational.   It’s called the “Ikea Effect” and it...

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Are SMBs Behind The Omnichannel Curve?
Are SMBs Behind The Omnichannel Curve?
July 29, 2014  |  Alternative Finances

Forty eight percent of SMBs believe that consumers will be using mobile payments in stores in the next two years. Yet only 20 percent say...

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Healthcare: The $2.7 Trillion B2B Challenge
Healthcare: The $2.7 Trillion B2B Challenge
July 29, 2014  |  B2B Payments

The complicated nature of payer and provider payments has made health care one of the last, and largest, sectors where paper-based settlements still reign. However,...

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PayPal’s Mobile Payments Goes Dutch
PayPal’s Mobile Payments Goes Dutch
July 29, 2014  |  International

Dutch consumers—and tourists visiting the Netherlands—can now pay with PayPal when they are out on the go a seized by a sudden desire to stop...

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Sears’ Big Data Omnichannel Adventure
Sears’ Big Data Omnichannel Adventure
July 28, 2014  |  Alternative Finances

Big data is only useful data when there is a business vision to ground it. Sears General Manager of “Big Data” Ankur Gupta, sat down...

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How SMBs Make Omnichannel Their Retail Trump Card
How SMBs Make Omnichannel Their Retail Trump Card
July 28, 2014  |  Company Spotlight

What can all SMBs learn about omnicommerce from a specialty coffee roaster in New Hampshire? The need to embrace omnichannel tools and techniques to maintain...

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