Intuit’s Big Data, Small Business Expansion
Intuit’s Big Data, Small Business Expansion
August 29, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Intuit is seeking to expand its QuickBooks unit in two directions: towards small businesses and towards Big Data. Reports on Friday (Aug. 26) said Intuit...

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Loyalty Programs, The Blockchain Way
Loyalty Programs, The Blockchain Way
August 29, 2016  |  Blockchain

Loyalty programs are having trouble inspiring, well, loyalty. In the latest Topic TBD installment, Ron Quaranta, COO of loyyal, tells Karen Webster how new technology —...

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Uber’s Loss Leaders, LendUp’s Big Push And Citi’s Continuing Costco Calamity
Uber’s Loss Leaders, LendUp’s Big Push And Citi’s Continuing Costco Calamity
August 29, 2016  |  Payment Methods

When it comes to weather, no news is usually good news. Odds are if the whether has become newsworthy, things have gone quite badly wrong....

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Small Business Finance Doom And Gloom
Small Business Finance Doom And Gloom
August 29, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Doom and gloom: Small businesses are facing mountains of cash flow challenges, according to recent research reports. From unclear bank terms for small business customers...

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The Secret Payments Life Of Ramen Noodles
The Secret Payments Life Of Ramen Noodles
August 27, 2016  |  Payment Methods

Ramen noodles — specifically, the instant kind beloved of college students and people with hangovers everywhere — probably doesn’t strike you as a product with...

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GDP Growth Softens Slightly In 2Q
GDP Growth Softens Slightly In 2Q
August 26, 2016  |  News

Statistics released on Friday (Aug. 26) by the Bureau of Economic Analysis show that the U.S. economy grew a bit less in the second quarter...

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TripAdvisor Takes The Local Commerce Route
TripAdvisor Takes The Local Commerce Route
August 26, 2016  |  Acquiring

Through the acquisition of social mapping application Citymaps, TripAdvisor is looking to build up a truly contextual platform for its own local commerce ecosystem. The...

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Austin Is Bringing The FinTech Heat
Austin Is Bringing The FinTech Heat
August 26, 2016  |  International

You know what they say — everything is bigger in Texas. That couldn’t ring truer for the state’s capital, which many consider to have a...

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