Terrorism’s Economic Impact on French Tourism
Terrorism’s Economic Impact on French Tourism
July 18, 2016  |  Europe

When terrorism on the scale of the Nice attack happens, it is not possible to calculate some of the harms.  The loss of life, the...

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Starbucks Invests In Italian Bakery Princi
Starbucks Invests In Italian Bakery Princi
July 18, 2016  |  Investments

Aiming to increase its upscale offerings, coffee chain giant Starbucks announced last week that it is investing in Princi, the Italian boutique bakery and café, known...

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Bain Warns Of $150B Missed Opportunity For Banks
Bain Warns Of $150B Missed Opportunity For Banks
July 18, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Financial institutions that don’t accelerate their implementation of blockchain technology are exposing themselves to the threat of falling behind the competition, according to a new...

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Where SMEs Should Rethink Their Priorities
Where SMEs Should Rethink Their Priorities
July 18, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Do small and medium-sized businesses have their priorities straight? In some cases, research suggests, business owners are a bit misguided and possibly stuck in the past....

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Western Union SME FX Tool Goes Cross-Border (Again)
Western Union SME FX Tool Goes Cross-Border (Again)
July 18, 2016  |  B2B Payments

It’s only been a few months since Western Union Business Solutions rolled out EDGE, a cross-border payments platform for SMEs, but the firm is already...

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Who’ll Be The ‘Netflix’ Of Payments?
Who’ll Be The ‘Netflix’ Of Payments?
July 18, 2016  |  Payments Innovation

Most people describe Netflix’s success as anticipating the shift from physical to digital media consumption. Karen Webster says that would be overlooking the real reason...

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With Blockchain, It’s Time For Less Talking, More Doing
With Blockchain, It’s Time For Less Talking, More Doing
July 18, 2016  |  B2B Payments

ATB Financial just completed the sending of a payment from its home base of Canada to a bank in Germany in 20 seconds via blockchain....

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The Taming Of The Slew (Of Data, That Is)
The Taming Of The Slew (Of Data, That Is)
July 18, 2016  |  Report

Data is unstructured gold. For retailers, the key is to be agile enough — in a constant dialogue between marketing and IT departments — to...

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Lending Club, Amex, Airbnb And PayPal: Why Payments Never Bores
Lending Club, Amex, Airbnb And PayPal: Why Payments Never Bores
July 18, 2016  |  Payment Methods

While most people have used some variation of the phrase “truth is stranger than fiction,” few know that they should be attributing it to Lord...

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