The Frightful Five: Echo And Alexa Are A Power Couple
The Frightful Five: Echo And Alexa Are A Power Couple
December 21, 2017  |  Retail

Amazon’s Alexa just learned her 25,000th skill, and the Echo started a price war among voice-activated smart home speakers. How did Google respond (and how did...

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Ameliora And Trying To Stitch Empowerment Into A Firm’s Fabric
Ameliora And Trying To Stitch Empowerment Into A Firm’s Fabric
December 21, 2017  |  Retail

There are few experiences more rapidly disheartening than buying women’s professional clothing. Stock is limited, sizing is all over the map and the majority of...

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Aussie Payroll Firm Lands $76M Ahead Of IPO
Aussie Payroll Firm Lands $76M Ahead Of IPO
December 21, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Private equity investment manager HarbourVest Partners has provided Australian payroll company Ascender with $76.6 million in equity ahead of its initial public offering (IPO) on...

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Malware Success Rates Demonstrate Enterprise Security Failures
Malware Success Rates Demonstrate Enterprise Security Failures
December 21, 2017  |  B2B Payments

A new report studying the success rates of malware attacks on enterprise suggests a failure among corporations to adequately protect their systems. New research from...

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The Oddity Of US Businesses That Still Use Paper Invoices
The Oddity Of US Businesses That Still Use Paper Invoices
December 21, 2017  |  B2B Payments

The U.S. seems to have a paper problem. In B2B transactions, paper checks and paper invoices continue to dominate, leading to friction in invoice processing,...

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Big Banks To Miss UK’s Open Banking Deadline
Big Banks To Miss UK’s Open Banking Deadline
December 21, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Five major U.K. banks are reportedly about to miss a key deadline in the nation’s Open Banking initiative, according to news from The Telegraph on Wednesday (Dec....

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UK Launches Late Payments Complaint Service
UK Launches Late Payments Complaint Service
December 21, 2017  |  B2B Payments

In its latest move to combat late payments to B2B suppliers, the U.K. has launched a website through which small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) can...

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Ripple Ramps Up Focus On Blockchain Infrastructure
Ripple Ramps Up Focus On Blockchain Infrastructure
December 21, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Blockchain technology firm Ripple is ramping up its focus on distributed ledger infrastructure at a time the company said many are more concerned with bitcoin....

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MoviePass Surpasses 1 Million In Paid Subscribers
MoviePass Surpasses 1 Million In Paid Subscribers
December 21, 2017  |  Subscription Commerce

MoviePass, the movie theater subscription service operator, announced Wednesday (Dec. 20) that it has surpassed the 1 million mark in terms of paying subscribers. MoviePass,...

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