More FIs Warm Up To Servicing Cannabis Industry
More FIs Warm Up To Servicing Cannabis Industry
January 03, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Analysis of new federal data suggests more U.S. banks are warming to the possibility of servicing marijuana businesses in states where the drug is legalized,...

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SMBs Are Evolving Quickly — Can FinServ Keep Up?
SMBs Are Evolving Quickly — Can FinServ Keep Up?
January 03, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Several waves in the evolution of banking and financial services appear to have roots, at least partially, in the small and medium-sized business (SMB) community....

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New York Fed Begins Search For Next President
New York Fed Begins Search For Next President
January 03, 2018  |  B2B Payments

The New York Federal Reserve has begun its search for its next president to follow outgoing Chief William Dudley. According to reports in Bloomberg Markets,...

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MoneyGram Stock Sinks After Regulators Kill Ant Deal
MoneyGram Stock Sinks After Regulators Kill Ant Deal
January 03, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

It looks like MoneyGram will not be bought by Ant Financial after all, as a U.S. government panel has officially rejected the deal over national...

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Kenyan Regulatory Plan To Divide Safaricom Abandoned
Kenyan Regulatory Plan To Divide Safaricom Abandoned
January 03, 2018  |  International

It looks like Safaricom will survive as a single business — Kenya’s telecom regulator has reportedly backed off a plan that would have seen the...

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Business-Loan Growth Bottoms Out For No Clear Reason
Business-Loan Growth Bottoms Out For No Clear Reason
January 03, 2018  |  Banking

Experts are facing a puzzle when it comes to business-loan lending. Loans have dropped to their lowest levels since the days following the financial crisis...

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Honda Partners With Alibaba To Develop Connected Car Services
Honda Partners With Alibaba To Develop Connected Car Services
January 03, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Honda is teaming up with Alibaba Group Holding’s AutoNavi business to develop new services for connected cars. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Peter Thiel And The Founders Fund Put Big Bucks Into Bitcoin
Peter Thiel And The Founders Fund Put Big Bucks Into Bitcoin
January 03, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Peter Thiel appears to be betting big on bitcoin: Founders Fund, the venture capital firm he co-founded, has accumulated hundreds of millions of dollars of...

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Forget Bitcoin — Privacy Tokens A Favorite Of The Bad Guys
Forget Bitcoin — Privacy Tokens A Favorite Of The Bad Guys
January 03, 2018  |  Blockchain / Distributed Ledger

Bitcoin may be garnering a lot of interest from all sorts of investors, but it’s losing its luster for criminals, as they move on to...

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