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Take It Or Leave It? Consumers Weigh In On The Penny
September 22, 2015

The next time you offer someone a penny for their thoughts, step back and rethink your meager offer of copper. Nobody wants your penny – or do they? Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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Chase’s Mission To Help Grow Main Street SMBs
September 22, 2015

Chase is on a mission. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree to receive...

A Tiny Island’s Experiment In Blockchain For B2B
September 22, 2015

In only the last few weeks, several of the world’s largest financial institutions and top innovators have announced plans to take on digital currency and explore the role that bitcoin’s underlying technology, the blockchain, might have in changing the way B2B payments are made. Get...

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Mobile Banking: The 2 Billion Challenge
September 22, 2015

The Financial Inclusion Tracker examines and evaluates the companies in the ecosystem that serve to the billions of underbanked and unbanked around the world.

Consumer Finance
Validating Credit Scoring
September 22, 2015

Credit model testing, and alternatives to traditional scoring models, can expand a lender’s universe significantly. Here’s how VantageScore says its latest model validation stacks up in tandem with the “Big Three” credit reporting agencies.

B2B Payments
The Last Holdout Of Alt-Finance Innovation
September 22, 2015

Let’s face it: the invoice financing business is, well, a bit dull compared to the rest of the alternative lending space. Eyal Lifshitz, co-founder and CEO of factoring firm BlueVine, knows this. Factoring, he says, is as old as time, but has seen hardly any...

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GrubMarket And The Streamlined Approach To Organic (And Digital) Grocery
September 21, 2015

Labels like “farm fresh” and “organic” used to be the exception and not the rule in food shopping and buying. Lately, they are starting to circulate more and more prominently and restaurants are as likely to boast the bona fides of their locally sourced cuisine...

A Long-Awaited Innovation In Payroll
September 21, 2015

When it comes to payroll, not much has happened in terms of industry innovation since the invention of direct deposit. Cachet Financial Services wants to change that, and has just introduced its Select Mobile Money program for payroll management. That means businesses and employees can...

Weak Security, Facetiming With Banks And mPayments In Agriculture
September 21, 2015

In a recent interview with World Finance, treasury software firm BELLIN’s Martin Bellin said treasury managers spend too much time collecting data. But it’s not what you think — data, he said, is crucial to more adequate risk and money management. But, citing previous research...