Say what you will about Apple, but when it throws one of its product rollout parties, almost everyone wants to play. With Apple’s first official step into mobile payments Tuesday (Sept. 9) and the unveiling of Apple Pay, few in payments wanted to be excluded....
We all know that for mobile payments to ignite, consumers and merchants have to see the value. But what MPD Managing Director, John Caron saw yesterday didn’t blow him away. If it’s all about payments, then he’s not convinced it’s enough to get anyone to...
eBay’s announcement this week that its Braintree unit plans to start accepting bitcoins in the next few months suggests that not only will consumers be able to benefit from having another payment option, but businesses will, too. Will eBay’s embrace of the controversial cryptocurrency be...
As Alibaba this week kicked off its U.S. initial public offering roadshow, the Chinese collection of eCommerce marketplaces may have an edge up on its chief local rivals in B2B activities, especially those that focus on business purchases of supplies and materials that most companies...
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A variety of alternatives exist for B2B payments, and each has variations that require consideration, both for their positives and negatives. How long is the float? How much does the payment form cost to accept, or to set up? How much effort is it going...
The Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS), which the Bank of England and HM Treasury (the UK’s economic and finance ministry) launched in July 2012 to motivate banks to boost their lending, has done little to help small businesses improve their cash flow, recent statistics show....
Baylor Scott & White Health, Texas’s largest not-for-profit health care system, was looking to reduce the costs it was incurring through its purchasing operations, hoping to make its procurement process more affordable. So it decided to change eCommerce providers. Get the Full Story Complete the...
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