Politics and bitcoin have a lot in common: both face massive skepticism from the general public. 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...
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has released the findings of two separate studies on the state of small business access to financing across 34 nations. Its twin reports did not uncover any earth-shattering revelations about the alternative finance in the world’s markets, instead coming to similar conclusions...
Under pressure to deliver top-quality care while controlling costs, health care providers are turning to supply chain management to balance the demands of resource management, cost of care, compliance and positive patient outcomes. Worldwide, the health care supply chain management market is expected to grow...
When PayPal splits off into its own company — which eBay executives now say will be sometime in this year’s third quarter — eBay’s largest shareholder, Carl Icahn, may finally get clarity on the one question he’s made other investors ponder: is eBay holding back PayPal’s full...
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For Facebook, it would seem that ramping up its Buy button and Messenger Payments can’t come soon enough. As the social network’s user base continues to shift to mobile and expand into the rest of the world, advertising is no longer keeping pace with revenue...
The U.K. is in the midst of an overhaul of the SME finance sector. While largely brought on by an epidemic of big, corporate buyers paying their small suppliers on longer-than-fair terms, the newly passed legislation is widespread and includes language that requires banks that...
When the Portland (Oregon) Seed Fund got its start four years ago, the concept of “going to City Hall for seed funding” was a bit of an eyebrow-raising idea. But it was one that started gaining traction in 2011 in Portland (and other U.S. cities),...
Amazon officially confirmed all of the rumors and speculation that it was going to enter the travel business and did it yesterday. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...
