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B2B Payments
B2B Distributor Offering Merchants A New Payment Portal
September 11, 2014

McAllister Industries, a B2B distributor of prepaid phone cards to retailers, plans soon to publicly launch Redde Pay, providing its customers with an online-payments portal that will help them expand what they can sell to include other services, including bill payment, prepaid energy, prepaid wireless,...

B2B Payments
Romania’s Factoring Use Down 9 Percent
September 11, 2014

Romania’s use of factoring, where businesses sell their accounts receivable, such as invoices, to a third party at a discount, reportedly was down during the first half of the year. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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U.S. Army Awards Accenture ERP Contracts Worth $53 Million
September 11, 2014

The General Fund Enterprise Business System, which ties in to the supply-acquisition processes that support U.S. Army missions, is no small operation. It manages more than $220 billion worth of transactions and serves more than 52,000 users at 227 worldwide locations. Get the Full Story...

B2B Payments
What One UK Agency Spends Using P-Cards
September 10, 2014

The United Kingdom’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office, whose purpose is to support the country’s interests overseas and is responsible for safeguarding the UK’s national security, has lots of acquisition needs. To simplify that process and to keep track of purchases more efficiently, it uses corporate...

So Many Rush To Embrace Apple Pay
September 10, 2014

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....

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Experiment To Find The Mobile Payment Value
September 10, 2014

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...

B2B Payments
eBay’s Impact On B2B Bitcoin Payments
September 10, 2014

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...

B2B Payments
Alibaba’s B2B Advantage Over Its U.S. Rivals
September 10, 2014

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...

Apple Pay’s First Impressions
September 10, 2014

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