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UK Packaging Company Turns To Factoring For Needed Funds
September 05, 2014

Karl Hannaford of USP Packaging has had his share of success, having for years provided disposable catering products and tamper-evident containers to UK food businesses. However, the United Kingdom-based company’s bank reportedly turned down his request to finance the launch of a new range of...

B2B Payments
July U.S. International Trade Deficit Dips Slightly
September 05, 2014

U.S. international trade in goods and services in July showed a slight deficit improvement from June, with growth in exports outpacing an increase in imports, new data from the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis show. Get the Full Story Complete the...

B2B Payments
Mobile Payments Changing The Face Of Agriculture World Wide
September 05, 2014

For farmers across the developing world, being trapped in a cash-based economy is costly.  Those costs come in all forms—what commodity buyers farmers can work with, security risks associated with constantly carrying around large wads of currency, the unpredictable price fluctuation and pressure to produce...

Basware Will Work Cooperatively To Develop E-Invoice Based Factoring
September 04, 2014

E-Invoice specialists Basware has signed a Letter of Intent agreement with Arrowgrass Capital Partners under which the two entities will work jointly to develop a new e-invoicing based factoring service. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

B2B Payments
Oil Field Service Company Choses Amalto For E-Invoicing
September 04, 2014

Stallion Oilfield recently announced that it signed a multi-year contract with B2B integration and electronic document exchange services company Amalto Technologies. Stallion provides onshore workforce accommodations and related wellsite services to the oil and natural gas industry in the U.S. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Nordstrom Helps Bring E-Commerce To Instagram
September 04, 2014

Nordstrom has become the first retailer to launch the Like2Buy platform, which lets customers click on a product image on the chain’s Instagram page and purchase it immediately from Nordstrom.com. But Nordstrom’s Like2Buy rollout has a few interesting wrinkles, according to Chain Store Age. Get...

Breach Round Up
FBI Reports Bank Breach Limited To J.P. Morgan
September 04, 2014

To the extent that the lack of evidence can suggest anything, the FBI is saying that the cyberthieves who attacked J.P. Morgan Chase did not continue their assaults any other big U.S. banks. Or, if they did attempt such attacks, those attempts were unsuccessful. Get...

Point. Click. Save. Pay.
September 04, 2014

Point. Click. Save. Pay. That describes the experience that Blackhawk Network will enable its physical gift card users to have with their Google Wallets. Storing these plastic cards in a digital Google Wallet only requires that users snap a picture of their card.  (Users can...

Company Spotlight
MasterCard Launches Start Path Class
September 04, 2014

MasterCard announced that it has selected the first class of 7 European start-ups to develop innovative commerce solutions as part of the inaugural MasterCard Start Path accelerator class, according to a company release.