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Cross Border Commerce
500 Global Sellers Weigh In on the Value of APAC Expansion
October 18, 2022

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Payments Innovation
Why CFOs Need a Seat at the Product Design Table
October 18, 2022

It’s a widely reported fact that the traditional role of the chief financial officer (CFO) is expanding well beyond balancing books and budgets, and increasingly taking on oversight of entirely new areas and projects — including product design. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Cross-border Payments
Seamless B2C Transactions Demand Interoperability Across African, Global Payment Systems
October 18, 2022

With some 40 currencies across 54 countries, divergent preferences for payment methods and even the same payment method processed differently depending on the country, it’s safe to say the African payment landscape is deeply fragmented. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Regulation
US Regulators Sound Cautious Note on FinTech Innovation
October 17, 2022

If there was at least some consensus that came out of last week’s D.C. FinTech Week confab, it’s that banks and the regulators that oversee them need to tread a fine line between innovation and risk. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Digital Banking
Maintaining Physical Bank Branches Keeps Cash Alive In Underserved European Communities
October 17, 2022

From the vinyl revival to the enduring appeal of film photography, analog technologies that many thought would give way to the rising tide of digitization have in fact remained culturally and economically relevant, even if they no longer play the leading role they once did....

Delivery
Diners 5 Times More Likely to Order Takeout Than Delivery
October 17, 2022

While food delivery on demand is here to stay, restaurants may still find it makes more sense to focus on their takeout business given consumers’ shifting preference for pickup. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

B2B Payments
Edenred Buys IPS to Create End-to-End Solution for Managing AP
October 17, 2022

Digital payments platform Edenred has acquired invoice automation vendor IPS and said this will give the clients of its corporate payment subsidiary, Edenred CSI, access to an end-to-end integrated solution for managing the entire accounts payable (AP) process. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

IPO
Indonesia’s Blibli Targets $528M IPO for November
October 17, 2022

Indonesian eCommerce company Blibli is set to go public next month with an initial public offering (IPO) worth up to $528.9 million. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

B2B Payments
Today in B2B Payments: Solutions Target B2B Trade, AP Automation, Logistics
October 17, 2022

Today in B2B payments, Bryzos CEO Shep Hickey and ChemDirect President Dave Haase say firms in smokestack industries are moving to modernize B2B trade, OpenEnvoy CEO Matthew Tillman explains how automated payables solutions can save $400 per invoice and Freightos CEO Zvi Schreiber notes that...