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Cross Border Commerce
Trade Finance Platforms Provide Lifelines to Asian B2B Marketplaces Hit Hard by Pandemic
January 19, 2022

The great digital shift is bringing B2B more fully into the 21st century — and digital marketplaces are a key component of it. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Security & Fraud
US Probes Alibaba’s Cloud Unit Security on US Consumer Data Concerns
January 18, 2022

The Biden administration is looking at Alibaba’s cloud business and determining whether that facet of the eCommerce titan is a risk to U.S. national security, Reuters reported Tuesday (Jan. 18). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

B2B Payments
19% of Technology Firms Say Financial Fraud is Their Top Accounts Receivable Pain Point
January 18, 2022

Some universal challenges impact accounts receivable (AR) effectiveness across sectors, such as payment delays and complications around processing different forms of payments. However, the intensity of these various pain points depends a great deal on the nature of the industry and market conditions.  Get the...

Blockchain / Distributed Ledger
PYMNTS Blockchain Series: What is Cardano?
January 18, 2022

Throughout this series of articles, we’re looking at the top blockchains in crypto to help you make sense of the alphabet soup of so-called “altcoins” that exists beyond that of Bitcoin’s BTC and Ethereum’s ETH. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Merchant Innovation
Autonomous Checkout Platform WalkOut Rebrands as Flow
January 18, 2022

WalkOut, which makes an autonomous end-to-end frictionless checkout platform, announced Tuesday (Jan. 18) that it has has a new brand identity called Flow. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

International
FCA Revokes Temporary Permissions Of 4 EU Firms Operating In The UK
January 18, 2022

The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced that European firms looking to remain in the temporary permissions regime (TPR) must meet the FCA’s standards to continue operating their businesses in the U.K. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Banking
Nordic FinTech Lunar to Update Its Core Banking System With Cloud Tech
January 18, 2022

Nordic FinTech Lunar has selected cloud-native core banking tech Thought Machine to modernize its system and develop new services, the companies announced Tuesday (Jan. 18). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

B2B Payments
Software Maker PhaseZero Debuts CxAnalytics to Manage Sales, Market Share
January 18, 2022

B2B and B2C digital commerce software provider PhaseZero announced its CxAnalytics solution on Tuesday (Jan. 18), designed to help business managers proactively manage sales and market growth. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Bitcoin
Bitcoin Daily: Rhodium to Be First Crypto IPO of 2022; Intel to Debut Crypto Mining...
January 18, 2022

Cryptocurrency technology company Rhodium Enterprises will be the first initial public offering (IPO) for the crypto industry this year, according to a Tuesday (Jan. 18) Cointelegraph report. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...