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Retail
Katapult Adds Direct-Apply Lease Feature
August 23, 2021

eCommerce leasing company Katapult’s direct apply feature allows customers to apply on the company’s website for their approved lease amount rather than doing it through one of its merchant partners. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

B2B Payments
How AR Creates Value For Accounting Through Data
August 23, 2021

When it comes to back-office digitization, Matthew Shanahan, chief strategy officer and co-founder of Lockstep, is seeing the same things many other business leaders have witnessed in the last two years: Market disruptions are elevating the need for more agile and insightful back offices, while...

B2B Payments
UK, South Africa Ramp Up Late B2B Payment Discussions
August 23, 2021

Late payments are a complex problem that isn’t always the result of large corporate buyers abusing their leverage over small suppliers by withholding payment. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Payment Methods
Bakkt CEO: Convergence Of Crypto, Rewards and Loyalty Will Enable ‘Pay With Anything’ Era
August 23, 2021

It seems that pretty much anything can be turned into a digital asset these days — that is, if it hasn’t been converted already. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

B2B Payments
Flywire CEO: Payment Digitization Helps Senior Management ‘Stop Wasting Time’ In The Back Office
August 23, 2021

Change — real change, the inexorable kind that transforms payments and commerce — can move with lightning speed. Or it can be positively glacial. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

IPO
Sezzle Files Draft Paperwork For US IPO
August 23, 2021

Payment platform Sezzle said it has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement for an initial public offering (IPO) to the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission, according to a press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

B2B Payments
Report: US Institutions Back Loans For Women, SMBs In India
August 22, 2021

The U.S. Agency for International Development and U.S. International Development Finance Corp. are jointly offering $50 million in guarantees to a portfolio of loans India’s Kotak Mahindra Bank will offer women and owners of small businesses domestically, the agencies announced in a press release. Get...

B2B Payments
UK Business Travel Group Sees $5.6B GDP Loss In One Week
August 22, 2021

An index produced by the United Kingdom’s Business Travel Association and travel data firm Travelogix puts the hit to the U.K.’s GDP from pandemic-driven travel cutbacks at $5.6 billion for the second week of August compared with the same week in 2019. Get the Full...

B2B Payments
Transporta Launches Transport Management System For Indonesia’s Truckers
August 22, 2021

Indonesian tech startup Transporta is rolling out its new free transport management system (TMS) to help small business truckers, a press release says. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...