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B2B Payments
B2B Tech Startups Land Backing To Modernize The Enterprise
September 04, 2020

More than $25 million in new funding landed at B2B FinTech startups this week, making it one of the slower VC roundups for the B2B landscape this year. Even so, investors distributed their backings to a wide range of startups, from a company enabling direct...

B2B Payments
Advice To The Modern CFO: Keep Looking Forward
September 04, 2020

For the modern chief financial officer, priorities are on the move. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing...

Retail
Amazon And Walmart’s Battle For Consumer Retail Spend
September 04, 2020

In some ways, the second quarter was like nothing the world has ever seen, as the pandemic cut through the daily lives of Americans from April through June, and is still a factor in many parts of the country. But in other ways, it was...

Retail
What Holiday Retail Will Look Like In 2020
September 04, 2020

It’s not beginning to look a lot like Christmas just yet, as it’s still summer and warm weather doesn’t quite call to mind images of drinking hot chocolate, sitting by roaring fires or riding one-horse open sleighs. But even though consumers aren’t thinking about holiday...

Payments Innovation
Visa: SoftPOS Helps Merchants ‘Reimagine’ Commerce Flows In A Physical World
September 04, 2020

Bit by bit, economies are reopening. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree to...

eCommerce
New Data: How Online Merchants Build Consumer Trust In The Digital 3.0 Economy
September 04, 2020

It has now been six months since the coronavirus outbreak was declared a pandemic on March 11, and consumers are more likely than ever to shop and pay online, not only for retail goods, but for groceries and food orders from restaurants. Get the Full...

B2B Payments
What Comes First — The Supply Chain Or The Sales Channel?
September 04, 2020

With supply chains backlogged, cut short and all-around disrupted in the midst of the global pandemic, businesses had to act fast. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

IPO
SPAC Investor Ackman In Limited Talks With Stripe For IPO
September 03, 2020

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman said he’s had preliminary discussions with Airbnb and Stripe, among others, about helping them to go public, Bloomberg reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Delivery
Chowbus CEO: Building A Food-Delivery Platform For Mom-And-Pop Restaurants
September 03, 2020

The difficulties restaurants face with big delivery platforms like Grubhub or Uber Eats have been extensively cataloged. Critics claim the platforms take too big a bite out of restaurants’ revenues, diminish restaurateurs’ abilities to develop direct relationships with customers and create logistical headaches as they...