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Banking
Virtual Tellers And Workhorse ATMs: Banking’s New (Digital-First) Normal
May 07, 2020

The prospect of restarting the economy of bringing all manner of everyday life in the U.S. back to some semblance of “normal” has challenges — and opportunities for banks, especially community banks and credit unions. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

B2B Payments
Preserving Check Workflows Can Ease B2B Payments Digitization
May 07, 2020

Although a recent uptick in B2B payments innovation has accelerated corporates’ migration away from the paper check, old habits die hard, and the legacy payment tool remains a mainstay in the accounts payable (AP) department. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

B2B Payments
Fitness Centers Forced To Stretch Their Business Models
May 07, 2020

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Faster Payments
Fed Launches FedNow Community For Instant Payments, Seeks Participants
May 06, 2020

The Federal Reserve has formed a FedNow Community group for its upcoming instant payment offering, the FedNow Service, and needs volunteers to support it, the Fed announced Wednesday (May 6). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Security & Fraud
Senators Push FTC To Shield SMBs From PPP Scams
May 06, 2020

A group of senators is asking the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to take more steps to protect small- to medium-sized business (SMB) owners from scams during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a CNBC report. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

B2B Payments
Sage Updates Will Boost SMB Accounting Visibility
May 06, 2020

Cloud business management firm Sage has announced new updates to its small business cloud accounting solution to help customers gain more insight into their accounting, payroll and HR data. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Retail
Are Gap’s Face Masks The Start Of Retail Reinvention?
May 06, 2020

Retail must, and will, change following the coronavirus, with consumer behavior shifting from brick-and-mortar to eCommerce and merchants making adjustments to their inventory selections and safety measures. Gap Inc., in one case, intends to have fabric face masks on offer, such as a pack of...

Retail
UK Theater Operators Plan To Debut $200M Thriller ‘Tenet’ In July
May 06, 2020

Two United Kingdom cinema chains are hoping to raise the curtain at movie theaters by mid-July to begin to recoup losses from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Financial Times reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

B2B Payments
Treasury Prime Notches $9M In Funding To Link FinTechs With Banks
May 06, 2020

To link banks with FinTech clients, application programming interface (API) platform Treasury Prime has notched $9 million in a Series A funding round, according to an announcement. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...