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Payments Innovation
Payment Orchestration Platforms Conduct Business
May 04, 2020

Payment orchestration platforms (POPs) are suddenly everywhere as solution-shopping for the great American reopening gets underway in earnest. The inaugural edition of the Payments Powering the Platform Economy Report, a collaboration of PYMNTS and Payoneer, offers an in-depth examination of how tailoring payments to geographic...

B2B Payments
Supplier Payment Rallying Cries Grow Louder
May 04, 2020

As the data around the economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic rolls in, rallying cries from around the world are growing louder to support small businesses. Increasingly, those cries include calls to action for corporates to pay their small suppliers as more vendors struggle with...

B2B Payments
Bringing The eCommerce Business Model To SMB Accounting
May 04, 2020

Two years ago, Singapore launched its SMEs Go Digital campaign, a government effort to enable small businesses to modernize and embrace the cloud that continues today. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Investments
India’s Jio Gets $750M Boost From Silver Lake
May 04, 2020

Private equity firm Silver Lake is investing $750 million in India’s telecommunications giant Jio Platforms, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal on Sunday (May 3). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

B2B Payments
Buyers And Suppliers Tackle The Invoice-To-Pay Digitization Journey
May 04, 2020

Office closures and remote working mandates have created an uncomfortable wakeup call for accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) departments that continue to rely on manual, paper-based processes. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Banking
‘Green Shoots’ Or Scorched Earth: What We’ve Learned From Banks And Payment Networks’ Latest Earnings...
May 04, 2020

Amid the coronavirus pandemic and recessions, the old saying in life might hold true in business, and in particular for firms that rely on consumer spending to drive top and bottom lines: Plan for the worst, hope for the best. Get the Full Story Complete...

Partnerships / Acquisitions
Intel Eyes Purchase Of Traffic Data Firm Moovit For $1B
May 03, 2020

American technology giant Intel has acquired Israel’s public transit app Moovit for $1 billion. Some 10 percent of the purchase price is anticipated to retain workers across the next two years. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Security & Fraud
Some COVID-19 Relief Funds Went To Healthcare Cos Under Scrutiny For Possible Fraud, Report Says
May 03, 2020

The U.S. government’s massive payouts of financial aid to health care providers of Medicaid and other programs have inadvertently resulted in taxpayer dollars going to companies or individuals under criminal or civil legal investigation. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Bitcoin
Bitcoin Daily: Block.one Gets Patent For DLT That Monetizes Social Media Posts; Bitfinex Seeks US...
May 03, 2020

Block.one, which is behind the EOSIO (EOS) protocol, now has a patent for a blockchain-based bidding system for promotional exposure for social media, according to Cointelegraph. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...