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For Marketplace Platform Payments Experiences, Is It Back To Basics?
November 14, 2019

It’s easy to get caught up in the hype of new sharing economy platforms. “The Uber of furniture,” P2P closet-sharing and crowdshipping all certainly sound innovative. There’s a lot of competition to capture the $6 trillion in online payments for U.S. digital and physical goods...

B2B Payments
Faster Payments Readies Global Payroll For A Paradigm Shift
November 14, 2019

Increasingly, the gold standard for payments is invisibility. 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...

B2B Payments
How SMBs’ Digital Banking Demands Change The KYC Challenge For Banks
November 14, 2019

While small businesses often struggle with a lack of integrated digital tools from their traditional financial service providers, the friction in small business banking is often acute even before an SMB opens an account. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

B2B Payments
APIs Tackle Law Firms’ Collections Conundrum
November 14, 2019

Late and unpaid invoices are an accounts receivable nightmare for any business. But in the legal services arena, researchers estimate that up to 14 percent of all hours billed to clients are never paid, according to Clio’s 2019 Legal Trends Report. Get the Full Story...

Investments
Investors Raise Billions To Invest In Later-Stage Companies
November 14, 2019

Later-stage tech startups are getting cash infusions from big investors eager to make deals, The Financial Times (FT) reported on Wednesday (Nov. 13). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Retail
How ‘Assortment-As-A-Service’ Is Changing Physical Retail
November 14, 2019

It’s easy enough to think of small businesses as not being particularly innovative – and even to find data to back up that claim. According to the May 2019 edition of the PYMNTS Retail Innovation Readiness Index, when it comes to adopting digital tools like smart POS...

Investments
UK’s Plum Raises $3M To Grow AI-Powered Finance App
November 14, 2019

Plum, an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven money management tool, announced that it has raised $3 million in additional funding that will be used toward growth goals including the company’s European expansion. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Investments
Africa’s PalmPay Debuts In Nigeria On Heels Of $40M Funding
November 14, 2019

After a $40 million Seed funding round, payment startup PalmPay has officially launched in Nigeria. 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,...

Acquiring
Takeaway CEO Won’t Outbid Rival Prosus For Just Eat Merger
November 14, 2019

Takeaway.com’s CEO said his company isn’t ready to outbid its rival on a merger with the UK’s Just Eat. 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...