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B2B Payments
Ancora On Streamlining AP Processes With Machine Learning
August 21, 2019

Managing AP processes continues to be an exercise in juggling paper, though that need not be the case. Noel Flynn, CEO of ancora Software, tells PYMNTS how AI and machine learning are helping make AP automation solutions affordable and effective for smaller firms.

B2B Payments
Westpac Teams With Coupa To Revamp SMBs Spending In Australia
August 21, 2019

Australian lender Westpac is partnering with business spend management (BSM) firm Coupa to help companies improve finance management on a cloud-based platform, Westpac said on Tuesday (Aug. 20). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Investments
AI Firm H20 Gets $72.5M In Series D Funding Round
August 21, 2019

H20.ai, an artificial intelligence (AI) company based out of California, has raised $72.5 million in a Series D funding round, according to a report by Reuters.  Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

B2B Payments
Commercial Cards Take The Global B2B Payments Stage
August 21, 2019

Commercial card products can help companies kill the check, making transactions faster across borders.  Boost Payment Solutions CEO Dean M. Leavitt tells Karen Webster that the key to getting companies on board with B2B payments done across cards is to lower the cost of acceptance...

Security & Fraud
KYB’s Coming Of Digital Age
August 21, 2019

Sometimes the most interesting thing that comes from trying to solve a problem isn’t the eventual solution, but the other problems that are found along the way. Case in point: Cognito’s forthcoming business verification product, according to CEO Alain Meier. Their original solution, he explained...

Digital Banking
Trending: FIs Use AI To Challenge Challenger Banks
August 21, 2019

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Retail
The Grocery Report: New Products, New Partnerships And New Channels
August 21, 2019

Once upon a time, mothers everywhere told their daughters that the way to a man’s heart was through his stomach. Modern-day research even proves that point — preparing a home-cooked meal is regarded by 80 percent of those who make them as an “act of...

Security & Fraud
The Hacker Hiding In The Hotel Room 
August 21, 2019

In an era when data breaches have become almost a dime a dozen and it seems nearly everyone has been breached — it takes something extraordinary to stand out above the crowd. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Social Commerce
YouTube To Stop Targeting Kids With Video Ads
August 20, 2019

YouTube is proposing to stop advertisements that target videos watched by kids in a bid to satisfy both regulators and consumer groups. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...