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B2B Payments
Report: Supply Chain Analytics Revamp Could Boost Hospital Margins
March 25, 2019

Across all manner of verticals, efficient supply chains can boost margins, but in order to capture those efficiencies, supply chain management processes need a technological overhaul. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

B2B Payments
UK Businesses Lost £93M Last Year Due To Invoice Fraud
March 25, 2019

A new report has revealed that invoice fraud cost U.K. businesses £93 million ($122.8M USD) last year. But despite the losses, more than four in 10 businesses in the country are unaware of the risks associated with the crime. Get the Full Story Complete the...

B2B Payments
UK Chancellor Seeks Crackdown On Late Payments
March 25, 2019

Late payments continue to negatively impact small enterprises in the U.K., and the Chancellor of the Exchequer has stated that larger firms should have a director in place to help reduce delays. Elsewhere, late payments impact contractors focused on emergency repairs in the U.S. Virgin Islands...

IPO
Pinterest Files For IPO, Sets Stage For Mid-April Debut
March 25, 2019

Pinterest, the image-search company gearing up to go public via an initial public offering, filed its paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission late last week, setting the stage for it to become a publicly traded company by the middle of April. Get the Full...

IPO
Lyft Sells All IPO Shares, Could Boost Valuation
March 25, 2019

Lyft has sold all of its planned IPO shares, leading analysts to raise their target price for the ridesharing company. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Payment Methods
Samsung Pay: Getting Past Contextual Commerce Friction
March 25, 2019

For an increasingly growing share of connected consumers, contextual commerce is becoming a way of life – even if they aren’t exactly familiar with the term. With the rapid proliferation of shoppable social media channels – as well as the explosion of wearables, smart speakers...

Payments Innovation
Will Amazon Pay Plus Worldpay Conquer Food?
March 25, 2019

Most of the payments chatter last week focused on FIS’ mega acquisition of Worldpay. The topic of conversation was the inevitable consolidation of the payments sector, as scale becomes critical to optimizing the payments experience and innovating new payments flows. Get the Full Story Complete...

B2B Payments
Australia To Invest $390M In Financial Regulation
March 25, 2019

Australia is including an additional $390 million in its new budget to boost its financial regulation sector, according to Reuters. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Cross-border Payments
China Refuses To Dial Back Tech Regulations
March 25, 2019

Although U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are going to Beijing for trade talks later on this week, there are still a few obstacles in the way of a trade deal. Most notably, the fact that China has so far refused...