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Retail
Meal Planning Subscriptions Aim To Tackle Food Waste
June 13, 2019

Entrepreneurs often start businesses based on their own knowledge. Ends+Stems Founder Alison Mountford, for instance, began her company with years of experience as a chef-entrepreneur. She was inspired to tackle food waste when the earliest reports from the NRDC showed its impact on the environment....

Security & Fraud
BNY Mellon’s AI-Based Fraud Detection Initiative
June 13, 2019

With the speed and volume of digital transactions increasing every year, fraudsters have become better at concealing their tracks. Hunting cybercriminals has become much like finding needles in a haystack — and AI is the magnet banks must use to extract them, says Joseph Sieczowski,...

Retail
Germany Pushes For eCommerce Returns To Be Resold Or Donated
June 13, 2019

In an effort to regulate eCommerce merchandise returns, a proposal is set to be put forward in Germany that aims to cut back on the quantity of unwanted products that are destroyed. The environmental ministry is reportedly visiting various eCommerce merchants in order to gain...

B2B Payments
Small Business Group Speaks Out On Congressional Tech Probe
June 13, 2019

Small businesses are raising concerns over a congressional probe of potential anticompetitive practices in the tech sector, a press release revealed Wednesday (June 12). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

B2B Payments
B2B Pursues An Amazon-Like Experience
June 13, 2019

In the world of tech and commerce, everybody wants to be like Amazon. 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....

B2B Payments
 Visa B2B Connect Goes Global
June 13, 2019

Visa B2B Connect, a corporate cross-border payments solution underpinned by DLT, enters 30 markets. Elsewhere, in India, Mastercard and Payswiff are partnering to boost the acceptance of digital payments in Tier Two and Tier Three cities.

B2B Payments
PayPal Canada Links Small Businesses To Cross-Border Shipping
June 13, 2019

PayPal is introducing a new solution for Canadian small businesses (SMBs) to lower their logistics costs when doing business with the U.S. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

B2B Payments
WorldRemit Steps Into B2B Transfer Market
June 13, 2019

Remittence technology firm WorldRemit is stepping into the cross-border B2B money transfer market with the launch of WorldRemit For Business, reports in Africa News said Wednesday (June 12). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

B2B Payments
The Enterprise Headache Of A Decentralized Blockchain
June 13, 2019

For blockchain technology, the crux of many of its purported benefits for the enterprise is its decentralized nature, which, proponents of distributed ledger technology (DLT) have said, promotes visibility and makes it more difficult for data to be manipulated. Get the Full Story Complete the...