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B2B Payments
UK Late Pay Epidemic Looms Over Xmas Season
December 17, 2018

The U.K. seems to be the epicenter of the late payments epidemic, and new stats bear out the cost to the tune of billions of pounds. As firms close their doors for a break over the Christmas holiday season, the ripple effects of payment terms that...

B2B Payments
Western Union, JD Digits Eye Biz Payments With X-Border Partnership
December 17, 2018

Western Union has announced a partnership with Chinese digital payments company JD Digits, which will advance digital cross-border money movement and payments in China. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Retail
Olympic Store Debuts On Tmall
December 17, 2018

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Alibaba Group have announced the launch of the first-ever Olympic store on China’s Tmall. 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...

Payments Innovation
Gusto CEO: Why Bimonthly Payroll Is Stuck In The Dot-Matrix Era
December 17, 2018

The typewriter had a good run. It ruled the roost as far as corporate word processing went for well over 100 years before the computer-based word processing showed up in the mid-1970s to replace it, though those scrappy little typewriters hung on for a while...

Payment Methods
TSYS On Canadians’ Lingering Love For Credit Cards
December 17, 2018

In Canada, credit cards hold sway, the preferred method of payment across any number of settings. Here’s why paying with credit has been a long-term trend that looks set to continue, according to John Dale Hester, senior vice president of relationship management at TSYS, and...

Payments Innovation
Did Payments 2018 Predictions Come True?
December 17, 2018

In about two weeks, 2018 will be one for the history books. And from a payments and commerce perspective, it really has been one heck of a year. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Retail
Thinking Outside The Holiday Gift Box
December 15, 2018

The Christmas countdown is upon us. And with just single-digit shopping days left, the countdown is on to find that perfect gift for those hard-to-buy-for people on your list. So, too, is the pressure to buy for those whose tastes may run to the peculiar,...

Retail
New Instagram Feature Will Tell Brands About Bookmarked Products
December 14, 2018

Instagram is working on a shopping feature that would tell brands which products users are bookmarking, according to a report by CNBC. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Investments
TransferGo Raises $17.6M For X-Border Payments
December 14, 2018

TransferGo, an up-and-coming international money transfer company, has raised more than $17.6 million in a Series B funding round, according to a report. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...