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B2B Payments
Atradius Reports: Top US Firms Take Longest Time To Pay B2B Invoices In A Decade
June 29, 2018

The U.K. retains the spotlight when it comes to the fight against late supplier payments, but the market isn’t the only one in which vendors struggle to get paid on time. North America has its own late payments problem, new research shows, and the data...

B2B Payments
YES BANK Caters To India’s Startups With Government Partner
June 29, 2018

India’s YES BANK is rolling out new financial services for startups across the country through a partnership with Kerala Startup Mission, a government initiative to support entrepreneurs. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

B2B Payments
For Insurance, Faster Payments Means Nothing Without Data
June 29, 2018

B2B payments in the insurance industry suffer from many of the same challenges that other markets do: namely, check-based payments. However, to push insurance providers in the direction of ePayments, service providers have to acknowledge the nuances of the insurance payments machine. Get the Full...

Cross-border Payments
Making Cross-Border Travel Payments Less Turbulent
June 29, 2018

Corporates now demand cross-border payments solutions that do more than move money from point A to point B. This month’s edition of the Global Payments Architecture Report takes a deep dive into the impact of B2B payment solutions on different verticals. This includes insight from...

Delivery
Kroger Partners With Nuro To Deliver Using Autonomous Cars
June 29, 2018

Kroger, the grocery retailer, announced that it is partnering with tech company Nuro for the pilot of an on-road, fully autonomous delivery service for customers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Mobile Payments
PayPal’s Bill Ready On Making Checkout Smarter For Consumers And Merchants
June 29, 2018

Fighting payments friction is more or less PayPal’s DNA. 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,...

Global Payments
Oracle Brings FinTech Program To Brussels, Blockchain Poised For Growth In India
June 28, 2018

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Oracle’s decision to bring its FinTech Innovation Program to Brussels. In addition, blockchain technology is expected to take hold in India and BS/2 plans to expand its point-of-sale (POS) terminal...

News
Five At Five: Amazon Gets Into Pill Delivery
June 28, 2018

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Coverage includes Amazon’s latest healthcare move, along with a new digital banking service in the U.K. Visa and Mastercard might be making nice, Walmart digs 3D and JPMorgan has a...

Payment Methods
Contactless Payments Take The Prize At World Cup Stadiums
June 28, 2018

Soccer is a contact sport, but fans are using contactless payments at one of the sport’s most famous events: Approximately 17 percent of purchases with Visa in the World Cup’s 11 Russian host cities, for example, used contactless payment technology with devices such as smartphones,...