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Zensoft Moves To Accept Cryptocurrencies For Enterprise Software Projects
February 27, 2018

Enterprise software company Zensoft wants to accept cryptocurrencies from its corporate clients and has announced a partnership with OPEN to facilitate that goal. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

B2B Payments
The Global Travel Market Has A B2B Payments Fraud Problem
February 27, 2018

Business spend on travel reached $1.15 trillion in 2016, but companies aren’t always able to see where their dollars are going. That certainly presents problems for spend management, according to research from the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) Foundation, which found last year that non-corporate...

B2B Payments
Lack Of Customer Trust May Thwart Open Banking’s $1.4B GDP Bump
February 27, 2018

The U.K.’s gross domestic product (GDP) is headed for a significant boost thanks to recent Open Banking legislation, according to analysis from the Centre for Economics & Business Research. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

B2B Payments
Sales Of Small Businesses To Spike, Driven By Tax Reform
February 27, 2018

New analysis from the International Business Brokers Association (IBBA) suggests small business (SMB) sales will surge in the U.S. this year, driven largely by tax reform. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

B2B Payments
Borrowing By UK Corporates At Three-Year Low
February 27, 2018

Reports in Bloomberg on Monday (Feb. 26) said that, according to new data, businesses in the U.K. are borrowing at their lowest rate since 2015, citing data from lobby group U.K. Finance. Lending to non-financial businesses declined 1.4 percent year over year in January, the...

B2B Payments
Checks, Data Sharing Limits Force B2B FinTechs To Find A Workaround
February 27, 2018

Analytics technologies like machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics process automation (RPA) turned cash flow forecasting into more of a science than it’s ever been. Of course, at the heart of this advancement is increased access to detailed financial data, but it’s not easy...

Payments Innovation
Google Pay Smart Tap Hits The POS  
February 27, 2018

To help shoppers use gift cards, coupons and loyalty rewards when paying with their mobile phones, Ingenico Group has made Google Pay Smart Tap available on its point of sale (POS) systems in the U.K. Ingenico made the announcement at the Mobile World Congress, the company said in...

Payment Methods
Paying City Hall, At The Kiosk And Beyond
February 27, 2018

You can’t fight city hall, goes the saying, but there are new ways to pay city hall. News came earlier this month that Chicago’s finance department is enhancing its payment services in a multi-part initiative rolling out this year. Get the Full Story Complete the...

Banking
BoA To Open 500 New Retail Branches
February 27, 2018

Bank of America (BoA) announced news on Monday (Feb. 26) that it’s opening more than 500 new branches across the U.S. over the course of the next four years. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...