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Retail
How Supermarkets Can Tap Into Self-Checkout Tech
August 20, 2018

To help customers avoid the lengthy lines of traditional checkout counters, supermarkets are turning to self-checkout technology, along with revamped store designs. When retailers don’t have to dedicate space in their brick-and-mortar locations to cash registers, consumers can enjoy less friction during checkout. To make...

Retail
BarkPark And A Lifestyle Gone To The Dogs
August 20, 2018

We are all often encouraged to think outside of the box. Generally, the advice indicates that one should abandon their preconceptions — the walls of their box — in the hopes of inspiring a creative new take, approach or strategy. Get the Full Story Complete...

B2B Payments
Late Payments Mean Summer Doldrums For SMB Owners
August 20, 2018

As the temperature goes up, late payments scorches SME owners. Hitachi Capital Business Finance shows that a late payments “epidemic” is underway for those chasing invoices stretching back to June. Plus, in the UK, some business owners have to delay or cancel vacation plans as...

B2B Payments
Corporate Travel’s Tech Adoption Voyage
August 20, 2018

Consumerization in the corporate payments space may be no more present than it is in the business travel arena. Employees are naturally using the same technologies and payment tools while they travel for work as they do in their personal lives, and travel managers must...

B2B Payments
Barclays Backs Crowdz B2B Procurement Platform With Payments Tech
August 20, 2018

Barclaycard has partnered with Silicon Valley startup Crowdz to make the process of selling and finding business services easier. 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...

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SAP Concur Tapped By Department Of Defense
August 20, 2018

Corporate travel and expense (T&E) management solutions provider SAP Concur has been chosen by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to help the government body upgrade its expense management systems and processes. An announcement from the DoD last week said that SAP Concur won the...

B2B Payments
IT Teams Struggle To Make Right Tech Hires
August 20, 2018

Automation, bots, blockchain — the deluge of technologies flooding the enterprise today can be overwhelming. This week’s B2B Data Digest takes the pulse of companies’ technology adoption, with researchers at Deloitte, FedEx and others finding that executives feel blockchain is overrated, machine learning moving front...

B2B Payments
JD.com Enables The Enterprise To Create Its Own Blockchain Apps
August 20, 2018

China’s largest retailer, JD.com, has announced a new blockchain technology platform that will allow enterprise customers to build, host and use their own blockchain applications. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

B2B Payments
Trump Wants SEC To Consider Half-Year Earnings Reports
August 20, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump has reportedly asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to consider the impact of nixing required quarterly earnings reports in favor of half-year reports. Reports in The Washington Post on Friday (Aug. 17) said Trump tweeted the proposal would “allow greater...