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B2B Payments
NatWest Newest Member Of Blockchain Trade Finance Outfit Marco Polo
July 18, 2018

RBS-owned NatWest is the newest financial institution to join Marco Polo, the blockchain-powered trade finance solution developed by R3. 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...

B2B Payments
Certify Shrinks T&E Market With Abacus Buy
July 18, 2018

Expense report management software firm Certify announced its acquisition of Abacus, the leading real-time expense reporting solution. Financial terms of the deal are not being disclosed. The addition of Abacus to its product portfolio allows Certify — which supports more than 10,000 enterprise, mid-market and small business (SMB)...

B2B Payments
Finlyte Wields Oracle Tech For Finance-as-a-Service Tool
July 18, 2018

Finlyte Partners has launched a new central office services platform that will provide Finance-as-a-Service (FaaS), consulting and capital for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). In addition, Oracle NetSuite will be its technology partner, joining the NetSuite Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Partner Program. Get the Full Story...

Investments
Acorns’ Micro-Investment Video Game Startup Snags $7M
July 18, 2018

Video game startup Blast has raised another $7 million in funding. 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...

Delivery
UPS, Latch Pair On Last-Mile Delivery Security
July 18, 2018

UPS is providing increased security to its customers through a pilot with Latch smart access devices that will allow its drivers to make in-building deliveries to multi-unit homes in New York City. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Investments
Travel Firm Booking Invests $500M In Didi Chuxing
July 18, 2018

Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Chuxing has received $500 million in funding from Booking Holdings. 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...

B2B Payments
Citi’s Manish Kohli: The Corporate Appeal Of Citi Payment Insights
July 18, 2018

The global financial services market’s modernization efforts are in full swing, and at the heart of this effort is to improve the visibility of cross-border B2B payments. And for the obvious reason: knowing that “payment is on the way” isn’t good enough anymore. Where it is...

International
Barclays Finds Global Head Of Payment Acceptance
July 17, 2018

Barclays has announced Rob Cameron as its CEO, global head of Payments Acceptance. He will be based in the company’s London office. Cameron will lead the firm’s Barclaycard Payment Solutions business and report to Barry Rodrigues, CEO of Cards & Payments at the company. Get...

Wearables
Wirecard, Mastercard Expand Existing Partnership For Contactless Payments
July 17, 2018

Wirecard and Mastercard announced plans to expand their existing partnership to promote digital, contactless payments via wearables. As of today (July 17), the expanded partnership will immediately make Wirecard available in Germany via Garmin Pay. The firms said additional projects are in the works that...