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The 17 Most Important Stories Of 2017
January 01, 2018

Happy New Year! Ready to hit the gym? Gonna learn to speak Mandarin this year? Have a book club to form? Those are all perfectly fine pursuits - but before you go to get a jump on this year, it might be helpful to get...

International
A Night To Remember With A Price Tag To Forget
December 30, 2017

Ah, another year come and gone. Many people are looking ahead to the new year with hope, while others are simply happy to say goodbye to the old one. But whether 2017 was kind or cruel, one thing is for sure: New Year’s Eve will...

CFPB
NCUA Head McWatters In Running For CFPB Head Appointment
December 29, 2017

National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) chairman J. Mark McWatters is in the running to be named the next leader of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), according to Thursday (Dec. 28) reports from American Banker. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Retail
Walmart Experiments With Personal Shoppers
December 29, 2017

There are a lot of things people think when they think Walmart, but it is unlikely that the term “personal shopper” is jumping first to anyone’s mind. Personal shoppers, after all, are more strongly associated with high-end retail experiences than they are with a store...

B2B Payments
Corporates Begin Pulling Cash From Bailed-Out Russian Banks
December 29, 2017

Five major banks in Russia saw capital outflows from corporate accounts last month, according to data compiled by Reuters from the nation’s central bank. That news comes despite Russian consumers largely holding faith in the banking system after the central bank moved to prop up several...

B2B Payments
Pluto Eyes B2B Transactions With Mobile Cryptocurrency Exchange Tool
December 29, 2017

Pluto Exchange is launching India’s first mobile cryptocurrency exchange solution with an eye on a few use cases for B2B transactions. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

B2B Payments
Paper Checks Continue To Steal The B2B Payments Spotlight
December 29, 2017

2017 may go down in B2B payments history as the year the space finally saw a bump in attention from innovators. Amid the excitement over faster payment initiatives, blockchain, open banking efforts and collaboration between banks and FinTechs, B2B payments have found the spotlight as...

B2B Payments
Barclays, Shell Expect Billion-Dollar Charges From US Tax Reform
December 29, 2017

The GOP-led tax reform in the U.S. has secured a stamp of approval from small and medium-sized business (SMB) advocates at the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), and other analysts say the plan could lend a big boost to large corporates, too. Get the...

B2B Payments
B2B FinTechs Diversify Investment Sources Into 2018
December 29, 2017

Analysts are expecting a lucrative year for FinTech companies in 2018. Reports in American Banker this week said new research from Statista estimates FinTechs in the U.S. alone will secure $4.7 billion from investors of all kind in the new year. Many targets for those...