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B2B Payments
Despite Plenty Of Concerns, SMB Optimism Holds Fast
November 13, 2017

Small business owners have a lot on their plates today and, depending on who one asks, top concerns range from taxes to late invoice payments. Amid a wave of new surveys released on small business sentiment, PYMNTS wades through the data to examine how entrepreneurs...

B2B Payments
NFIB Backs Revised GOP Tax Proposals
November 13, 2017

Days after U.S. small business (SMB) lobby, the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), denounced the House Republican tax plan, it has reversed its opinion and backed the proposals following revisions proposed by Representative Kevin Brady (R-Texas). Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

B2B Payments
Payments Apps In The Context Of The Enterprise At Large
November 13, 2017

When Helcim, Inc. launched more than a decade ago, it began as many other B2B FinTechs do, by developing a single solution to which the company is dedicated. In Helcim’s case, it was payments processing. Meanwhile, other FinTechs have debuted troves of other services, from...

B2B Payments
Employees Often Feel Justified For Exaggerated Expense Reports, Survey Finds
November 13, 2017

Expense fraud can be a major problem for any business, and as Anant Kale, founder and CEO of AppZen, told PYMNTS last week, companies naturally want to believe they don’t have fraud occurring in the enterprise. Typically, he said, businesses don’t recognize the need to...

International
Alibaba’s Singles Day Tops $25B, Crushing 2016 Record
November 13, 2017

Alibaba Group Holding, the Chinese eCommerce giant, saw gross merchandise volume of $25.3 billion for this year’s Singles Day Global Shopping Festival, up 39 percent from a year ago. What’s more, 90 percent of the total gross merchandise volume for the 24-hour shopping event was...

Partnerships / Acquisitions
Kalanick And Benchmark Make Peace For Sake of Uber/SoftBank Deal
November 13, 2017

Uber Technologies paved the way to receive a multi-billion-dollar investment led by SoftBank Group, after co-founder and ex-CEO Travis Kalanick reached a deal with Benchmark over board seats. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Investments
Trump Administration Blunts Cuba Business Aspirations
November 13, 2017

Recent moves from Donald Trump to undo policy changes in U.S. relations with Cuba have caused U.S. businesses to pull back on excitement over getting involved with the island, according to news from Reuters on Friday (Nov. 10). Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Investments
Trouva Nabs $10M To Help UK SMBs Compete With Amazon
November 13, 2017

Trouva, an online marketplace for merchants that don’t sell their products online, has raised $10 million in a new round of venture funding. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Payment Methods
PayPal’s Money Pool Helps Users Split The (Gift) Check
November 13, 2017

Holiday shopping may be the biggest time of the year for retailers, but more than half of Americans dread the annual shopping fest. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...