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B2B Payments
North Of The Border, Securing The Supply Chain
June 15, 2017

SMEs need access to capital, especially when it comes to securing goods and services needed for their own expansion. As eInvoice payment firm Aztec Exchange’s CEO Edwin Hagan-Emmin explains, a new pact with EDI brings choice beyond traditional factoring to Canadian SMEs.

Banking
Did Wells Fargo Also Improperly Adjust Mortgages?
June 15, 2017

As Wells Fargo is trying to turn the corner on a scandal in its consumer banking segment that came to light a little under a year ago, it seems a new set of troubles are coming down the pipeline — this time in relation to...

Security & Fraud
Execs Learning To Trust Artificial Intelligence Security Systems
June 15, 2017

Radware, a leading provider of cybersecurity and application delivery solutions, released the results of its 2017 Executive Application & Network Security Survey, which shows that executives in the U.S. and Europe are relying more on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning systems designed to protect...

Retail
Retail Sales Declines Could Halt Further Interest Rate Hikes
June 15, 2017

The Federal Reserve’s ability to continue to raise interest rates in 2017 may be halted given consumer prices fell unexpectedly last month amid the biggest drop in retail sales in more than a year. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Security & Fraud
Shattering Merchants’ Information Silos In The Fight Against Fraud
June 15, 2017

Fraudsters are tricky, and fraudsters are fast. But for merchants, the fraud management battle is a winnable one. Companies have an arsenal of data-rich weapons. Andreas Suma, global leader of fraud and data at ACI Worldwide, tells PYMNTS that in order to use that data,...

Omnicommerce
NEW REPORT: Chatbots Go Omnichannel As Personal Stylists
June 15, 2017

Everyone could use a little styling help from time to time, but would you more likely ask a bedazzling chatbot than a human personal stylist or a fashionable friend? When you cut subjectivity out of the mix, a bot’s smart recommendations may just be the...

B2B Payments
Safeguarding Customer Payments For The At-Home Call Agent Boom
June 15, 2017

President Donald Trump wants to bring more jobs back to the U.S., and lawmakers have asked the Trump administration to pay particular attention to the call center industry. This year, senators began planning to introduce a bill aimed at discouraging federal contractors from offshoring these jobs,...

Investments
Morgan Stanley Analyst: Tesla Valuation Can Become Bigger Than Apple
June 14, 2017

On Wall Street, depending on the metric you are tracking, size matters. 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...

Investments
AI Startup Cognitive Scale Gets USAA Backing
June 14, 2017

The USAA (United Services Automobile Assn.) has invested in artificial intelligence startup CognitiveScale for an undisclosed sum, bizjournals.com reported. 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...