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B2B Payments
RBS Enters 2017 On Shaky Grounds
December 28, 2016

Royal Bank of Scotland may be the bank most happy about the end of 2016. 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,...

B2B Payments
Alternative SME Finance Just Might Survive In 2017
December 28, 2016

Earlier this month, marketplace lending site Biz2Credit released the findings of its most recent small business lending index. The data revealed that SME loan approval rates at big banks were at an all-time high, hitting 23.7 percent in November. Small banks saw their loan approval...

eCommerce
Payments And The Transformation Of Etsy
December 28, 2016

Payments is regarded as much more than “plumbing” for every retailer now, and for marketplaces, they can be transformative. James Esposito, senior director of payments, risk and treasury at Etsy, joined Karen Webster to discuss the strategic role of payments in driving Etsy’s growth and...

B2B Payments
How Interest Rates Will Impact AP’s Thirst For Tech
December 28, 2016

This year was a period filled with payments innovation that saw no shortage of impact on the B2B payments space. For accounts payable professionals, that means new tools and technologies to automate processes and tackle some of the biggest challenges in this area: late supplier...

Payments Innovation
Payments 2016: The Year Of Capitulation
December 28, 2016

PYMNTS consulted 21 payments executives from across the industry to share their insights on the biggest takeaways from 2016 as part of the “Payments 2016, The Year Of…” eBook. We posed the same question to each executive: Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

B2B Payments
Regulatory Changes To Push Nonprofits Towards FinTech
December 28, 2016

The emergence of B2B payments technologies, like virtual cards and accounting automation, can surely benefit any organization. But nonprofits, burdened by higher compliance requirements than many other businesses, could stand to gain the most from the most cutting-edge innovations. Get the Full Story Complete the...

Payment Methods
Developer Tracker: Mobile Payments Come Home
December 28, 2016

Ring out the old — rent checks. Ring in the new — digital rent payments. For the latest Developer Tracker, PYMNTS spoke with Bruce Dragt of YapStone about how mobile is changing the rental payments game for both landlords and tenants. Find that, along with...

B2B Payments
Accountants Are Some Of The Unhappiest Workers
December 28, 2016

A new study has been released that uncovers which professions in the U.S. and Canada yield the happiest workers — and which leave their employees feeling miserable. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Payments Innovation
Payments 2016: The Year Of EMV-Enabled Cards
December 28, 2016

PYMNTS consulted 21 payments executives from across the industry to share their insights on the biggest takeaways from 2016 as part of the “Payments 2016, The Year Of…” eBook. We posed the same question to each executive: Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...