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IRS Targeting Bitcoin-Using Tax Evaders
November 21, 2016

With tax season just a few months away, which means the season for creative forms of tax evasion is soon to begin. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Mobile Payments
Paying By Coffee Cup Easy Thanks To Australian Telco Optus
November 21, 2016

Why shouldn’t your coffee cup be able to make mobile payments? That’s the question Australian telco Optus must have been thinking when it slapped an NFC chip inside coffee cups. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

B2B Payments
Why Banks Reach For The Unprofitable, Demanding SME
November 21, 2016

The dominating narrative in small business lending is the rise in alternative finance to fill the gaps left behind by traditional banks. Even so, FinTech innovators aren’t ignoring traditional FIs, with many developing solutions just for the banks to help them ease back into the...

B2B Payments
SME Accounting Startup Breaks Ground With UK IPO
November 21, 2016

Equity-crowdfunded FreeAgent, a U.K.-based small business accounting firm, has listed on the nation’s AIM stock exchange, the LSE‘s market for smaller firms. FreeAgent broke ground with the listing but, according to reports, missed the mark on valuation. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

B2B Payments
SMEs Aren’t Hiring Finance Professionals
November 21, 2016

SMEs are hiring but rarely make the call for financial professionals, according to new research from online job hunting site Indeed. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

B2B Payments
Happay Taps Into India’s SME Card Demand Surge
November 21, 2016

India B2B payments firm Happay is now looking to accelerate the time it takes to onboard SMEs to its platform. The company revealed Friday (Nov. 18) that it rolled out its Express On-boarding Program for small businesses in the nation aimed to help SMEs more...

B2B Payments
How Corporates Receive — And Revive — Investment Strategies
November 21, 2016

Businesses today are extra careful about where they place their money — if they invest at all, that is. This week, we take a look at how companies are investing. In some cases, firms are investing in outsourced services to stay ahead of the competition....

Retail
PYMNTS’ Things To Be Thankful For List
November 19, 2016

2016 has been an interesting year by all accounts: intense (think the election), intensely competitive (think digital payments) and intensely innovative (take stock of the innovations we write about every day). And maybe, just maybe, amidst living through (and maybe even creating some of) that...

International
What’s Fueling Poland’s Tech Growth Engine?
November 18, 2016

Poland’s startup ecosystem may be considered still in its infancy compared to larger European tech hubs, like London and Berlin, but that doesn’t mean it should be overlooked by entrepreneurs or investors. In this week’s installment of PYMNTS’ Weekly Tech Center Roundup, we look at how...