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Social Commerce
Facebook Making It Easier For Local Merchants To Advertise Offline Offerings
September 21, 2016

Aiming to get a bigger piece of the offline advertising pie, Facebook announced on Tuesday (Sept. 20) the launch of dynamic ads for retail. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Security & Fraud
Digital Channels Making Banks More Vulnerable To Scams
September 21, 2016

SAS, the analytics company, and Javelin Strategy & Research, the market research company, found in their “2016 Digital Channel Threat Report: Derisking Convenience” that digital channels are opening up unanticipated points of weakness for banks. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Digital Banking
USAA, Banking On A Digital Future?
September 21, 2016

Requesting app support ... Because USAA Bank serves active military members, who are often stationed far from home and cannot visit a branch or readily speak by phone, it’s crucial that the organization delivers a complete and up-to-date set of services to their members. For...

B2B Payments
B2B Check Use Rising Despite Approach Of Same Day ACH
September 21, 2016

Same Day ACH is ready for its debut at the end of the week, and for some, its launch signals the next step for the payments industry to become faster and more digital. In B2B payments, those characteristics could have a significant impact on supplier...

B2B Payments
Tolexo Entices B2B eCommerce With Merchant Cash Advances
September 21, 2016

Indian eCommerce platform Tolexo wants more businesses to procure goods online and is now offering a financing solution to attract SMEs. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

Retail
For Unattended Retail, Sea Change And Convergence
September 21, 2016

The march toward unattended retail, and connected locations that tell companies what consumers want, how they’re buying and how much, is gaining speed every day. Technology helps, sure, but so does consumer awareness and willingness to pay with something other than cash. USA Technologies SVP...

Faster Payments
Breaking Down The Faster Payments Construct
September 21, 2016

The term “faster payments” brings many things to mind — Same Day ACH, real-time payments and even blockchain. But do all these initiatives serve the same purpose? In the latest installment of NACHA’s Countdown to Same Day ACH podcast series, Jan Estep, president and CEO...

B2B Payments
Startup Launches To Take On QuickBooks, Xero
September 21, 2016

A new company has entered the market of cloud-based accounting for small businesses, and it isn’t shy about taking on the competition. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

B2B Payments
Hedge Funds’ Money Management Snag
September 21, 2016

Regulation is pounding down on hedge funds and other buy-side organizations, which are now pressured to move their cash — making treasury and cash management less transparent and less efficient. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...