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B2B Payments
Tyro Offers $10K To SMEs With Innovative Growth Ideas
September 14, 2016

Australian FinTech firm Tyro says the gap in small business lending among traditional banks is “staggering” at A$7 billion (about $5.2 billion). On Wednesday (Sept. 14), the company announced its Smart Growth Grant program to help tackle that gap in SME financing. Get the Full...

B2B Payments
Commercial Cards A Money Laundering Trap
September 14, 2016

Regulators have taken money laundering to task with revamped Anti-Money Laundering legislation. But the problem is a global one, and money launderers are getting creative. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Omnicommerce
Infor, DSW And Building Real Omnicommerce
September 14, 2016

While omnichannel retail has existed in concept ever since the birth of the internet, the practice has only been gradually gaining steam for the last couple of years. But 2016 will likely go down in history as the year omnichannel really broke through and stopped...

Security & Fraud
Why Fraud Doesn’t Have To Be The ‘Cost Of Doing Business’
September 14, 2016

Most retailers have been conditioned to think that fraud is simply an unavoidable cost of doing business. And their budgets reflect that. Forter Cofounder and CEO Michael Reitblat tells Karen Webster that’s simply an antiquated way to look at fraud — a perspective which doesn’t...

B2B Payments
Sourcery, Targeting B2B Payments In Hospitality, Nabs $5M
September 14, 2016

Payments startup Sourcery announced new venture capital to propel its focus in the food and hospitality industries, reports said on Tuesday (Sept. 13). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Investments
C3 IoT Sees The Fourth IT Revolution
September 14, 2016

C3 IoT sees a fourth IT revolution from integrated platforms, Big Data and the application of machine learning. We caught up with Ed Abbo, president and chief technology officer, to discuss C3 IoT’s recent funding round of $70 million and the challenges that cybersecurity and...

Payment Methods
No Wave Yet For Digital Wallets?
September 13, 2016

The rush to embrace digital wallets has been … no rush at all, really. 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...

International
US Technology Companies Want Open Internet
September 13, 2016

The U.S is about to relinquish control of ICANN, the nonprofit organization that maintains domain names, but Republicans are afraid that data might be censored by other nations or that the internet will be under threat from other nations. U.S. tech companies, however, are lobbying...

Couple Invites Digital Wedding ‘Blessings’ On Invitation
September 13, 2016

The digital world has allowed many engaged couples many more options on how to receive gifts. Do they want guests to give the gift of an activity on the honeymoon, help them build their dream home or just go the traditional route with a registry of fine...