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B2B Payments
Record Small Biz Employment Levels Face New Challenges
July 07, 2016

Small business employment enjoyed some reinvigoration in June, according to Paychex. 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 completing this...

B2B Payments
In A Saturated Market, Mobile T&E Tools Have An Opportunity
July 07, 2016

Corporate travel is often hailed as the B2B segment that embraces technology and innovation the most. Mobile solutions have disrupted the space, enabling employees to track their expenses and build out expense reports, while automated digital tools help managers eye employee spend and ensure accurate...

Mobile Commerce
China’s Millennials Are In The Mobile Payments Driver’s Seat
July 07, 2016

The forecast for China’s mobile payments market is looking bright, with a strong chance of significant millennial influence. Though there are some challenges on the horizon, ACI Worldwide shared with PYMNTS why having millennials as a driving force will push mobile payments in China further...

Investments
Unicorns Remain (IPO) Shy
July 07, 2016

Amid stock volatility, some unicorns pull back from previous IPO plans. Could there be cannibalization amid mergers and acquisitions, too?

Regulation
Class Action Vs. MasterCard Looms In UK
July 06, 2016

If it’s a day with a vowel in it, it must be a day to mobilize the troops and think about suing the card networks. Today’s latest is a report that a class action lawsuit might be happening across the pond against MasterCard this fall....

Retail
JustFab Daring To Be Different (Again) And Heading For An IPO?
July 06, 2016

The problem with the next big thing and the next big fad is that they are almost impossible to tell apart in real-time. Sure, in retrospect the iPhone was obviously a world changer and the pet rock was obviously something people would later refer to...

Retail
IKEA Moves To Up Quality
July 06, 2016

As it turns out, the consumer aesthetic around fast fashion does not extend to furniture. Consumers are not looking for temporary furniture, according to IKEA, but good stuff that is built to last. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Merchant Innovation
Meet The World’s Fastest Robot Arm
July 06, 2016

It might not be anything quite like Skynet – the fictional artificial intelligence system that took over the world in the Terminator film franchise – but the winner of Amazon’s second annual robot Picking Challenge won this year’s challenge thanks to a “combination of deep...

Hostess IPO On The Horizon
July 06, 2016

We’ve all heard the myths and rumors that a Twinkie pretty much has no expiration date and can sit on a store shelf practically forever, but its parent company, Hostess, announced on Tuesday (July 5) plans for its first public offering of shares for a...