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Retail
Office Depot Brings VR Tech To In-Store Merchandising
April 19, 2016

While Office Depot is probably not on anyone’s short list of “retailers seriously into cutting-edge technological solutions,” that may be more of a limitation on our part than on the brand’s part. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Retail
Yoox Net-A-Porter Makes A Major Move On The Middle East
April 19, 2016

According to reports surfacing in The New York Times this morning (April 19) Yoox Net-a-Porter will be selling a 100 million euro ($113 million) stake to Alabbar Enterprises. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Retail
Target’s Newest Designer Pair-up Whiffs On Consumer Interest
April 19, 2016

As it turns out, bringing consumers in in droves is not as easy as merely teaming up with a recognizable high-line brand and offering one’s middle class customers a chance to own a piece of 1 percenter luxury. It often works, a la H&M’s pair...

B2B Payments
Buyers Shift The Blame For Late Payments To Banks
April 19, 2016

Late B2B payments may be a hot topic focused in western Europe, but with supply chains weaving their webs across borders, delayed invoice payments are now impacting businesses beyond the region. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

B2B Payments
HSBC’s $14B Bet On SMEs
April 19, 2016

The U.K. is still facing a possible exit from the European Union, but the so-called Brexit isn’t stopping major bank HSBC from banking on U.K. SMEs. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Switzerland Flips The ISO 20022 Switch
April 19, 2016

Payments technology developers and regulators are beginning to voice their support for ISO 20022, the payments messaging standard that proponents say can streamline global payments with an easier way to link data to a transaction. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

B2B Payments
Capital One, Wells Back B2B ePayments Startup
April 19, 2016

Some of the biggest names in banking participated in the Series E funding round for digital billing and payments company Transactis, a SaaS startup that aims to help corporations reduce their dependence on paper invoices, bills and other documents in favor of digital payments solutions....

The Latest Cybersecurity Risk? Phone Numbers
April 19, 2016

A simple phone number may be all it takes for cybercriminals to gain access to a host of additional private and sensitive information found on a mobile device. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Partnerships / Acquisitions
ACH Payments Come To Salesforce
April 19, 2016

Payments technology provider linked2pay said Monday (April 18) that its Bank Centric Payments platform has been integrated with Chargent, the processing solution included in the Salesforce AppExchange. Chargent has been live since 2009. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...