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Tourism Slows Hong Kong Retail
December 30, 2015

While Hong Kong has traditionally been the favored shopping destination of Chinese mainland consumers looking to grab up luxury items, it looks like 2015 may see the biggest drop in retail sales since 2003. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Merchant Innovation
Airline Fees Drive Consumers To Strange Extremes
December 30, 2015

While no one likes paying the airline fees for extra bags and the like, some customers have taken to some rather extreme measures to get out of them. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

B2B Payments
Taking The Fear Out Of ISO 20022
December 30, 2015

At the heart of much of the push toward faster payments is ISO 20022 — the new messaging standard for financial institutions that standardizes the payments messaging scheme for payments, cards, foreign exchange and other transactions. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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The Harmony Of Humans And Machines To Mitigate Risk
December 30, 2015

Small business financial service providers are beginning to realize the value in linking their business customers to lending services. PayPal launched its Working Capital unit in 2013, for example, while QuickBooks took to partnering with other lenders to fill in its small business financing gaps....

B2B Payments
FTC Catches Alleged Office Supply Scammers
December 30, 2015

The Federal Trade Commission has scored a victory in an effort to combat an alleged small business scamming ring. 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...

B2B Payments
Enterprise Tech Firms Link For AP Automation
December 30, 2015

Two enterprise technology service providers are joining forces in an effort to simplify corporate accounts payable processes. 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...

Venmo Turns To Businesses To Start Making Money
December 30, 2015

Part of what makes mobile money transfer app Venmo so popular is that it’s free. But not for long. If the company wants to make money, it needs to start charging for its services. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Why Jet.com Says It Will Take Off
December 30, 2015

There is good news and bad news about launching with a lot of public fanfare.   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...

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Blythe Masters’ Startup Blues
December 30, 2015

In early March, the bitcoin community got a major shot in the arm when former JPMC Commodities Unit Head Blythe Masters traded in her Wall Street ties to join Digital Asset Holdings. Digital Asset Holdings has created a distributed ledger technology to move financial assets...