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Payments And The Summer Of Sharing
June 27, 2015

A little over a generation ago — 28 years to be exact — about 100,000 Americans celebrated the Summer of Love by converging on San Francisco. At the same time,  a much larger number of Americans watched the summer of love unfold on that era’s...

A&P’s Late-Pay Feud With Supplier Heads To Court
June 26, 2015

The topic of late payments is often focused on the U.K. Lawmakers there are facing growing frustration among its small suppliers that say they have to wait too long, sometimes months, to get paid from their large corporate buyers. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Is China’s Shadow Banking Worth The Risk?
June 26, 2015

China’s current lending market is a complicated one. The nation’s State Council issued a statement earlier this month welcoming crowdfunding as a way to stimulate economic growth, while its P2P lending sector is among the world’s largest. But traditional banks’ disdain for the market, coupled...

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B2B Investment Tracker, June 19-26
June 26, 2015

The Breakdown: $126.2 million invested SaaS/Big Data: 80.5% FinTech: 14% Logistics: 5.5% 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...

Last Year’s Stellar FinTech Figures
June 26, 2015

We may be halfway through 2015, but analysts are still peeking back at 2014 to examine trends in the world of financial technology investment. According to a new report, 2014 was a massively lucrative year for investment in the space. Get the Full Story Complete...

What Businesses Really Think Of Big Data
June 26, 2015

This week was a busy one for Big Data. Oracle released its quarterly earnings report revealing impressive growth in its SaaS data analytics operations, predicted by analysts to soon outgrow current market leader Salesforce. At the same time, BlackBerry published its own quarterly figures, eyed...

New Startup Helps Retailers Track Buying Patterns
June 26, 2015

For retailers, being off the mark on buying patterns can be costly. 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...

Citigroup’s Retail Banking Reorg
June 26, 2015

Citigroup will combine its retail banking and mortgage operations, according to a memo viewed by Reuters, the newswire said in an article on Thursday (June 25). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Ant Financial Ready To Take On Tencent’s Internet Bank
June 26, 2015

The Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial has officially launched its Internet bank, MYbank. 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...