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YunQuNa Offers Online Solutions for Chinese Freight Market
February 17, 2015

With more than 120,000 users participating on the merely week-old site, YunQuNa.com seems to have tapped into a much-needed service. YunQuNa.com, based in China, launched operations with intentions of digitizing and streamlining freight forwarding processes. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

B2B Payments
Covering the lending gap for SMEs in the United Arab Emirates
February 17, 2015

The past two years have seen the exits of Standard Chartered, HSBC, Lloyds Bank and RBS from the small to medium enterprise sector in the United Arab Emirates. The exodus creates a unique opportunity for alternative lenders to cater to the small-to mid-size market. The...

Royal Caribbean Chooses Tungsten For Global Supplier Support
February 17, 2015

For companies that do business on a global scale, supplier relationships can be complicated thanks to tax rules, currency exchanges and language barriers. But the hurdles don’t stop corporations from doing going international; Instead, those companies are now looking for payment solutions providers that can...

Cipla’s Departure from B2B Hurts Business
February 17, 2015

India-based pharmaceutical firm Cipla reported less-than-stellar stats for its fourth quarter, and the company is blaming the poor performance on its shift away from a B2B business model. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Armor’s Escrow Service Eases B2B Payment Friction
February 17, 2015

In the world of B2B, a common point of friction is the act of payment itself. And nowhere is that point of friction more acute than in B2B marketplaces where buyers and sellers meet to do business in a totally digital environment. Armor Payments has...

B2B Payments
The UK Eyes Laws For Late-Payment Crackdown
February 17, 2015

Late payments are a growing problem for suppliers across the globe. But in the UK, specifically, companies are seeing some of the worst of that trend. Some suppliers have reported buyers taking up to four months to settle invoices. The UK’s Institute of Directors announced...

Coupons And Mobile Ticketing Part Of Apple Pay 2.0
February 17, 2015

Less than half a year into Apple Pay’s lifespan, the company has already filed a patent for Apple Pay 2.0 with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

2014 Fraud Spike Cost US Retailers $32 Billion
February 17, 2015

For retailers and card issuers, the push to switch over to EMV and tokenized payments can’t come fast enough, as 2014 saw a spike in the total costs of fraudulent purchases among U.S. retailers, according to a LexisNexis study. One troubling development from the fraud study...

Merchant Innovation
Trackin Maps Real-Time Restaurant Delivery
February 17, 2015

As mobile food orders continue to develop technologically — and in keeping with the prediction of Rocket Internet’s CEO regarding the growth of this industry in mobile commerce — restaurants are now looking to integrate order processing into assessments of its labor force and most...