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B2B Payments
Has Small Business Turned The Corner?
May 14, 2014

The latest findings from the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) and NFIB Small Business Economic Trends Report just so happened to be released during this year’s Small Business Week. And, the reports have put a small on a lot of small business faces.

B2B Payments
Faster Development of Web-Based Healthcare Payment Solutions
May 14, 2014

VMware, Inc. announced that Navicure, Inc. a healthcare payment solutions provider for hospitals, physician practices and billing companies, is achieving faster product development times by reducing the time required to provision test and development environments. Navicure IT took a two-phased approach to streamlining that process from...

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CFPB Looking to Kill Card Mail
May 14, 2014

Mailboxes once were full of junk mail, but much of that went away when the Direct Marketing Association let consumers opt out of unsolicited commercial mailers. Banks and credit card issuers, however, have been required for the past decade to mail their customers annual privacy...

B2B Payments
Bad Invoicing Practices Costs African Nations Billions
May 14, 2014

A recent study found that the fraudulent misinvoicing of trade in several African countries has resulted in the loss of tens of billions of U.S. dollars. The research shows that the tax authorities in five countries lacked the trade, tax and deals data to curb...

B2B Payments
White Labeled E-Invoicing Portal Now Available
May 14, 2014

Heartland Payment Systems and VersaPay Corporation are offering a new payment portal service directly to small and mid-sized companies for invoicing customers. Small and mid-sized companies won’t have to go through their banks to offer invoicing services to their clients. Get the Full Story Complete...

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TomTom Brings Fleet Management To Spain
May 14, 2014

TomTom Telematics will power a new fleet management service in Spain for leasing company, Northgate Flexible Renting to help its customers cut fleet running costs. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

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Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Pairs With Cloud-Based Software
May 14, 2014

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance will implement the Accenture Duck Creek Suite through a Software as a Service (SaaS) model to support insurer’s policy, claims and billing functions. The integrated system will be hosted by the Accenture Cloud Platform and will enable BHSI to consolidate and streamline business processes on...

Company Spotlight
MasterCard Teams with Habitat for Humanity in Day Two of SMB Week
May 13, 2014

Day Two of National Small Business Week has officially begun. Today, MasterCard and Habitat for Humanity will together launch a pilot program in Flint, Michigan that will help build houses for families who manage home-based businesses, according to a Habitat release. The initiative aims to...

Alternative Finances
Bitpay pulls $30M In Investment From The Likes Of Richard Branson and Jerry Yang
May 13, 2014

Even given all the recent turmoil that seems to follow anything with the word “bitcoin” attached to it, there are still many investors ready to dive into the wonderful world of digital currency. Virgin Group Chairman Richard Branson and Yahoo Inc. co-founder Jerry Yang are part of an investor group that has...