The nation’s fifth largest bank has reportedly chosen an electronic payments and billing service provider to extend these services to its business customers. U.S. Bank said Wednesday (July 8) that it has chosen Biller Advantage to offer electronic payment and billing tools for its corporate...
The concept of alternative lending can mean many different things. It’s a market that encapsulates peer-to-peer financing, crowdsourcing an online loan shopping, and new versions of alternative finance are cropping up often. The latest could be in a less expected place: the 401(k). New research...
The success of a bank’s business client is imperative for the survival not only of that business, but of the bank, too. That’s why one bank in India is looking to invest in the markets in which its small business clients operate. Tthe State Bank...
Amazon is working with merchants to boost the number of Prime-eligible offerings not distributed by the eCommerce giant. Re/code reported last week (May 14) that Amazon is working with “select group” of sellers to bring more of their products to one of its strongest customer bases....
If accountants want to most effectively serve their small business customers, they must not ignore the alternative lending industry. That’s the takeaway from a recent speech made by Intuit vice president and head of Intuit UK Rich Preece at the Accountex 2015 conference this week....
Ripple Labs has become the first virtual currency exchanger to face fines from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), according to a press release issued May 5. Working in conjunction with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California (USAO-NDCA), FinCEN hit Ripple (and its...
Every payments executive with a mobile payments app that he/she wants to put in market wants to know the answer to the million (or perhaps billion) dollar question: What will make consumers use it regularly? More specifically, what makes them care enough to turn to...
After decades of tech dominance in California’s Silicon Valley – particularly by firms like Google and Facebook – it seems Europe is ready to make its move. On May 6, the European Commission plans to release its proposal to gather all 28 EU member states...
The controversial data breach notification legislation made its way past the committee level yesterday (April 15) when the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved the measure 29-20. The Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015, which was sponsored by Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn and Democrat...
