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1.2KB2B PaymentsBank Of America Automates FX Conversion For Smaller FIs
Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA Merrill) is introducing a new solution for other financial institutions (FIs) in the interbank payment system to...
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1.3KUnattended RetailUnattended Battery Rentals Keep Mobile Phones Mobile
Cashier-free stores are expanding, offering app-based checkouts and mobile order-ahead fulfilled by robots. However, for all the convenience, the stores can’t deliver...
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2.3KB2B PaymentsMicrosoft Debuts Expense Management App
Microsoft is rolling out a new corporate expense management solution designed for iOS devices, the company announced on Thursday (Oct. 18). Reports...
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6.7KUnattended RetailTRENDING: The Redbox-Inspired Approach To Keeping Cashierless Shopping Juiced
The self-service market is projected to be worth $13 billion by 2023, and food merchants are angling to secure a bigger foothold...
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2.0KB2B PaymentsXerox Explores The ‘Hybrid’ Approach To Digitizing Corporate Finance
Paper is now a notorious taboo in the corporate finance department. Yet, physical documents remain an inevitable, and sticky, part of financial...
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2.6KFaster PaymentsFlywire Streamlines Tuition Payments For Indian Students
Most people know that China is the world-leading supplier of students studying abroad. As of 2017, a little more than 600,000 Chinese students left...
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3.3KB2B PaymentsTipalti On Automating The Yin And Yang Of B2B Payments
In B2B payments, buyers want to hold onto cash. Suppliers want to get paid ASAP. The appetite for eliminating friction in that push and...
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2.7KB2B PaymentsSoftware Procurement Plays Favorites With B2B Investors
Cybersecurity is likely to remain a favorite among B2B investors into the foreseeable future, so it’s no surprise that the industry landed...
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3.7KSecurity & FraudBrighterion CEO: Why It’s Time To Break The AML Fraud Prevention Tech Rules
There is much to be shocked by in the unfolding Danske Bank money laundering scandal, such as the simple amount laundered through...
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2.6KGoogleGoogle Buys Customer Service Automation Startup
Google has acquired customer service automation startup Onward for an undisclosed sum. According to reports, Onward Co-founders Rémi Cossart and Pramod Thammaiah,...
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3.1KB2B PaymentsGetting Out Of The B2B Payments Slog
The last mile. The concept has a finality to it, a sense of completion. But in business, as in any endeavor...
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2.0KB2B PaymentsLooking Beyond ePayments In Accounts Payable
For years, B2B FinTech players have pressed businesses to adopt electronic payments. With adoption rates now rising, accounts payable (AP) departments have...
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2.4KB2B PaymentsCiti Virtualizes Accounts For Corporate Treasurers
The latest corporate banking offering by Citi aims to virtualize treasurer accounts for more personalized, streamlined services. The bank said in an...
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2.5KB2B PaymentsWhat Newton’s First Law Has To Do With B2B Payments
Maybe Isaac Newton — the hopelessly hopeful alchemist who came up with some solid rules of physics — was a genius of...
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3.0KMerchant InnovationWhy Tech Fails Can (Sometimes) Be Inconveniently Fun
Some failures of technology are very serious. On Jan. 13, 2018, an emergency alert text went out all over Hawaii telling residents...
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1.9KB2B PaymentsSuplari Customizes AI Analytics For Procurement Teams
Artificial intelligence (AI) firm Suplari is targeting the procurement and finance functions in the enterprise with its newest offering. The company announced...
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4.6Kcall center commerceTRENDING: Allstate’s AI-Assisted Approach To Disaster Relief
Governments may not be known for keeping up with cutting-edge technology, but that doesn’t mean they don’t take note of the trends...
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2.5KB2B PaymentsSMBs Claim Control Over Finances With B2B Payments Innovation
There is a disconnect between the payment options businesses offer their customers and the options businesses use to pay each other. Between...
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2.4KArtificial IntelligenceCognitive/AI Biz Spending To See Strong Growth
Spending on cognitive and artificial intelligence (AI) systems is expected to see continued strong growth as businesses invest in projects in those...
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2.4KB2B PaymentsUiPath Lands $3B Valuation For Robotics Process Automation Tech
A robotics process automation (RPA) startup has just secured a $3 billion valuation as B2B FinTech continues to explore how the technology will...
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2.9KB2B PaymentsNEW DATA: An Inside Look At The B2B Payments Satisfaction And Usage Disconnect
Paper checks have long been used in the B2B industry, serving as one of the few ubiquitous payment methods in an otherwise...
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3.0KB2B PaymentsSpend Analytics No Longer Enough For Procurement: Accrualify
Spend analytics has broken through as an essential part of corporate procurement strategies. Businesses need to know how much money they’ve spent,...
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2.7KB2B PaymentsShedding Light On FX And Supply Chain Risks Amid Cross-Border Payments
Smaller firms are boosting their overseas business activity, leading them to be exposed to FX swings and trading partner risk. New options...
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3.2KRegulationIdentityMind On The Need For FinTech Compliance Marketplaces
Compliance and risk? The top of any FinTech’s to-do — and to-keep-doing — list. Automating that compliance is now a “need to...
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2.2KB2B PaymentsProcurement Jobs Remain Highly Tactical, Procurious Finds
A new survey from procurement and supply chain networking company Procurious suggests that procurement professionals’ jobs remain largely tactical, despite expectations for...
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1.8KB2B PaymentsTech Falls Short Of Procurement’s Expectations
Procurement’s digital transformation isn’t without its hiccups. Organizations are taking baby steps into eProcurement, digitizing supplier relationship portals, purchase orders, invoice management...
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1.7KToday In DataToday In Data: The Rewarding, But Risky, World Of Increasing Automation
Time-consuming, manual and paperwork-heavy processes are increasingly out of fashion for digital connected consumers, and out of fit with their lifestyles. Consumers...
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1.7KB2B PaymentsLooking Beyond Company Walls For Financial Expertise
Adoption of third-party FinTech and reliance on outside experts is a natural choice for small businesses (SMBs), which often lack the resources...
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826B2B PaymentsConsero Says Outsourcing Concerns Misguided
For small firms, outsourcing financial management may be a requirement. Tight resources often mean the inability to hire personnel or develop financial...
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3.6KInnovationWhy One-Click Isn’t Just About Checkout Anymore
The onboarding process is one increasingly rendered in bits and bytes, where, for merchant acquiring, speed matters. Streamlining the steps that must...
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1.7KB2B PaymentsBots Enter The Uncharted Territory Of Accounting Compliance
Bots are marching steadily into the corporate accounting department as professionals feel more comfortable handing tasks to a machine. Since automation technologies...
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2.7KB2B PaymentsNext-Level Robotics Arrives, But Enterprises May Not Be Ready
First, there was automation, then robotics process automation (RPA). As the enterprise makes its way through the Industry 4.0 age of automation...
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2.2KInnovationCafe X And Coffee’s Robotic Future
When most people are attempting to catch a flight out of an international airport and want to grab a cup of coffee,...
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3.1KeCommerceWalmart Testing Robots To Fill Grocery Orders More Quickly
Taking a page from Amazon.com, Walmart announced late last week that it will be testing robots to help it fill online grocery...
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2.3KB2B PaymentsTreasurers Wasting Thousands Of Hours On Spreadsheet Cash Management
Corporate treasurers in the U.S. and Europe are wasting thousands of hours a year relying on manual spreadsheets to manage cash, according...
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2.5KArtificial IntelligenceAll About The Bots – And Valuations, Too
In the land of startups, and valuations of startups, it’s all about the Benjamins. And the bots. And the Benjamins that can...
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1.4KB2B PaymentsWhat Separates Top Accounts Payable Performers From The Rest
Amid talk of enterprise digitization, discussions about paper invoices and checks persist. New research suggests a vast divide between businesses that have...
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2.3KRetailWalmart Names Ex-Amex Exec As Chief Customer Officer
As competition makes it challenging for retailers to retain customers, Walmart has created a new position of chief customer officer, which will...
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1.6KNewsFive At Five: Facebook Grants More Data Access
Welcome to Five at Five, your daily look at the freshest payments and commerce news. Coverage includes the latest on Facebook’s data-sharing...
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2.0KRetailWalmart, Target Eye Automation To Improve Customer Service
To boost customer service, look to the robots? The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that retail giants, such as Walmart and Target, want to...
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1.6KStartup Check-InJewel Paymentech: Automatic Anomaly Detection Is The Best AML
For everyone in the world except the U.S. (and even for some sports fans within the U.S.), it’s football season. The World...
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1.9KRetailCreator Unveils Robot Burger Restaurant
Following eight years of development, restaurant automation solutions provider Creator is gearing up to debut its robot burger restaurant in September 2018. The...
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3.4KB2B PaymentsFaster Payments Takes Off For Corporates, But Not Blockchain
Corporate digitization efforts are well underway, and finance departments are often prime targets for this disruption. But a company’s interest and efforts...
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3.9KFraud PreventionDigital Identities For A Digital World: The Key To Modern Transaction Monitoring
As the world continues its path to becoming more digital, risks are increasingly finding their way into transaction processes, and that calls...
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1.7KStartup Check-InDadeSystems: Mobile Deposits Must Serve The Middleman Too
Tom Berdan, chief marketing officer at startup DadeSystems, is working from his home office in Orlando, where the air conditioner is broken. He’s...
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2.1KB2B PaymentsMultinational’s Next Data Challenge: Know Your Vendor
Automation may be transforming the procurement department, but when it comes to the buyer-supplier relationship, human interaction is critical. In a survey...
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3.9KB2B PaymentsAI Finds Harmony With Accounting, Procurement Professionals
Artificial intelligence has received a mixed welcome from corporates exploring how the technology could disrupt their operations. While AI can deliver time...
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1.6KStartup Check-InChargehound: Getting Merchants Up To Speed With Chargeback Data
When a merchant receives a chargeback, chances are that the transaction in question took place weeks or even months ago, meaning the...
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2.5KToday In DataMeeting Customers Wherever They Are (Literally)
Why deliver oneself to a store — and face the hassle of heat, crowds and parking — when the store can deliver...
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4.1KStartup RoundupStartup Roundup: Letting The Machines Do Their Thing
Robots aren’t going to take over every human job, but they are certainly changing what types of jobs humans need to do,...
