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2.8KWalmart Amazon whole paycheckThe Whole Paycheck Tracker: Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Seller Edition
In 1995 a computer scientist working at Kaleida Labs named John Wainwright made history when he bought a book. The book was...
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2.4KSizzle/FizzleSizzle/Fizzle: Brexit And The Waiting Game
Brexit takes its place as the big fizzle of the week. And to caption what happened, we might say that this week...
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3.2KRetailDeliveroo Serves Up Fully Automated Dining In Singapore
Food delivery services opening up kitchens of their own is not exactly a shock to the system in 2019. Industry doomsayers have...
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2.6KRetailFitness Apps That Prescribe Digital Workout Subscriptions
Digital subscriptions are charting a course to help provide runners with an alternative to working out alone, through the guidance of coaches...
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2.9KAMLWhere The UK Fails On Anti-Money Laundering
Hundreds of billions of pounds' worth of criminal funds are laundered through the U.K. each year, while the non-compliant corporations and FIs...
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2.4KB2B PaymentsReport: One In Seven UK SMBs Hit By Invoice Fraud
In the UK, invoice scams are still gaining traction, and significantly so among smaller firms, according to Barclays. Elsewhere, in North America,...
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2.3KB2B PaymentsSMB Tax Complexity Preserves Role For The Human Accountant
Anxieties that automation will replace humans have waned in the accounting sector, as industry players begin to realize that technology can actually...
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2.4KB2B PaymentsGlobal Investors Eye AltFin, HR Tech With B2B Investments
The more than $69 million raised by B2B startups this week came from across the globe, including Israel, the Netherlands and Singapore,...
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4.3KPayment MethodsWhat Is The Perfect Payments Experience?
Here’s an exercise that may come off as too academic – like a debate over how many angels fit on a pinhead –...
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4.3KCommerceConnected Commerce Is So Hot Right Now (Thanks To Payments)
Connected commerce is among the hottest trends in retail, and not just for streaming or ridesharing or online gaming services, but for...
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3.6KCashIf Cash Won’t Die, Why Not Manage It Better Digitally?
Cash is a survivor. Cash will likely outlive us all. Sure, among many consumers (including younger people), dollar bills, C-notes and the...
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2.6KGoogleGoogle Launch Puts Spotlight On Digital Accessibility Issues
The release of a new Google app development tool is among the latest steps to try to bring more mobile accessibility to...
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1.8KLegalSenators Seek Stronger SEC Clawbacks In Financial Crimes
Legislation is bowing in Congress from a pair of U.S. senators that would broaden the ability of the Securities and Exchange Commission...
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2.8KRetailWhat Really Works With Digital Innovation In Grocery?
Take a closer look at grocery retail these days, and you’ll find an interesting story. Sure, technological innovation is gaining speed in...
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3.4KB2B PaymentsSWIFT Signals Further Openness To Blockchain?
The movement to bring blockchain to cross-border payments proceeds apace. Might SWIFT be giving a nod, at least partially, toward the use...
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2.5KB2B PaymentsTrade Disputes, Fraud Aren’t Treasurers Biggest Concerns
Corporate treasurers are increasingly concerned about a complex regulatory environment, according to the latest analysis from Strategic Treasurer and TD Bank. The...
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4.1KB2B PaymentsCiti: Global Payments In Crosshairs Of Treasurers’ Biggest Challenges
Volatile times make for sleepless nights for corporate executives, particularly those whose job it is to manage the cash positions of their...
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2.4KInnovationThe World Wide Web Turns 30
While all sorts of outlets wished the internet a happy birthday yesterday (March 12) they were a little bit off in their...
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2.2KSpend ManagementHelping Couples Fall In Love With Jointly Managed Finances
One can buy almost anything with money – but, as the Beatles observed, it can’t buy love. Which might lead to the...
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2.5KRetailChipotle’s Loyalty Program And Developing A Digital Experience
Though Chipotle rolled out its points-based loyalty system nationwide yesterday, the upgrade itself has been a long time coming. The fast casual...
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4.7KB2B PaymentsMobile Devices Take On SMB FinTech Functionality, Usability
As the financial services space focuses on digitizing offerings for their small business customers, much of these efforts are targeting online banking...
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2.4KB2B PaymentsCorporate Insolvencies Rising For First Time In Years
Economists continue to raise concerns about rising corporate debt levels, particularly in the two economic powerhouses of the world: the U.S. and...
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2.8KB2B PaymentsUK Study Finds Broad FI Support For Open Banking
Forrester finds that a significant number of FIs in the U.K. are optimistic about open banking’s ability to cut costs and foster...
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2.3KRegulationCFPB Head Faces Privacy Questions From Senate
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s privacy practices came under scrutiny Tuesday (March 12) during a U.S. Senate hearing, further proof that issues...
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4.7KMastercardMastercard: The Why Of The Ethoca Buy
In the quest to reduce false positives and chargebacks, and boost digital commerce for consumers, Mastercard is buying Ethoca. Johan Gerber, executive...
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4.3KPayment MethodsAutomate Or Stagnate: The Accounts Payable No-Choice Choice
Inertia is a powerful, if unhelpful, force in business. A process doesn’t necessarily have to be good or useful to get a...
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3.9KDigital PaymentsDigital Billing’s New Usage-Based Look
Let’s a take a moment to celebrate the paper boys and girls who — showing early commitment to initiative, hard work and...
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3.9KRegulationPan European Regulator: Key Weapon In Money Laundering War?
Among the latest headlines swirling in FinTech: Digital bank Revolut, based in the United Kingdom, has taken on an adviser, along with...
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2.9KBank RegulationMr. Sloan Goes To Washington
Call it a movie that features a less than-thrilled-to-have-top-billing star. Call it Mr. Sloan Goes to Washington. As has been widely reported,...
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2.9KRetailKlook’s Global Ambitions For One-Stop Activity Shopping
In the digital age, booking travel is pretty easy for consumers when it comes to getting to a destination or finding a...
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2.5KRetailStitch Fix Launches New Styling Algorithm Amid Focus On Data Science
Amid a focus on data science to meet customers’ tastes, online personal styling service Stitch Fix. Inc. beat analysts’ revenue and earnings...
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6.3KDigital PaymentsPayPal Launches Instant Transfer To Bank
Money moves only as fast as payments infrastructure will allow. To that end, there’s a bottleneck. The gig economy is gaining steam,...
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2.9KB2B PaymentsTop UK Lenders Launch SMB Branch Joint Venture
The U.K.’s efforts to inject competition in the small business banking and financial services sector have culminated in a range of initiatives,...
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2.9KB2B PaymentsHow SMB FinTech Firms Boost Data Sharing Without Open Banking
For proponents of open banking, the regulatory initiative seen in the U.K. and Europe is a natural progression from the surge in...
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2.9KB2B PaymentsHow NepFin, HSBC Target A Middle-Market Lending ‘Gap’
Neptune Financial has linked with HSBC US Commercial Banking, serving middle market companies – and tapping into a $7.3 trillion opportunity. NepFin...
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3.9KRetailHow Neighborhood Goods Is Breathing New Life Into The Department Store Model
For physical retail, and department stores in particular, it’s both the best of times and worst of times. The headline topping the...
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4.0KOmnicommerceOmnichannel: The Revenge Of Brick-And-Mortar
Omnichannel’s reality has yet to catch up to its promise from years ago – to transform the way we shop, well, everywhere....
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4.4KBankingHelping Community Banks Turn On The Innovation Switch
Innovation has always been important for community banks, but the driving force of digitization over the last decade has greatly sped up...
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3.7KRetailCan Merchandise Make A Presidential Campaign?
The presidential running season, like the holiday shopping season, seems to get a little longer every time. The next presidential election is...
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2.7KIPOLevi Strauss IPO Eyes $6.2B Valuation
In the land of tech-heavy IPOs and newly minted Silicon Valley millionaires, might the stars align for a marquee name in …...
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2.7KInnovationAutonomous Food Deliveries (And Robots) Put To The Test
The last mile can be vexing for firms aiming to get their products in the hands of consumers. For food companies, the logistics...
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1.8KData DiveData Dive, Forward Backward Edition: The Cashless Tango And Amazon’s Opposite Moves
While it is easy to imagine the path of progress is ever forward, often in the innovation game it is a bit...
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2.7KB2B PaymentsPayments Code Down Under Makes Headway
In Australia, more businesses are signing onto the late payments code that punishes late payers. In the UK, there are calls to...
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4.7KSecurity & FraudIt’s Tax Season — And Fraudsters Are Feasting
One of the positive (or at least most promising) projects in the push toward more digital forms of payment and commerce concerns...
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4.3KB2B PaymentsWhy Accounts Payable Is A Cross-Border Payments Afterthought
The prospect of global growth is an exhilarating one for companies. What may have started out as a one-person operation is now...
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6.1KSouth East AsiaThe Grab Journey: From Ride-Hailing To Mobile Financial Services Powerhouse
It’s said that the journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step. The journey to build a digital ecosystem from the...
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4.2KInternationalThe Tie That Binds? The Royal Instagram And Brexit Preppers
Over the centuries, the British have gained a reputation for a certain steadiness of character, best epitomized via the “Keep Calm and Carry...
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4.1KEcosystemsBike And Scooter Businesses Take A Beating
The sharing of bicycles and scooters is a model that has over the last year or two has moved further into the...
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3.6KSizzle/FizzleMight Millennials’ Dissatisfaction Hint At Housing Downturn To Come?
You know the drill: Buyer’s remorse. Getting what you wanted and then wondering if the thrill of the chase and the capture...
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3.8KWalmart Amazon whole paycheckThe Whole Paycheck Tracker: Suppliers Feel The Squeeze Edition
There is something to be said for being a happy warrior, and Walmart U.S. CEO Greg Foran was certainly one this week...
