Editors&#8217; Picks

Corporates On Deck For Open Banking Disruption

It’s now been a year since Open Banking officially came into the U.K. financial services market, but the regulatory initiative seems more...

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CFOs’ Goals For The Year: Act Like ‘Tech Titans,’ Prep For Trade Volatility

Citi‘s latest report on how the corporate finance world plans to navigate volatility in 2019 suggests chief financial officers (CFOs) have a...

CES Reflects Growing Connected Car Ecosystem

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Ecosystems

CES Gives View Of Growing Connected Car Ecosystem

CES is over, but it left a clearer impression of what’s coming down the road for the connected vehicle ecosystem, an emerging...

Citigroup Earnings Reflect Mobile Efforts

Earnings

Citi Weathers Trading Volatility as Mobile Efforts Gain Traction

Citigroup’s trading business may have been the focus on Monday (Jan. 14) upon releasing fourth-quarter results – injecting a bit of volatility...

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Data Dive

Data Dive, New Releases Edition: Apple, Affirm And U.S. Bank Regulators

The month of January is considered a mixed bag for movie buffs. While a lot of award hopefuls appear on screens in January, the...

Super Heroic, Innovating Childrens' Shoes

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Super Heroic, Bringing “The Batman Effect” To Children’s Shoes

Before launching his own brand of specialty footwear for children, Super Heroic Founder Jason Mayden had a pretty solid gig in the...

Regulation

Shutdown Impacting FinTech Firms, Financial Regulations

Count the FinTech sector — and regulation of that sector — among those impacted by the government shutdown that has roiled Washington...

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Disbursements

Deep Dive: How Seasonal Gig Workers Weather The Seasons

For millions of gig workers, the end of the 2018 holiday season means moving on from their seasonal ad hoc jobs to...

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In UK, Larger Firms Pay Suppliers Later

The late payments epidemic continues in the U.K., and larger firms take longer to pay. Separately, it’s no cakewalk for Patisserie Valerie to...

Supply Chain Compliance Dives Into The Data

Corporates cannot afford to manage compliance in isolation. With the globalization of supply chains, entering new markets and working with unfamiliar partners...

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Commerce Connected

P97 CEO On The Connected Commute’s Fast Lane

Every weekday, 135 million Americans get behind the wheel and drive 51 minutes, round trip, to and from work. Those 51 minutes haven’t exactly been...

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eCommerce

Why Africa Is eCommerce’s Next Great Frontier

Africa is home to 54 countries and hundreds of millions of smartphone users — young, tech-savvy and ready to embrace digital payments...

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Ecosystems

Visa: How Payments Fuel The Connected Car Experience

It’s almost burnt rubber time. The ecosystem for connected cars and trucks — and the retail and payment tasks they do and...

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Voice Activation

The Big Voice Showdown In Vegas

The floor of CES was once again flooded with smart devices, created to make everything from personal grooming to household management to...

Google and the EU's ‘Right to Be Forgotten’

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Google

Will Google And The Digital Economy Be Tied To EU’s ‘Right To Be Forgotten’?

Excuse the hyperbole, but Google (and other search engines) dodged a bullet this week when it came to privacy regulations that come...

Postmates Raises $100M as Food Delivery Heats Up

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Investments

Postmates Raises $100M As Online Food Delivery Heats Up

The food delivery space keeps heating up — the latest news is that Postmates has scored a $100 million investment in advance...

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Cryptocurrency

In India, Banks Shy Away From Crypto Use

The crypto landscape in India, at least when it comes to banking, may be a bit less indecisive. Turns out the private...

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Healthcare

Are Patients Really Gaining More Power Over Healthcare Pricing?

Information is power, right? Sure. Except when it’s a source of confusion. That’s the emerging — if very early — story so far...

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Russia’s Electronic B2B Payments Expectations Go Beyond B2C

B2B payments always seems to be a step or two behind B2C payments innovation, on several fronts. It’s often struggling to make...

Blockchain

Why Russia Thinks Pawnshops Are Ripe For The (Golden) Age Of Blockchain

Those who look toward blockchain as a game changer, bringing old business models to a new paradigm, point toward the fact that...

KPMG on Technology-Enabled Cash Management

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Banking

KPMG On Technology Enabled Cash Management As Borders Blur

Cash management is both opportunity and challenge for banks as cross-border payments gain traction. Troy Hagey, strategy principal with KPMG, tells PYMNTS how...

Apple

iWhat? Apple Does A Number On Its Numbers Game

Tim Cook’s recent statement about Apple wearable sales is a reminder of Apple’s mastery of reporting numbers that are not really numbers....

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Disbursements

Death And Taxes: One Is Becoming Much More Digital

After the holiday season comes tax season — everyone’s favorite time — but at least the payment of taxes, along with the...

Retail Stocks Slide on Macy's, Kohl's Weak Sales

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Amid YTD Rally, Retail Stocks Miss Out

Stocks are up modestly to start the year, but based on Thursday’s trading action, the retail sector is escaping investors’ favor (to...

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L’Oreal And Driving Beauty’s Digital Makeover With Wearables

At first blush, pardon the pun, the world of beauty and cosmetics may not seem like the sort of retail space that...

How Finance Departments Can Mold Risk Mitigation Into Opportunity

The enterprise is exposed to financial risks at just about every angle, with expansion across borders and into partnerships with unfamiliar firms...

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Alipay In X-Border Blockchain Pact

Blockchain grabbed some headlines this past week as DLT helped foster new cross border payment initiatives, notably from Alipay and Ripple. Elsewhere,...

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How AP Can Tip The Scales In Favor Of Virtual Cards

In the world of payments, rife with friction, there is no such thing as a silver bullet. Even when technologies come close...

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Omnicommerce

NMI CEO On Payments Powering SMB Omnichannel Expansion

“Easier said than done” is a saying that can apply to many things: running a marathon, losing those last five pounds, eating...

PSD2: Ready or Not? Not, Says Whitepages Pro

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Regulation

PSD2: Ready Or Not? Not, Says Whitepages Pro

Eight months can seem like an eternity – all the time in the world to get things done, to plan, to implement,...

eCommerce

What Can Local Sellers (And Regulators) Learn From The Chinese?

Some might think of eCommerce as a global force, where technology underpins transactions done 24/7, and where even the smallest businesses can...

The Race for Controlling Connected Car Commerce

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Ecosystems

The Race For Controlling Connected Car Commerce Speeds Up

The commuter consumer is a very real phenomenon that is on the rise. A quick look at the latest edition of the...

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Regulation

Credit Card Surcharges OK’ed In New York

New York has banned the ban. In the wake of court filings this week that effectively ended a challenge to surcharges on...

Asia to Find Out Reward for Early 5G Deployment

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Mobile

What’s The Reward For Early 5G Deployment? Asia Will Soon Find Out

South Korea is taking an early lead in deployment of 5G, with three of the country’s telecoms recently deploying the service. That...

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How Connected Consumers Shop During The Commute

With the help of connected car technology, the morning and evening commutes are no longer just a time for consumers to drive...

Batch: Omnichannel Context for Furniture Sales

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Batch And Creating Omnichannel Context For Furniture Commerce

Furnishing a living space – whether it’s a house or an apartment – can be challenging work for those who are not...

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Faster Payments, Open Banking Should Keep Treasurers On High Alert

While financial services (FinServ) innovations often emerge with built-in security measures, new market trends — including faster payments and open banking — are introducing new...

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Partnerships / Acquisitions

Small Businesses At The Center Of Bots Vs Accountants

Behind many shifting trends in small business (SMB) financial services — the rise of FinTech service providers, the emergence of artificial intelligence...

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Security & Fraud

Luxury Retail, Luxury Fraud: How Neiman Marcus Is Battling Fraudsters

Retailers are increasingly using new tools to differentiate between legit and fraudulent transactions. In the latest Digital Fraud Tracker, Neiman Marcus’ Chief...

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Paya Acquisition Aims To Solve City Hall’s Paper (Billing) Chase

Build or buy — or how about buy, then build? Continuing an acquisitive strategy that seeks to expand integrated payment capabilities, Paya...

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Will Ripple’s Cross-Border Ambitions Sink Or Swim?

Ripple has seen more than 200 banks sign on to its blockchain powered cross border payment efforts. Progress? Sure, but perhaps a...

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Innovation

Cherry Home CEO: The Future Of Smart Homes And Independent Senior Living

When talking about advances in home automation and artificial intelligence (AI)-guided systems for consumers, the conversation has a natural tendency to drift...

Singtel’s Dash Plans Myanmar Remittance Service