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2.9KRetailIs Blockchain The Boost Loyalty Programs Need?
Despite reports to the contrary, customer loyalty is not quite as dead as it has been advertised to be. A recent study...
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2.8KB2B PaymentsHow Legacy Tools Fit Into B2B Payments’ Future
B2B payments do not exist in a vacuum. They’re connected downstream to invoices and purchase orders, and upstream via accounting, reconciliation and...
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4.6KB2B PaymentsThe Cybersecurity Drawbacks Of Supply Chains’ IoT Adoption
Organizations are getting creative in the ways they implement the Internet of Things (IoT) into their back-office operations. In this month’s Intelligence...
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3.7KB2B PaymentsIn Europe, Banks Trial SWIFT Instant gpi Payments
A group of banks in Europe said they are trialing SWIFT instant gpi cross-border payments. Elsewhere, Square has launched a payment processing...
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3.8KMastercardWhy Mastercard Put Voice-AI Ordering On The QSR Menu
It has happened to most consumers at least once. One pulls into a fast food establishment’s drive-through lane, scans an extensive menu...
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5.0KOmnicommerceMaking Sense Of The New Omnichannel Experience
As far as buzzwords go, one must tip their hat to the enduring power of “omnichannel.” Take a time machine and travel...
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2.4KeCommerceAmazon Calls Out Bloomberg: “Their Story And Sources Are Wrong”
The shortened work week got off with a bang, as a report in Bloomberg made the rounds that indicated a long-suspected culling...
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3.3KTravel PaymentsLarge Railroads Tighten Schedules, Dole Out Late Fees
Laying tracks to profits? Yes, for large railroad firms – but for some of their shipping customers, profits are taking a hit. As...
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2.9KRetailLegal Cannabis Retail Gets Big, Feminine And Luxurious
It’s not often that one gets to see a new form of retail emerge, but that’s what’s happening with, of all things,...
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2.0KRetailCreating Eco Commerce That Is As Experiential As It Is Commercial
As a consumer, going green is both very easy and very difficult. Easy because there is no shortage of “eco-friendly” products on...
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2.0KDigital PaymentsBalancing Innovation With Digital Adoption Lags
Instant payments have become an expected part of doing business, across the sharing economy and digital commerce, as well as for the...
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2.4KB2B PaymentsICC Says Regulation Limits Trade Finance
UBS shed light this week on a persistent challenge in the traditional financial services industry. Reports in Reuters on Tuesday (May 28)...
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3.2KB2B PaymentsMore Shippers On Board With TradeLens
IBM and Maersk see more shipping firms on board with the consortium for the TradeLens blockchain-based shipping solution. Elsewhere, Honeywell is leveraging...
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4.5KB2B PaymentsCombating The Payday Loan With On-Demand Wages
FinTech firms that provide workers with wages on demand (i.e., before payday) emerged with the cash flow challenges of low-wage, hourly workers...
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6.8KLoansPayPal Hits $10B SMB Lending Milestone
Businesses of a certain size — and in industries as varied as construction and restaurants — know the pain of wondering if...
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3.2KAlternative FinancesCould Income Share Agreements Displace Payday Loans?
Income sharing is not a common method of financing as of 2019 — though, as of late, it has begun to get...
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3.5KDigital PaymentsTeenager-Focused Digital Bank Wins Fresh Funding
Much thought is given to millennials and even Generation Z — consumers who were born during fixed periods of time, and who are...
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5.3KPartnerships / AcquisitionsTSYS And Global Payments: The Details Of The $21B Deal
For Total System Services (TSYS) and Global Payments, it’s official. To that end, the companies said they would enter into a merger...
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5.7KInnovation5G Starts To Power Better Robots
So much starts with coffee – mornings, political ads, artistic movements, advances in QSR retail – and that dictum could hold true...
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2.4KRetailHow Trendy Butler Is Breaking Rules To Build A Better Subscription Box
Consumers signing up for any kind of subscription box these days knows the drill. They fill out a brief questionnaire establishing their...
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2.6KB2B PaymentsConnecting The Procurement Dots, From Purchase Order To Payment
Driving efficiency in accounts payable (AP) can stem from an array of efforts. Adopting electronic payments and getting rid of paper checks...
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2.8KB2B PaymentsAustralian Governments Take Action On Late SMB Payments
While late payments to small B2B suppliers appears to be a universal challenge, the U.K. has arguably shed the most light on...
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5.6KVISAVisa CyberSource: AI’s Role Is To ‘Predict’ — Not To ‘Know’
Marvin Minsky, cognitive scientist and co-founder of MIT’s AI lab, said decades ago that computers can only do what we tell them...
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6.5KDigital PaymentsClosing In On Contactless Payments’ Tipping Point
Contactless payments have yet to achieve critical mass in the U.S., at only about 3 percent of transactions, according to NMI. Nick...
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5.3KInnovationOpenFin’s Plans To Bridge The Financial Services Desktop App Gap
Building and deploying new apps for the financial desktops that keep Wall Street humming can be friction-filled endeavors. Traders and analysts juggle tasks...
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2.7KCross Border CommerceTariff Battle May See Mounting Retail Casualties
Trade wars leave casualties on the economic battlefield, wounding balance sheets and earnings as the costs to import (and sell) goods mounts....
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2.6KDigital PaymentsHow Contactless Payments Could Beat Summer Event Heat
Much like the holidays, the approach of summer sparks all kinds of trips down memory lane, such as thoughts of all those...
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2.8KRetailCan P2P Retail Be A Thing?
Starting a store, even a digital store, can be an awful lot of work. While the digital economy is full of firms...
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1.9KRetailThe Unofficial Guide To Buzzworthy Grilling And Beyond
This weekend, Americans will celebrate Memorial Day – the official recognition of all who have served in the U.S. armed forces and lost their...
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2.8KNewsInstant Payments, Unicorns And Food Fights Top Week’s News
Looking forward to the holiday weekend? So are we — but not before we give you a chance to catch up on...
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3.5KGig EconomyCustomer Service Can Be A Competitive Advantage For Digital Platforms
The crux of the Payments and The Platform Economy Playbook is that with 162 million workers in the U.S. and Europe currently...
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3.5KGoogleGoogle Revs Up QSR And Connected Vehicle Capabilities
Google has recently upped its game in the food service area of retail, further proof that innovation is heating up when it...
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3.2KFacebookFacebook Plans ‘GlobalCoin’ Digital Payment Push
Here comes GlobalCoin. That’s the name of digital payments system that Facebook plans to deploy in “about a dozen counties by the...
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2.4KSizzle/FizzleEarnings Season Fizzle Puts Kohl’s In The Spotlight
Earnings season is a time for reflection after reaction. For Kohl’s, which put up a poor showing in its latest results, and which...
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2.0KRetailBringing The Jane Fonda Magic To Streaming Fitness Classes
There is no shortage of apps aiming to help consumers improve their fitness, on the go and on their own time. Aerobic...
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1.7KWalmart Amazon whole paycheckThe Whole Paycheck Tracker: HQ Enhancements, Empathetic AI And Special Guest Bernie Sanders
This week Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos got the tech sector’s attention with emerging reports of his “fascination” with the rapidly developing world...
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3.7KB2B PaymentsTravel Managers Battle Growing Fraud Threats
Travel managers are battling against card skimming and other types of fraud — and the instances of fraud are on the rise,...
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4.3KB2B PaymentsWhat Restaurants Want — And Don’t Want — In B2B Payments Tech
Rising adoption of electronic B2B payments technology has led to a populated market of FinTechs tackling the biggest challenges of vendor payments....
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14.9KRetailHow Down To Shop Channels Infomercial Love Into A QVC-For-Gen-Z App
Home shopping tends to take a lot of teasing. However, even in the eCommerce world of 2019, it still manages to be...
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2.8KPayments InnovationFor Merchant Processing, A Guiding Key Principle: Reliability
Merchants that sign on with firms to process their payments expect to get their funds consistently and constantly. Neil Randel, CEO of...
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4.7KInnovationWhy Office Lobbies Are Saying Bye-Bye To Paper Logbooks
Look no further than the lobby of a typical office building for a glimpse of the living past — along with a...
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4.1KPayment MethodsSquare: Most SMBs Will Always Accept Cash
Rumors of the death of cash – as in complete extinction – are greatly exaggerated. Even as digital payments gain ground, cash still...
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5.6KInnovationPepsiCo Launches Innovation Lab Focused On QSRs
When it comes to innovation, go to the source. And when it comes the task of feeding people, that means to go...
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3.7KInnovationSmart City Concept Gets New Boost From Google Parent
Behold the rise of the smart city — a development that will have significant impact on payments and commerce, at least according to...
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3.2KRetailRetail Cozies Up To Mass Transit — Via Payments
Mass transit sparks a range of emotions: resignation after just missing that last subway, frustration upon encountering that mysterious smell in that...
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2.1KRetailDemocratizing Luxury With Affordable Cashmere
Sometimes getting lost — even in an incredibly foreign or hostile place — can turn out to be a surprisingly profitable experience....
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2.1KBankingLights Out For Loot?
When businesses get sold, the deals can happen for a variety of reasons. The buyers can be strategic, looking for technology or...
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5.0KMobile CommerceHow Consumers Shop Using Smartphones For Food Vs Retail Goods
Despite efforts by major supermarket chains as well as third-party delivery services, online grocery shopping still hasn’t seen mass adoption in the...
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3.0KB2B PaymentsFX Fees Not The Only Cross-Border B2B Payments Pain Point
The European Union (EU) is introducing measures to reduce cross-border payment fees, which have emerged as a top pain point in the...
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3.3KB2B PaymentsThe SMB C-Suite’s Data Security Problem
In an environment of relentless cyber threats, small businesses (SMBs) still too often feel they are not targets for cyberattacks and data...
