Editor’s Picks

In Wales, Late Payments’ Ripple Effects Felt In Construction Sector
In Wales, Late Payments’ Ripple Effects Felt In Construction Sector
April 29, 2019  |  B2B Payments

A Welsh construction trade group is advocating for safeguards to get smaller suppliers paid in the wake of a larger firm’s collapse. In New Zealand,...

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PayPal (Maybe) Pulls Ahead Of The SMB Lending Pack
PayPal (Maybe) Pulls Ahead Of The SMB Lending Pack
April 29, 2019  |  B2B Payments

With first-quarter earnings reports rolling out, it’s time to take a look at the state of small businesses and how they fared for the first...

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Max Levchin: What’s Missing From Today’s Financial Literacy Initiatives
Max Levchin: What’s Missing From Today’s Financial Literacy Initiatives
April 29, 2019  |  Alternative Finances

By the numbers, Americans are not a very financially literate people.  According to a Standard & Poor’s Global Financial Literacy survey only about 57 percent...

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What’s Next For C-Stores: Buy In-App, Deliver Pumpside
What’s Next For C-Stores: Buy In-App, Deliver Pumpside
April 29, 2019  |  Gas Station Retail

Those history teachers were right after all — to better understand the future, one must first understand the past. In the particular case of convenience...

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Why Amazon Bet (Almost) A Billion On Certainty
Why Amazon Bet (Almost) A Billion On Certainty
April 29, 2019  |  Retail

Amazon announced last week that it would spend $800 million to make one-day shipping the default for Prime members. Much of the coverage was about...

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Payments Goes To The Movies
Payments Goes To The Movies
April 27, 2019  |  Subscriptions

There were two very different stories about the American movie business floating around in the media this week. One was big and impossible to miss,...

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The Case Of The $850 Million (Alleged) Crypto Fraud
The Case Of The $850 Million (Alleged) Crypto Fraud
April 26, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Cryptocurrencies have had a rough week of it, evidenced by a double-digit percentage drop in bitcoin, arguably the marquee name in the space. Get the...

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Amazon’s Bitcoin Embrace And Cannabis Burgers Top The Week’s News
Amazon’s Bitcoin Embrace And Cannabis Burgers Top The Week’s News
April 26, 2019  |  News

The end of a busy week provides a chance to catch up on the biggest news from the world of digital payments and commerce –...

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B2B Payments: Digitally Connected, Cross-Border And Ditching The Paper
B2B Payments: Digitally Connected, Cross-Border And Ditching The Paper
April 26, 2019  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Though more than half of corporate payments are done through paper means, increasingly, and recently, a number of players have been jumping into the fray...

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