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In Wales, Late Payments’ Ripple Effects Felt In Construction Sector

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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