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PingPong: Why Doing Payments Globally Is All About Thinking Locally
PingPong: Why Doing Payments Globally Is All About Thinking Locally
October 10, 2019  |  Cross Border Commerce

The appeal of the global market for both eCommerce buyers and sellers needs little explanation or introduction. As billions of consumers all over the world...

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The Order To Cash Cycle Seeks Its Automated Reinvention
The Order To Cash Cycle Seeks Its Automated Reinvention
October 10, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Managing supply chains and B2B payments means firms have to navigate complex order to cash (O2C) cycles. Brandon Spear, president at MSTS, tells Karen Webster...

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The Push And Pull Of Real-Time Payments
The Push And Pull Of Real-Time Payments
October 10, 2019  |  Faster Payments

With real-time payments spreading throughout the world (perhaps more slowly than expected, but still spreading), the characteristics of pull payments mean they are likely to...

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Visa, Intuit Launch Instant Deposit For SMBs
Visa, Intuit Launch Instant Deposit For SMBs
October 09, 2019  |  Cash

Cash flow is that thing that can keep a business owner or executive up at night — and night after night, after night. Cash flow...

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Getting Invoices Off The CEO’s Desk, Approved — And Paid
Getting Invoices Off The CEO’s Desk, Approved — And Paid
October 09, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The old adage is familiar: The light at the end of the tunnel could be daylight — or another train headed one’s way. Get the...

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How The MENA Gig Economy Provides Global Lessons
How The MENA Gig Economy Provides Global Lessons
October 09, 2019  |  Gig Economy

The gig economy — and digital marketplaces designed to service gig workers and employers — is where so much of the action is these days....

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Why Migrant Workers Need Their Own Financial Services
Why Migrant Workers Need Their Own Financial Services
October 08, 2019  |  Alternative Finances

According to the Bureau of Labor statistics, as of 2018 (the last full year for which data is available), there were 28.2 million foreign-born persons in...

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Top News In Payments: Affirm Rolls Out New App; EU Has Questions For Facebook, Libra Association
Top News In Payments: Affirm Rolls Out New App; EU Has Questions For Facebook, Libra...
October 08, 2019  |  News

Today in the payments news roundup, Affirm has launched a new app that will let customers use the service to pay almost anywhere online or in the real world....

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Max Levchin On The Future-Present Of Everywhere POS Lending
Max Levchin On The Future-Present Of Everywhere POS Lending
October 08, 2019  |  POS Innovation

When Affirm launched in February 2013, the point-of-sale (POS) financing marketplace in the U.S. was largely an empty greenfield wherein PayPal Co-Founder Max Levchin set...

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