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Navigating The ‘Hot Mess’ Of Online Food Delivery Sales Tax

Navigating The ‘Hot Mess’ Of Online Food Delivery Sales Tax
Navigating The ‘Hot Mess’ Of Online Food Delivery Sales Tax
December 13, 2019  |  Taxes

In commerce, when it comes to taxes, new business models beget new (tax) problems. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Top News in Payments: Mastercard Pilots Digital ID Verification Program; PayPal’s Bill Ready to Join Google
Top News in Payments: Mastercard Pilots Digital ID Verification Program; PayPal’s Bill Ready to Join...
December 12, 2019  |  News

In today’s top news in payments, Mastercard announces the launch of a new digital identification program that can instantly authenticate someone’s identity, and Apple’s Tim...

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Monetizing Payments Data In The Age Of IoT
Monetizing Payments Data In The Age Of IoT
December 12, 2019  |  Data

It’s been said that the holy grail of commerce is data. Even that holy grail has a holy grail — where data is accessible and...

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Why Securing Digital Transactions Is On Every Merchant’s Wish List
Why Securing Digital Transactions Is On Every Merchant’s Wish List
December 12, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

While dealing with fraud has always been a cost of doing business for merchants, the digital age has changed the game in terms of fighting...

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RTP: Achieving Ubiquity Without A Mandate
RTP: Achieving Ubiquity Without A Mandate
December 12, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Though the U.S. continues to take significant steps toward a faster payments ecosystem, the market undoubtedly lags behind others across the world in the path toward...

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Making The Frozen Foods Section Ground Zero For Retail Reinvention
Making The Frozen Foods Section Ground Zero For Retail Reinvention
December 12, 2019  |  Retail

As most people who found themselves in a grocery store during the chaotic pre-Thanksgiving period will probably recall: some days shopping in a store, even...

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The Architecture Of A Cross-Border B2B Payment
The Architecture Of A Cross-Border B2B Payment
December 11, 2019  |  B2B Payments

For years, any attention given to solving B2B payments friction was typically focused on the payer. Yet, as innovators have chip away at friction points,...

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Why P2P Could Soon Play A Leading Role In Middle East FinTech
Why P2P Could Soon Play A Leading Role In Middle East FinTech
December 11, 2019  |  Alternative Finances

When it comes to lending — to say nothing of the wider world of payments — innovation and disruption have been on the rise in...

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Giving Truckers Better Loans Can Lower Carbon Footprints: Here’s Why
Giving Truckers Better Loans Can Lower Carbon Footprints: Here’s Why
December 11, 2019  |  Loans

Of late, California’s emissions standards have become a source of some controversy as the state’s ability to set emission standards for cars and trucks that...

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