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All The World’s A Stage For (Prudent) FX Risk Management
All The World’s A Stage For (Prudent) FX Risk Management
February 28, 2019  |  Risk Management

Risk has rewards in all parts of life, but especially in business, where shrewd risk-taking and planning accrues to the bottom line. Get the Full...

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Square: 51 Pct Of GPV Comes From Larger Sellers
Square: 51 Pct Of GPV Comes From Larger Sellers
February 28, 2019  |  Earnings

Square's Q4 results showed gross payment volume (GPV) up 28 percent year on year, driven by larger sellers representing more than half of the mix....

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Why Retail Needs To Better Tap The Power Of Chat
Why Retail Needs To Better Tap The Power Of Chat
February 27, 2019  |  Omnicommerce

Given its reach into literally every corner of the globe, it is not much of an exaggeration to say that we are living in the...

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On Capitol Hill, Credit Bureau CEOs Say Reporting Changes Are In the Air
On Capitol Hill, Credit Bureau CEOs Say Reporting Changes Are In the Air
February 27, 2019  |  Consumer Finance

Lawmakers grilled the heads of Equifax, Experian and TransUnion, calling the credit reporting a “broken” system — and new legislation introduced this week has some...

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How Consumers Rate The State Of US Disbursements
How Consumers Rate The State Of US Disbursements
February 27, 2019  |  Disbursements

There might be one word that consumers would use to describe the state of disbursements in early 2019: mediocre. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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What Smart, Conversational AI Adds To Credit Scoring
What Smart, Conversational AI Adds To Credit Scoring
February 26, 2019  |  Alternative Finances

Traditional credit-scoring models have not had it easy in the court of public opinion over the last few years. The complaints vary in their specifics, but...

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Why ‘Mobile-First’ Must Mean ‘Trust-Always’
Why ‘Mobile-First’ Must Mean ‘Trust-Always’
February 26, 2019  |  Banking

Trust is inherent in banking, and has been since the beginning, when people decided to store coins and bills in vaults. Entersekt SVP of North America...

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How Payments Have Ignited Subscription eCommerce
How Payments Have Ignited Subscription eCommerce
February 26, 2019  |  Subscription Commerce

Subscription commerce has come a long way since book-of-the-month clubs and those record and cassette retailers that tempted teenagers with seeming impossible introductory deals. Yet...

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Disaster-Proof Spend Management Solutions — For When Disaster Strikes
Disaster-Proof Spend Management Solutions — For When Disaster Strikes
February 25, 2019  |  Spend Management

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