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Oracle: What’s Old Is New Again For B2B Customer Experience

Oracle: What’s Old Is New Again For B2B Customer Experience
Oracle: What’s Old Is New Again For B2B Customer Experience
August 06, 2019  |  Merchant Innovation

Decades-efforts at building a better B2B ecosystem and customer experiences that keep business flowing are getting fresh fuel from artificial intelligence and other technologies. In...

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The Fed Debuts FedNow
The Fed Debuts FedNow
August 06, 2019  |  Faster Payments

It’s now official. The Fed plans to build its own instant clearing and settlement rails. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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What Check Fraud Can Teach Banks About Preparing For The Instant Payments Future
What Check Fraud Can Teach Banks About Preparing For The Instant Payments Future
August 05, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

If there was a handbook for how to become a successful fraudster, the first sentence of the first chapter would go something like this: “Go...

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Visa: Business Payments Network Paves ‘Highway’ For B2B Payments
Visa: Business Payments Network Paves ‘Highway’ For B2B Payments
August 05, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Paper dominates B2B processes, and manual labor, too.  The road to getting suppliers paid is not a straight one.  Visa's Taira Hall, vice president of...

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KYB, Shell Companies And Pot Payments Gone Rogue
KYB, Shell Companies And Pot Payments Gone Rogue
August 05, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Fraud comes in many flavors, and a payments-related lawsuit arising from the growing business of legal, recreational marijuana is proof of that point. Get the...

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Walmart’s Answer To Facebook’s Libra: The Walmart Coin
Walmart’s Answer To Facebook’s Libra: The Walmart Coin
August 05, 2019  |  Retail

There are many ways to introduce an idea to the world. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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Bank Regulators Probe Amazon Cloud
Bank Regulators Probe Amazon Cloud
August 02, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

The Federal Reserve orchestrated an official investigation of an Amazon facility in Virginia, kicking off what is expected to be ongoing oversight of cloud providers,...

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 How To Cut The Phishing Lines That Bind Us
 How To Cut The Phishing Lines That Bind Us
August 02, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Fraudsters are ever bolder when it comes to phishing scams, which are up 76 percent year over year.  The best approach to stop the bad...

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The B2B Marketplace Fix For FX In Emerging Markets
The B2B Marketplace Fix For FX In Emerging Markets
August 02, 2019  |  International

Cross-border trade brings with it inefficiencies in cross-currency transactions, especially for firms in emerging markets.  Liquidity and transparency are lacking for so called “exotic” currencies....

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