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It’s Tax Season — And Fraudsters Are Feasting

It’s Tax Season — And Fraudsters Are Feasting
It’s Tax Season — And Fraudsters Are Feasting
March 11, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

One of the positive (or at least most promising) projects in the push toward more digital forms of payment and commerce concerns taxes — specifically, bringing...

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Why Accounts Payable Is A Cross-Border Payments Afterthought
Why Accounts Payable Is A Cross-Border Payments Afterthought
March 11, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The prospect of global growth is an exhilarating one for companies. What may have started out as a one-person operation is now expanding fast enough...

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Why Construction Payments’ Friction Has Nothing To Do With Payments
Why Construction Payments’ Friction Has Nothing To Do With Payments
March 08, 2019  |  B2B Payments

What’s more complicated than a B2B transaction? A B2B transaction in an industry like construction, where what triggers a payment isn’t a single, simple invoice....

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Strange Bedfellows? Trade Unions And Gig Marketplaces
Strange Bedfellows? Trade Unions And Gig Marketplaces
March 08, 2019  |  Matchmakers

In the U.K., says Labour Xchange Co-Founder Jonathan Key in the latest Matchmakers podcast, millions of people are underemployed. Matching ad hoc employees to work they...

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Can Banks Safely Monetize Consumer Data?
Can Banks Safely Monetize Consumer Data?
March 08, 2019  |  Big Data

It’s one of the main clichés of the early 21st century, but that doesn’t mean it’s wrong: Data is the new oil. The saying reflects...

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Visa, PayActiv Launch Real Time Payroll
Visa, PayActiv Launch Real Time Payroll
March 07, 2019  |  VISA

If rules were made to be broken, what better rule to break than the rigid two-week payday cycle? Visa and PayActiv have teamed up to offer...

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What ATMs And Open Source Have To Do With Payments Innovation
What ATMs And Open Source Have To Do With Payments Innovation
March 07, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

It might be the case that 2019 takes shape as a watershed year for payments regulation, marked by PSD2 and GDPR. Stakeholders in the financial services...

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A New Way To Gain Ground On Fraud
A New Way To Gain Ground On Fraud
March 07, 2019  |  Fraud Prevention

New technologies keep emerging in the fight against fraud — biometrics, for instance — but they are not the only part of pushing back against criminals...

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Visa Celebrates International Women’s Day With A Global Challenge For Female Entrepreneurs
Visa Celebrates International Women’s Day With A Global Challenge For Female Entrepreneurs
March 06, 2019  |  VISA

On Friday (March 8), the world will recognize International Women’s Day — celebrated globally since 1975, when it was adopted as a holiday by the United Nations. In the...

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