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Online Portals Bring Commercial Real Estate Payments Into the Digital Age

Online Portals Bring Commercial Real Estate Payments Into the Digital Age
Online Portals Bring Commercial Real Estate Payments Into the Digital Age
February 03, 2022  |  B2B Payments

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Neobank Fills Primary Account Need for EU’s ‘Credit Invisibles’
Neobank Fills Primary Account Need for EU’s ‘Credit Invisibles’
February 03, 2022  |  Gig Economy

For a very large population of customers in the United Kingdom who are ‘credit invisible’ — meaning they have little or no credit history with...

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Merging Physical Data With Digital Identity Offers More Realistic View of Consumers, Businesses
Merging Physical Data With Digital Identity Offers More Realistic View of Consumers, Businesses
February 03, 2022  |  Identity

A year ago, with the pandemic in full swing and many stores and businesses shuttered or operating under restrictions, digital commerce was pretty much the...

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Platforms Bring New Brands, Better Retail Economics to Main Street
Platforms Bring New Brands, Better Retail Economics to Main Street
February 03, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Walk down America’s premier shopping boulevards and you’ll likely notice a lot of empty storefronts. The pandemic shut down a lot of those, but opening...

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60% of Millennials are Interested in Bank-Provided BNPL Plans, If Available
60% of Millennials are Interested in Bank-Provided BNPL Plans, If Available
February 02, 2022  |  BNPL

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) plans are quickly changing how consumers today pay for products and services. About 20% of U.S. consumers are currently using...

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Latin America’s Digital Payments Transformation Passes the ‘Grandma Test’
Latin America’s Digital Payments Transformation Passes the ‘Grandma Test’
February 02, 2022  |  Payment Methods

To get a sense of the inroads digital payments have made in Latin America, Aron Schwarzkopf, CEO of Kushki, told Karen Webster: Just use the...

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Digital-First Banks Use Context, Personalization to Humanize the Banking Experience
Digital-First Banks Use Context, Personalization to Humanize the Banking Experience
February 02, 2022  |  Digital-First Banking

For an online banking experience to be truly memorable and tick all the boxes that make up a deeply satisfying experience, banks must go deeper...

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Streaming Providers Eye Commerce to Win and Keep Subscribers in 2022
Streaming Providers Eye Commerce to Win and Keep Subscribers in 2022
February 02, 2022  |  Subscriptions

If you have a sneaking suspicion that free TV fragmented into manifold paid services just to veer back and reconstitute around older network models, you’re...

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Fast, Easy and Familiar: Suppliers and Buyers Want Consumerized B2B Payments
Fast, Easy and Familiar: Suppliers and Buyers Want Consumerized B2B Payments
February 02, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Because business owners are also consumers, they’ve known for a long time that B2B payments aren’t as convenient and instantaneous as the payments they use...

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