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SMBs Refocus On The ‘Four Ps’ — Especially Payments
SMBs Refocus On The ‘Four Ps’ — Especially Payments
October 08, 2020  |  B2B Payments

It is the smallest of firms, the stores that dot Main Street, that are struggling the most with the great digital shift. And in a...

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The Problem With How Most Banks  Use IP Address Checks To Fight Fraud
The Problem With How Most Banks Use IP Address Checks To Fight Fraud
October 08, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

The growing cost of online fraud – and finding ways to detect it – has long been a costly concern of financial institutions (FIs). But...

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Melio CEO: Helping SMBs Break Their Paper Check Dependency
Melio CEO: Helping SMBs Break Their Paper Check Dependency
October 07, 2020  |  B2B Payments

The ongoing pain wrought by the pandemic is especially acute for smaller businesses in the U.S., tied as they are to paper-based payments. In the...

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Visa’s Phalen: Collaborative Commerce Is B2B Payments’ Next Act
Visa’s Phalen: Collaborative Commerce Is B2B Payments’ Next Act
October 05, 2020  |  B2B Payments

The late Harvard Professor Clay Christensen was and is famed for the “jobs to be done” theory of business innovation. In a nutshell: Companies (and...

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Restaurants, C-Stores Prep For A Post-Pandemic Omnichannel Future
Restaurants, C-Stores Prep For A Post-Pandemic Omnichannel Future
September 29, 2020  |  Omnicommerce

Some convenience stores and restaurants have seen their revenues dented by 60 percent or more in recent months, Paytronix CEO Andrew Robbins told Karen Webster....

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Personalization And Contextual Banking Will Drive The Consumerization Of B2B Payments
Personalization And Contextual Banking Will Drive The Consumerization Of B2B Payments
September 24, 2020  |  B2B Payments

At a high level, the same consumers whose day jobs are to manage a company’s payments and financial controls have become accustomed to the seamless...

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Circle’s Allaire On The Roadmap For Digital Dollar Stablecoins — And Programmable Money
Circle’s Allaire On The Roadmap For Digital Dollar Stablecoins — And Programmable Money
September 11, 2020  |  Digital Payments

To get a sense of how widespread the interest is, Fed Governor Lael Brainard said in August the Boston Fed was teaming up with MIT...

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Finding Voice Commerce’s ‘Hero’ Use Case
Finding Voice Commerce’s ‘Hero’ Use Case
September 10, 2020  |  Amazon Payments

COVID-19 has unexpectedly acted as a major boon to the voice commerce ecosystem. Amazon Pay Head of Product Kris Zanuldin told Karen Webster in a...

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The Rise Of The Super App In Central America
The Rise Of The Super App In Central America
September 10, 2020  |  Merchant Innovation

For platforms offering a variety of services — courting sticky relationships with their end users — the holy grail is the super app. It’s a...

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