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Vacation Rental Sites Build Upon A Business Model Established Early In American History
Vacation Rental Sites Build Upon A Business Model Established Early In American History
February 27, 2018  |  Retail

In Colonial America, travelers needed a place to sleep. But there were not many lodging establishments: So, some Americans opened their homes to travelers seeking...

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Walmart Jumps On Digital Bedding Bandwagon With Allswell
Walmart Jumps On Digital Bedding Bandwagon With Allswell
February 27, 2018  |  Retail

Following in the footsteps of Target, West Elm and Pottery Barn, big-box retailer Walmart will be releasing its own line of home goods, mattresses and...

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Starbucks Brews Up New ‘Reserve’ Store
Starbucks Brews Up New ‘Reserve’ Store
February 27, 2018  |  Retail

To compete with high-end coffee companies such as Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea and Blue Bottle Coffee Co, Starbucks plans to open its first Starbucks Reserve...

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Zensoft Moves To Accept Cryptocurrencies For Enterprise Software Projects
Zensoft Moves To Accept Cryptocurrencies For Enterprise Software Projects
February 27, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Enterprise software company Zensoft wants to accept cryptocurrencies from its corporate clients and has announced a partnership with OPEN to facilitate that goal. Get the...

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The Global Travel Market Has A B2B Payments Fraud Problem
The Global Travel Market Has A B2B Payments Fraud Problem
February 27, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Business spend on travel reached $1.15 trillion in 2016, but companies aren’t always able to see where their dollars are going. That certainly presents problems...

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Lack Of Customer Trust May Thwart Open Banking’s $1.4B GDP Bump
Lack Of Customer Trust May Thwart Open Banking’s $1.4B GDP Bump
February 27, 2018  |  B2B Payments

The U.K.’s gross domestic product (GDP) is headed for a significant boost thanks to recent Open Banking legislation, according to analysis from the Centre for...

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Sales Of Small Businesses To Spike, Driven By Tax Reform
Sales Of Small Businesses To Spike, Driven By Tax Reform
February 27, 2018  |  B2B Payments

New analysis from the International Business Brokers Association (IBBA) suggests small business (SMB) sales will surge in the U.S. this year, driven largely by tax...

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Borrowing By UK Corporates At Three-Year Low
Borrowing By UK Corporates At Three-Year Low
February 27, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Reports in Bloomberg on Monday (Feb. 26) said that, according to new data, businesses in the U.K. are borrowing at their lowest rate since 2015,...

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Checks, Data Sharing Limits Force B2B FinTechs To Find A Workaround
Checks, Data Sharing Limits Force B2B FinTechs To Find A Workaround
February 27, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Analytics technologies like machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics process automation (RPA) turned cash flow forecasting into more of a science than it’s ever...

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