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Worldpay: Pandemic Has Forced The Issue On B2B Automation

Worldpay: Pandemic Has Forced The Issue On B2B Automation
Worldpay: Pandemic Has Forced The Issue On B2B Automation
November 17, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Compared to their direct-to-consumer (D2C) counterparts, the heavy-lifting, hardworking B2B businesses of the world have always been chided for being a few clicks behind when...

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Digital-First Economy Could Make 2021 The Year Of The Fraud Bot
Digital-First Economy Could Make 2021 The Year Of The Fraud Bot
November 17, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

The eCommerce explosion has raised the stakes in the battle against fraudsters, making scams more difficult than ever to fight. And Kount executive Gary Sevounts told...

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Can Low Credit Card Balances Save Holiday Spending? Don’t Bet On It
Can Low Credit Card Balances Save Holiday Spending? Don’t Bet On It
November 16, 2020  |  Retail

Here’s the scenario. Consumers have cut back on travel, in-person entertainment and restaurant spend. They have paid down their credit cards. Then they will use...

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Scooter-Rental Firm Bird Rides Inc. In Talks To Go Public Via A SPAC
Scooter-Rental Firm Bird Rides Inc. In Talks To Go Public Via A SPAC
November 16, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Scooter rental startup Bird Rides Inc. is working on a deal with Credit Suisse Group to go public via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC),...

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AI Software Provider C3.ai Eyes IPO
AI Software Provider C3.ai Eyes IPO
November 16, 2020  |  IPO

Enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) software provider C3.ai has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an initial public offering...

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European Central Bank To Launch Probe Of 10-Hour Payments System Outage
European Central Bank To Launch Probe Of 10-Hour Payments System Outage
November 16, 2020  |  Europe

The European Central Bank (ECB) has plans to independently investigate an incident that affected its TARGET2 real-time gross settlement system on Oct. 23 this year,...

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Mastercard’s Vosburg Sees Consumer Spending Changes
Mastercard’s Vosburg Sees Consumer Spending Changes
November 16, 2020  |  Retail

Craig Vosburg, Mastercard’s president of North America, said at a conference Monday (Nov. 16) that the company is seeing new consumer spending trends as a...

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Germany’s Razor Nets $33M To Buy, Grow Amazon Sellers
Germany’s Razor Nets $33M To Buy, Grow Amazon Sellers
November 16, 2020  |  Investments

Germany’s Razor Group, which works to acquire and scale Amazon brands, has raised 25 million euros (about $26.7 million) in a new funding round, according...

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BlackLine Launches New Cloud Modernizing Products
BlackLine Launches New Cloud Modernizing Products
November 16, 2020  |  B2B Payments

BlackLine, which provides account automation software, launched new products on Monday (Nov. 16) to continue helping modernize cloud operations, according to a press release. Get...

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