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Service-Based Retailers Surpass Product-Focused Merchants
Service-Based Retailers Surpass Product-Focused Merchants
March 11, 2020  |  Retail

Storefronts that provide services have exceeded the number of those offering clothes and other merchandise. Per a JLL report, the number of service-based retailers rose...

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PepsiCo To Expand Energy Drink Share With Rockstar Acquisition
PepsiCo To Expand Energy Drink Share With Rockstar Acquisition
March 11, 2020  |  Retail

With an arrangement that would strengthen its commitment to energy drinks, PepsiCo will buy Rockstar Energy in a $3.85 billion deal. Pepsi has had a...

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Wirecard, Grab Partner For Southeast Asia Money Transfers
Wirecard, Grab Partner For Southeast Asia Money Transfers
March 11, 2020  |  International

German FinTech firm Wirecard is partnering with Southeast Asia’s “super app” Grab to facilitate payments and transfers, Wirecard announced on Wednesday (March 11).  Get the...

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Faster Payment Becomes A Federal Case
Faster Payment Becomes A Federal Case
March 11, 2020  |  Faster Payments

There’s a battle brewing in payments. A big one. It’s the Feds versus the Free Marketeers, and the feud between them is over whose real-time...

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Small Business Accounting Software FreshBooks Rolls Out In UK
Small Business Accounting Software FreshBooks Rolls Out In UK
March 11, 2020  |  International

With a continuation of its global expansion, small business accounting software maker FreshBooks has rolled out in the United Kingdom. The firm is also rolling...

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How Amazon’s Cashierless Tech Will (Or Won’t) Change The Physical Retail Landscape
How Amazon’s Cashierless Tech Will (Or Won’t) Change The Physical Retail Landscape
March 11, 2020  |  Retail

The advance of Amazon’s cashierless technology is not a new story to the retail beat as of 2020.  Since the first AmazonGo retail location opened...

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Latest AI Playbook: Many FI Systems Are Too ‘Artificial’
Latest AI Playbook: Many FI Systems Are Too ‘Artificial’
March 11, 2020  |  Artificial Intelligence

For all the talk about artificial intelligence (AI) in financial circles at present – it seems everything is “AI-powered” – it turns out there’s a...

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Corporate Cards Find Opportunity (And Funding) In New B2B Use Cases
Corporate Cards Find Opportunity (And Funding) In New B2B Use Cases
March 11, 2020  |  B2B Payments

B2B FinTechs are once again showing off the versatility of the corporate card. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Strategizing The ‘Ugly Child’ Of Corporate Finance: Accounts Receivable
Strategizing The ‘Ugly Child’ Of Corporate Finance: Accounts Receivable
March 11, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Accounts receivable (AR) is a function that spreads across multiple tasks of an enterprise, from corporate finance to sales teams and vendor relationship management initiatives....

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