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Plugging Expense Leaks With Spend Management Solutions

Plugging Expense Leaks With Spend Management Solutions
Plugging Expense Leaks With Spend Management Solutions
January 30, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Talk of “friction” in the payments industry is mostly about removing obstacles to consumer transactions, and how easily (or not) those payments get processed on...

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Small Businesses’ Biggest Lease Accounting Pitfalls
Small Businesses’ Biggest Lease Accounting Pitfalls
January 30, 2020  |  B2B Payments

New lease accounting standards are in effect for publicly traded companies in the U.S. after the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and International Accounting Standards...

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Unwrapping APAC’s Faster Payments Fraud Threat
Unwrapping APAC’s Faster Payments Fraud Threat
January 30, 2020  |  B2B Payments

As faster and real-time payment schemes achieve ubiquity in more markets around the globe, speed is increasingly becoming the standard for payers of all kinds....

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Banks, FinTechs Find New Open-Data Use Cases
Banks, FinTechs Find New Open-Data Use Cases
January 30, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Banks and FinTechs continue to discover new opportunities in unlocking corporate clients’ financial data, with banks embracing data integration for their own product development initiatives,...

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BMO’s Digital-First Transformation Unlocks Operational Efficiencies
BMO’s Digital-First Transformation Unlocks Operational Efficiencies
January 30, 2020  |  Digital Banking

Bank customers increasingly prefer self-service transactions over branch visits, and financial institutions (FIs) are meeting them where there. Investments in features — such as remote...

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Phone Sales Were Solid, But Samsung Suffered A Sluggish Q4
Phone Sales Were Solid, But Samsung Suffered A Sluggish Q4
January 30, 2020  |  Earnings

A day after rivals in Cupertino posted revenue and earnings results at an all-time high, the team at Samsung had something less of a victory...

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California Lets Aurora Operate Driverless Cars
California Lets Aurora Operate Driverless Cars
January 30, 2020  |  Intelligence of Things

Self-driving vehicle company Aurora has been approved by California regulators to allow passengers rides in its fleet of driverless vehicles, according to reports. Get the...

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Consumer Morale Up In Major European Economies
Consumer Morale Up In Major European Economies
January 30, 2020  |  Europe

Data indicate that the three biggest economies in the eurozone, France, Germany, and Italy, all report higher-than-expected consumer morale as shoppers continue to open their...

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Unbundling The Travel Bundle
Unbundling The Travel Bundle
January 30, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

The sharing economy is undergoing a sea change due to Generation Z’s coming of age. Experts expect this generation, which heavily favors the sharing and...

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