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Home Improvement Spending Rises 1.5 Pct In Q4

Home Improvement Spending Rises 1.5 Pct In Q4
Home Improvement Spending Rises 1.5 Pct In Q4
January 20, 2020  |  Economy

The home repair and remodeling market has been declining in the last year, but some recent indicators in the economy show that the industry could...

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Supplier Network Co scoutbee Gets $60M In Series B Round
Supplier Network Co scoutbee Gets $60M In Series B Round
January 20, 2020  |  Investments

Supplier discovery platform scoutbee has raised $60 million in a series B funding round led by Atomico, with Lakestar, Next47, HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, 42CAP and...

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Why Merchants Should Look For Payments Orchestration
Why Merchants Should Look For Payments Orchestration
January 20, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

FinTechs are helping merchants coordinate all of the different components that a payment entails with payments orchestration. Modo CEO Bruce Parker told PYMNTS that the term...

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DBS Introduces QR Code Product For B2B Payments 
DBS Introduces QR Code Product For B2B Payments 
January 20, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Singapore-based financial services company DBS has launched an industry-first, QR code-based solution for B2B payments and collections, the company announced on Monday (Jan. 20). Get...

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FLEETCOR: FTC Allegations ‘Without Merit’
FLEETCOR: FTC Allegations ‘Without Merit’
January 20, 2020  |  B2B Payments

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed a suit against Georgia fuel card firm FLEETCOR, alleging that it bilked customers out of millions of dollars...

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Despite Papyrus’ Closing, Stationery Retail Is Not All Doom-And-Gloom
Despite Papyrus’ Closing, Stationery Retail Is Not All Doom-And-Gloom
January 20, 2020  |  Retail

Not to be cynical, but mention the world “stationery” to people these days and odds are they minds will move toward a similar word, stationary...

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Goldman Gets Green Light To Operate Bank In South Africa
Goldman Gets Green Light To Operate Bank In South Africa
January 20, 2020  |  International

As Goldman Sachs seeks further expansion in the South African economy, the financial services company joined the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s interest-rate and currency-derivatives market, Bloomberg...

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Top News In Payments: UK Regulators’ Data Violation Fines Top $126M; Google CEO Calls For AI Governance
Top News In Payments: UK Regulators’ Data Violation Fines Top $126M; Google CEO Calls For...
January 20, 2020  |  News

In today’s top payments news, U.K. regulators have levied $126 million in fines for data violations since mid-2018, Google CEO Sundar Pichai calls for international...

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India’s Sluggish Economy Drags Down Global Growth Forecasts
India’s Sluggish Economy Drags Down Global Growth Forecasts
January 20, 2020  |  Economy

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has slashed its forecasts for growth of the global economy, calling it sluggish, and said there isn’t any sign on...

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