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What Is Driving Pharmacy Retail Innovation?
What Is Driving Pharmacy Retail Innovation?
September 04, 2019  |  Retail

Retail innovation can be found in a variety of places – and that includes pharmacies, where the retail model is being revised and even reinvented....

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Apple To Challenge Huawei With Lower-Cost iPhone
Apple To Challenge Huawei With Lower-Cost iPhone
September 04, 2019  |  Retail

To retake ground lost in China to Huawei and competitors, as well as to win emerging market shoppers, Apple will reportedly roll out a lower-cost...

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How Online Sales Tax Impacts Different eCommerce Models
How Online Sales Tax Impacts Different eCommerce Models
September 04, 2019  |  Retail

Since 1992, when eCommerce was still in its infancy, online retailers have not had to collect sales tax. That all changed last year with the...

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The Cash Flow Connection To Accounts Receivable
The Cash Flow Connection To Accounts Receivable
September 04, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Late payments have caught the attention of regulators around the world, and of FinTechs exploring ways to accelerate cash flow for B2B companies struggling to...

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B2B Pay Pursues Status As Regulated Bank
B2B Pay Pursues Status As Regulated Bank
September 04, 2019  |  B2B Payments

B2B payments and international money transfer company B2B Pay has announced plans to become a regulated financial institution, and is looking to investors to fuel...

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Hong Kong Relaxes Rules In Effort To Boost FinTech Lending
Hong Kong Relaxes Rules In Effort To Boost FinTech Lending
September 04, 2019  |  B2B Payments

In efforts to boost FinTech and collaborative efforts across Open Banking and application programming interfaces (APIs), the Hong Kong Monetary Authority is loosening rules governing...

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Banks Flock To Trade Finance FinTechs
Banks Flock To Trade Finance FinTechs
September 04, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The Asian Development Bank’s striking statistic — a $1.5 trillion gap in global trade finance — continues to be used as a driver of FinTech...

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UK Treasury On The Defensive Over Bank Referral Scheme
UK Treasury On The Defensive Over Bank Referral Scheme
September 04, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The U.K. government’s bank referral scheme, designed to connect small businesses that were rejected for a traditional bank loan to alternative lenders, has faced its...

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