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Lawmakers Want The Fed To Run US Faster Payments Rails
Lawmakers Want The Fed To Run US Faster Payments Rails
July 24, 2019  |  Faster Payments

To reinforce the Federal Reserve’s authority to create a real-time payments system and mandate that the Fed brings about its own process, two U.S. representatives...

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Bringing Debt Management Into The Digital Age 
Bringing Debt Management Into The Digital Age 
July 24, 2019  |  Alternative Finances

“Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it … he who doesn’t … pays it.” Get the Full...

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Discover Notches Stronger Than Expected Q2 Results
Discover Notches Stronger Than Expected Q2 Results
July 24, 2019  |  Earnings

The consensus was mixed among analysts as to what to expect out of Discover Financial when its Q2 earnings hit the wires yesterday afternoon (July 23)....

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Real-Time Payments Are Reaching A Tipping Point
Real-Time Payments Are Reaching A Tipping Point
July 24, 2019  |  Faster Payments

While commercial real-time payments became available in the U.S. back in 2017, they haven’t yet hit ubiquity. By the end of 2018, the RTP network...

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New Business Ventures Expected To Drive Amazon Q2 Earnings
New Business Ventures Expected To Drive Amazon Q2 Earnings
July 24, 2019  |  Earnings

The world’s most valuable brand is set to publish its second quarter earnings report on Thursday (July 25), which is expected to provide insight into...

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EasyJet Links Businesses To Traxo T&E
EasyJet Links Businesses To Traxo T&E
July 24, 2019  |  B2B Payments

EasyJet is connecting its corporate customers to travel and expense management solutions in a new collaboration with Traxo, the companies revealed in a press release...

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Multinational Corporates Face Rising FX Hedging Pressure
Multinational Corporates Face Rising FX Hedging Pressure
July 24, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The victory of Boris Johnson in the U.K.’s Conservative Party leadership contest is only the latest geopolitical event sparking concerns among analysts over foreign exchange...

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UK Challenger FI Wyelands Questioned Over Trade Financing
UK Challenger FI Wyelands Questioned Over Trade Financing
July 24, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The Financial Times is investigating U.K. challenger bank Wyelands over its trade financing operations, the latest case to call the financing product into question. Get...

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