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Gig Apps Work It On Latest PYMNTS Provider Ranking

Gig Apps Work It On Latest PYMNTS Provider Ranking
Gig Apps Work It On Latest PYMNTS Provider Ranking
August 25, 2020  |  Mobile

Unemployment has always been a leading economic indicator, and by many accounts, the economy is in for a couple of years of recessionary behavior. Thank...

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Entertainment Payroll Platform Wrapbook Raises $3.6M
Entertainment Payroll Platform Wrapbook Raises $3.6M
August 25, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Payroll processing platform Wrapbook has raised $3.6 million in seed funding for its technology that streamlines onboarding, payment and insurance for the entertainment industry, according...

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Salesforce’s Addition To Dow Spotlights Connected Economy Impact
Salesforce’s Addition To Dow Spotlights Connected Economy Impact
August 25, 2020  |  Markets

Out with the Exxon. In with the ecosystem. That’s what’s going on with the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which has announced plans to swap out...

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Today In Payments: Judge Delivers Temporary Victory To Apple, Epic Games; UK Regulators Approve Visa’s Plaid Acquisition
Today In Payments: Judge Delivers Temporary Victory To Apple, Epic Games; UK Regulators Approve Visa’s...
August 25, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, a federal court handed temporary victories to both sides of the Apple vs. Epic Games case, and the U.K.’s anti-competition watchdog...

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Xero To Buy SMB Financing Platform Waddle For Up To $57.5M
Xero To Buy SMB Financing Platform Waddle For Up To $57.5M
August 25, 2020  |  B2B Payments

As it aims to expand its small business platform, accounting software provider Xero plans to acquire cloud-based lending company Waddle through an arrangement valued as...

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Facebook Rolls Out In-App Marketplace In Facebook Shop
Facebook Rolls Out In-App Marketplace In Facebook Shop
August 25, 2020  |  Social Commerce

Facebook has introduced what it calls a new place to discover businesses and buy products on its app. On Tuesday (Aug. 25), Mark Zuckerberg’s social...

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Main Street On Lockdown: The COVID-19 Cash Chasm
Main Street On Lockdown: The COVID-19 Cash Chasm
August 25, 2020  |  Economy

The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) relief effort began accepting applications from small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs), which employ roughly half of the United States workforce,...

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Alphabet’s Verily, Reinsurer Swiss Re Target Self-Insured Firms With New Venture
Alphabet’s Verily, Reinsurer Swiss Re Target Self-Insured Firms With New Venture
August 25, 2020  |  Healthcare

Verily, an Alphabet company, is creating a new subsidiary, Coefficient Insurance Co., that will be backed by reinsurer Swiss Re Group, according to a Tuesday...

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