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IBM Earnings Show Enterprise Shift To The Cloud

IBM Earnings Show Enterprise Shift To The Cloud
IBM Earnings Show Enterprise Shift To The Cloud
July 20, 2020  |  Earnings

IBM‘s revenue fell 5.4 percent in the second quarter due to the reduced spending on computer equipment during the pandemic in lieu of going digital...

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White House Nixes Unemployment Benefits Extension
White House Nixes Unemployment Benefits Extension
July 20, 2020  |  Economy

The President Donald Trump administration has shot down propositions to continue the $600-a-week jobless benefits that have buoyed Americans as unemployment reached record highs due...

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Brazil Will OK WhatsApp Payments If Facebook Follows Rules
Brazil Will OK WhatsApp Payments If Facebook Follows Rules
July 20, 2020  |  Payment Methods

The payments program from messenger service WhatsApp will be allowed to go forward in Brazil, the country’s central bank said, so long as all rules...

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CFPB Consumer Complaints Up 50 Pct During Pandemic
CFPB Consumer Complaints Up 50 Pct During Pandemic
July 20, 2020  |  CFPB

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has recorded record-high numbers of complaints every month since the pandemic hit in mid-March, according to a press release...

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Bitcoin Daily: MUFG To Issue Crypto For Payment App; Unsuccessful Hackers Demanded $7.5M In Crypto From Argentina’s Telecom SA To Stop Attack
Bitcoin Daily: MUFG To Issue Crypto For Payment App; Unsuccessful Hackers Demanded $7.5M In Crypto...
July 20, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), the biggest banking enterprise in Japan, is scheduled to release a cryptocurrency later this year, CoinDesk reported. Get the Full...

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Retailers Brace For Muted Back-to-School Spending
Retailers Brace For Muted Back-to-School Spending
July 20, 2020  |  Retail

The increasingly likely scenario that many students in the United States, Europe and the United Kingdom will be resuming school at their kitchen tables has...

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Should eBay Buy Overstock?
Should eBay Buy Overstock?
July 20, 2020  |  Partnerships

After a boardroom battle in which one side wanted eBay to get back to its roots, the company was rewarded Monday (July 20) by word...

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Conduent Debuts Tool To Manage Buyer-Supplier Contracts
Conduent Debuts Tool To Manage Buyer-Supplier Contracts
July 20, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Conduent has launched its new solution called Contract Analytics, which will automate the contracts process and help diminish risk and revenue loss between buyers and...

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