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Fashion Industry Supplier Payments Take A Major Hit

Fashion Industry Supplier Payments Take A Major Hit
Fashion Industry Supplier Payments Take A Major Hit
April 06, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Nearly every industry is experiencing some type of disruption in B2B payment flows, from comic book publishing to fashion to food and beverage. Not all...

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How Yogo’s BNPL Offerings Cater To Younger Consumers’ Shopping Preferences
How Yogo’s BNPL Offerings Cater To Younger Consumers’ Shopping Preferences
April 06, 2020  |  BNPL

The COVID-19 outbreak and resulting social distancing mandates are driving gyms to close and citizens to take their exercise indoors. But with unemployment skyrocketing, financing...

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Facebook’s Marketplace Facing EU Antitrust Scrutiny 
Facebook’s Marketplace Facing EU Antitrust Scrutiny 
April 06, 2020  |  Facebook / Meta

The European Union (EU) is targeting Facebook’s Marketplace as the next leg in its antitrust investigation, according to a Monday (April 6) report in the...

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Visa Foundation Pledges $210M For COVID-19-Stricken Businesses
Visa Foundation Pledges $210M For COVID-19-Stricken Businesses
April 06, 2020  |  VISA

The Visa Foundation announced that it is pledging $210 million to fund two different programs that will support small and micro enterprises that have been...

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New Data: Why COVID-19 Will Be The Connected Economy’s Inflection Point
New Data: Why COVID-19 Will Be The Connected Economy’s Inflection Point
April 06, 2020  |  Economy

March 11 marked the end of traditional business in the U.S., maybe even the rest of the world – and probably forever. Get the Full...

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Apple Buys AI Voice Assistant Startup To Make Siri Smarter
Apple Buys AI Voice Assistant Startup To Make Siri Smarter
April 06, 2020  |  Apple

Siri is getting an assistant by way of the artificial intelligence startup Voysis, which Apple acquired to improve natural language technology, according to a Bloomberg...

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Wells Fargo To Cap SMB Bailout Loans at $10 Billion
Wells Fargo To Cap SMB Bailout Loans at $10 Billion
April 06, 2020  |  Loans

Wells Fargo announced it will begin taking loan applications on Monday (April 6) as part of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and will disperse $10...

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