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Payments Innovation, Gig Economy Drive Procurement Digitization

Payments Innovation, Gig Economy Drive Procurement Digitization
Payments Innovation, Gig Economy Drive Procurement Digitization
January 28, 2019  |  B2B Payments

In the past, procurement teams have had to fight to prove their operations are more than a cost center for their businesses. Digitization and automation...

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Accounting’s Evolution Leads Xero To Petition For Oxford Definition Change
Accounting’s Evolution Leads Xero To Petition For Oxford Definition Change
January 28, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Xero has started an online petition to convince The Oxford English Dictionary to change its “archaic” definition of the word “accountant.” Get the Full Story...

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Mixing AWS, Azure Creates Cloud Spend Challenge For Corporates
Mixing AWS, Azure Creates Cloud Spend Challenge For Corporates
January 28, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Corporates are quickly embracing the cloud and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), leading to fierce competition between some of the largest enterprise cloud service providers on the market...

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Samsung Adds Millions To Mobeewave’s Series B
Samsung Adds Millions To Mobeewave’s Series B
January 28, 2019  |  Mobile Payments

In November 2018, Mobeewave announced that it had closed a big Series B round. Led by NewAlpha Asset Management, Mastercard and Forestay Capital, the $16.5 million round...

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Gov’t Shutdown May Have Cost The US $6B
Gov’t Shutdown May Have Cost The US $6B
January 28, 2019  |  Economy

The partial shutdown of the U.S. federal government – which lasted 35 days, the longest in modern history – cost the U.S. economy $6 billion,...

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Startup 98point6 Raises $86M To Rival Amazon In Healthcare
Startup 98point6 Raises $86M To Rival Amazon In Healthcare
January 28, 2019  |  Healthcare

Seattle-based 98point6 has officially launched nationwide availability of its on-demand primary care platform. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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CFPB Announces Leadership Changes
CFPB Announces Leadership Changes
January 28, 2019  |  Personnel

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced late last week leadership changes in a number of its departments. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Banks As The Keeper Of Consumer Digital IDs?
Banks As The Keeper Of Consumer Digital IDs?
January 28, 2019  |  Authentication

You can’t have trust without some type of trusted authority, and any type of authority is fragile without a reasonable level of trust. Those ancient...

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The Dark Side Of India’s New eCommerce Rules
The Dark Side Of India’s New eCommerce Rules
January 28, 2019  |  Regulation

Barring any reprieve, Feb. 1 marks a sea change for India’s eCommerce sector. New rules may hobble giants like Amazon and Flipkart from offering discounts or...

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