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Seven Disruptors Forcing Change In Small Business Banking

Seven Disruptors Forcing Change In Small Business Banking
Seven Disruptors Forcing Change In Small Business Banking
December 27, 2018  |  B2B Payments

In 1960, Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen and Charles Bronson introduced America to “The Magnificent Seven,” a John Sturges film in which seven men are hired...

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Open Banking Will Bank On Customer Service To Boost Traction With SMBs: Accenture
Open Banking Will Bank On Customer Service To Boost Traction With SMBs: Accenture
December 27, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Open banking, bank APIs and data sharing flourished in 2018, with small business and corporate financial services squarely in the path of this financial services...

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Faster Payments For Corporates Begin To Simmer
Faster Payments For Corporates Begin To Simmer
December 27, 2018  |  B2B Payments

With the payments acceleration trend of recent years promising disruption in peer-to-peer (P2P) payments, these initiatives were viewed only in the context of consumer payments...

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SMBs Cautious In Volatile US Economy
SMBs Cautious In Volatile US Economy
December 27, 2018  |  B2B Payments

An unstable stock market has led many small businesses (SMBs) to cut costs and change their hiring plans for the New Year. According to the...

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Visa Inks Deal To Buy UK-Based Earthport For $250.6M
Visa Inks Deal To Buy UK-Based Earthport For $250.6M
December 27, 2018  |  VISA

Visa, the payments company, is acquiring U.K.-based Earthport, which facilitates international transactions for banks and companies. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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AMC’s Movie Subscription Service Exceeds 600,000 Members
AMC’s Movie Subscription Service Exceeds 600,000 Members
December 27, 2018  |  Subscriptions

AMC Theatres announced Wednesday (December 26) that six months to the day since it rolled out its AMC Stubs A-List subscription service it has surpassed...

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Alexa Voice Shopping Up 3X This Holiday Season
Alexa Voice Shopping Up 3X This Holiday Season
December 27, 2018  |  Alexa

Amazon’s record-breaking holiday shopping season was powered in part by voice-activated shopping, with the eCommerce giant saying orders placed via Alexa were three times higher...

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Blue Apron Inks Deal With WW To Sell Healthy Meal Kits
Blue Apron Inks Deal With WW To Sell Healthy Meal Kits
December 27, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Blue Apron, the meal kit company, inked a partnership this week with WW, otherwise known as Weight Watchers International, in which it will make healthy...

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Can Facebook’s Portal Win Consumers’ Trust?
Can Facebook’s Portal Win Consumers’ Trust?
December 27, 2018  |  Intelligence of Things

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