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Virtual Cards See Opportunity In Freelancers, Open Banking

Virtual Cards See Opportunity In Freelancers, Open Banking
Virtual Cards See Opportunity In Freelancers, Open Banking
December 20, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Growth in the commercial card industry is being driven by more than the push for supplier acceptance in accounts receivable. With innovations introducing virtual card...

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gpi Makes SWIFT Cross-Border Gains
gpi Makes SWIFT Cross-Border Gains
December 20, 2018  |  B2B Payments

SWIFT has noted that gpi payments make up more than half of its cross-border traffic. The Fed sees marquee tech names pushing for faster payments,...

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Morgan Stanley Takes Steps To Make FinTech Partnering Easier
Morgan Stanley Takes Steps To Make FinTech Partnering Easier
December 20, 2018  |  Startups

Morgan Stanley wants to make it easier to acquire new tech from startups as well as pick up the pace of collaboration amid concerns from FinTechs...

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Student Loan Debt Hits $1.465 Trillion, Sets New Record
Student Loan Debt Hits $1.465 Trillion, Sets New Record
December 20, 2018  |  Debt

Student loan debt in the U.S. has set a new record, hitting $1.465 trillion in November, according to a new analysis by Bloomberg. Get the...

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Lack Of Insurance Hurts Crypto’s Push To Go Mainstream
Lack Of Insurance Hurts Crypto’s Push To Go Mainstream
December 20, 2018  |  Cryptocurrency

Adoption of cryptocurrency by large fund managers is being hurt by the difficulty cryptocurrency exchanges and traders located in Asia are having trying to get...

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US Shoppers To Spend $26B On Dec. 22
US Shoppers To Spend $26B On Dec. 22
December 20, 2018  |  Retail

Data shows that this coming Saturday — December 22 — is poised to be the biggest shopping day of the year. Get the Full Story...

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2018: The Year Of Evolution In Payments’ Revolution
2018: The Year Of Evolution In Payments’ Revolution
December 20, 2018  |  Commentary

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Inside Clearbanc’s ‘Alt VC’ Model For eCommerce Startups
Inside Clearbanc’s ‘Alt VC’ Model For eCommerce Startups
December 20, 2018  |  Investments

Capital tied to equity can be expensive, time-consuming and sometimes deflating. Funding negotiations and deals are complex. A business might end up trading chunks of...

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Corcentric On Myth-Busting Electronic B2B Payments Adoption
Corcentric On Myth-Busting Electronic B2B Payments Adoption
December 20, 2018  |  B2B Payments

The payments industry has been talking about the digitization of B2B transactions for years, maybe decades, with not much of a nudge of that needle....

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