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Today In Data: Minding And Filling The Payments Gaps

Today In Data: Minding And Filling The Payments Gaps
Today In Data: Minding And Filling The Payments Gaps
November 15, 2018  |  Today In Data

Increasingly everything is online these days, up to and including consumer identity. That means many things are changing for the better: Checks, for the first...

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How Ridesharing Is Driving Rental Car Industry Innovation
How Ridesharing Is Driving Rental Car Industry Innovation
November 15, 2018  |  Retail

In the 1960s, Avis turned to its marketing agency in hopes of tackling a challenge: the car rental company wanted to keep pace with Hertz,...

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Startup Food Delivery Apps Savor Local Flavor
Startup Food Delivery Apps Savor Local Flavor
November 15, 2018  |  Retail

Established food delivery apps that serve customers from coast to coast aren’t the only game in town. In communities across the country, there are also...

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Walmart Associates Train For Black Friday With Virtual Reality
Walmart Associates Train For Black Friday With Virtual Reality
November 15, 2018  |  Retail

To enhance the training of its employee associates, Walmart is investing in virtual reality (VR) to help employees experience retail situations like the Black Friday...

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Sears Could Get $350M Loan In Financing Package
Sears Could Get $350M Loan In Financing Package
November 15, 2018  |  Retail

As Sears faces calls to wind down its operations, the retailer is reportedly putting the finishing touches on a deal for $350 million in financing...

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Blockchain Believers Remain Bullish On B2B Payments Disruption: PayPie
Blockchain Believers Remain Bullish On B2B Payments Disruption: PayPie
November 15, 2018  |  B2B Payments

As the peaks and valleys of blockchain hype continue to rise and fall, more doubt has surfaced over the future of distributed ledger technology, particularly...

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CEOs, Finance Staff On Opposite Sides Of The Accounts Payable Fence
CEOs, Finance Staff On Opposite Sides Of The Accounts Payable Fence
November 15, 2018  |  B2B Payments

B2B FinTech solution providers are currently working on reducing the friction associated with implementing their solutions into enterprise back offices. As they do this, there...

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CivilisedBank Ready To Reapply For Banking License
CivilisedBank Ready To Reapply For Banking License
November 15, 2018  |  B2B Payments

U.K. challenger bank CivilisedBank forfeited its banking license earlier this year with plans to shift its focus to underlying infrastructure and technology. Now, the company...

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Australia To Buy $1.4B In Non-Bank Small Business Loans
Australia To Buy $1.4B In Non-Bank Small Business Loans
November 15, 2018  |  B2B Payments

The Australian government has announced a new initiative to support small business finance following a series of steps to crack down on bank mistreatment of...

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