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Advocacy Group Says EU’s Tax Haven Blacklist Is Failing

Advocacy Group Says EU’s Tax Haven Blacklist Is Failing
Advocacy Group Says EU’s Tax Haven Blacklist Is Failing
September 25, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Tax havens are typically assumed to be islands in warm climates offering low tax rates for organizations looking for a lucrative loophole. But these “havens”...

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Fusion Pulls Suppliers Into Its Corporate Risk Management Software
Fusion Pulls Suppliers Into Its Corporate Risk Management Software
September 25, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Fusion Risk Management is expanding its corporate risk management software offering by integrating new functionality into the tool, the company said in a press release on...

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Google P2P Payments Via QR Codes In The Offing?
Google P2P Payments Via QR Codes In The Offing?
September 25, 2018  |  Google

Google is working on using QR codes to allow its users to send peer-to-peer (P2P) payments. While Google Pay already enables P2P payments, XDA-Developers revealed...

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First-Class Perks Include VR Tech On Alaska Air
First-Class Perks Include VR Tech On Alaska Air
September 25, 2018  |  Loyalty & Rewards

Alaska Airlines announced that is partnering with French company SkyLights to pioneer a new virtual reality (VR) headset for its first-class passengers. Get the Full...

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US Credit Scores Soar To 704, But Debt Looms
US Credit Scores Soar To 704, But Debt Looms
September 25, 2018  |  Debt

New data shows that as U.S. credit scores hit their highest point since the Great Recession, Americans are also borrowing more than ever. According to...

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OpenTable Employee Charged With Making Fake Reservations At Rival Service
OpenTable Employee Charged With Making Fake Reservations At Rival Service
September 25, 2018  |  Legal

OpenTable employee Steven Addison was charged by federal prosecutors with making fake reservations on a rival’s website at a time when he knew the restaurants...

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How Global Receivables Platforms Could End The Payment Waiting Game
How Global Receivables Platforms Could End The Payment Waiting Game
September 25, 2018  |  Global Payments

Receivables platforms, which can streamline B2B payment reconciliations, automatically match invoice data with bank account information and deposit payments directly into accounts, are seen as...

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Bitcoin Daily: $100M Canadian Mining Farm Could Go Dark In A Heat Wave
Bitcoin Daily: $100M Canadian Mining Farm Could Go Dark In A Heat Wave
September 25, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Medicine Hat, a city in Canada, reportedly has plans in place to shut off the power to the Hut 8 crypto mining should a big heat...

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Paytm Tests Biometrics For Digital Payments
Paytm Tests Biometrics For Digital Payments
September 25, 2018  |  Digital Payments

Paytm has started working on a facial recognition tool to enable digital payments. According to The Economic Times, the company plans to expand the feature...

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