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Deep Dive: Analyzing The Instant Payments Availability Gap One Year Into The Pandemic
Deep Dive: Analyzing The Instant Payments Availability Gap One Year Into The Pandemic
March 04, 2021  |  Disbursements

The pandemic’s onset made routine ways of conducting daily business challenging for merchants, consumers and their payment partners alike, and the impacts linger one year...

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Citi’s Kohli: Corporates And Banks Experiment To Drive Digital Business Models
Citi’s Kohli: Corporates And Banks Experiment To Drive Digital Business Models
March 01, 2021  |  Digital-First Banking

Treasurers met the immediate disruption of the global pandemic last year with a sudden demand for digital solutions from their banks. The name of the...

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Invoice Financing Comes To SMBs And Freelancers
Invoice Financing Comes To SMBs And Freelancers
February 25, 2021  |  Faster Payments

Data shows that SMBs and freelance workers spend more than a month each year chasing down invoices. As Colin Gunnell, co-founder and CEO of Penny...

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How Digital Insurance Claim Payouts Can Help Business Owners Weather Tough Times
How Digital Insurance Claim Payouts Can Help Business Owners Weather Tough Times
February 11, 2021  |  B2B Payments

The insurance claims check doesn’t have to be in the mail anymore — and it can’t be for SMBs waiting for funds after a disaster,...

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SMB Insurance Claims Problems Have A Digital Fix
SMB Insurance Claims Problems Have A Digital Fix
February 10, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Businesses rely on a variety of insurance plans, ranging from workers compensation that pays for medical care should employees get injured on the job to...

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Amazon Business Takes Personalized Approach To Cross-Border B2B Payments
Amazon Business Takes Personalized Approach To Cross-Border B2B Payments
February 08, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Both businesses and consumers alike made moves to cut down on their expenses in 2020 as the pandemic continued to impact the global economy. Many...

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How Digitizing B2B Payments Leads To New Revenues
How Digitizing B2B Payments Leads To New Revenues
February 03, 2021  |  Payment Methods

When it comes to B2B payments and accounting processes, paper is the enemy. But like any formidable foe, it’s not going down without a fight....

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Today In Payments: Ripple Faces SEC Lawsuit It Says Would Cripple Cryptocurrency Industry; Peloton Buys Fitness Equipment Maker Precor
Today In Payments: Ripple Faces SEC Lawsuit It Says Would Cripple Cryptocurrency Industry; Peloton Buys...
December 22, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, Ripple said it faces a lawsuit from the SEC over the sale of unlicensed securities and Peloton has acquired fitness equipment...

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Study: 67 Percent Of Main Street SMBs Say They’ll Do More Business Online Post-Pandemic
Study: 67 Percent Of Main Street SMBs Say They’ll Do More Business Online Post-Pandemic
December 16, 2020  |  Coronavirus

The first round of COVID-19 vaccinations are underway in the United States, and businesses are growing more optimistic about the future than they have been...

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