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technology adoption
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MobileHow CaaS Platforms Are Changing How People And Businesses Communicate
The world of 1997 may not initially present itself as a radically different place from today, but a stroll down memory lane...
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B2B PaymentsDriving The Self-Service Model In SMB InsurTech
As is often the case with technology adoption, small business (SMB) owners are seeking services and solutions that offer the same convenience...
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Credit UnionsCredit Unions Find ‘Co-opetition’ Key To Closing The Innovation Gap
Credit unions (CUs) face stiff competition from banks, FinTech firms and other players in the financial industry, but they have several intrinsic...
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Global PaymentsThis Week In Payments: Davos, China X-Border Commerce And Talk To (And Pay With) The Hand
While there was no shortage of goings on this week, the eyes and ears of the payments, commerce and finance enthusiasts were...
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Credit UnionsCredit Unions Place Big Bet On AI And Biometrics
A new decade — and for credit unions (CUs), might this be the decade of data as a conduit of trust, a...
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B2B PaymentsProcure-To-Pay Guides The Middle Market Into The Cloud
Though the middle market might have more resources than small businesses, many firms in this category are only just beginning their digitization...
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B2B PaymentsThe Financial Literacy Link To Supply Chain Digitization
Supply chain management is increasingly more strategic than operational, enabling businesses around the world to improve their bottom lines while meeting the...
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B2B PaymentsCommunity Banks Embrace Faster Payments’ Competitive Edge
Community banks are pushing for a stronger role with their small business (SMB) customers. Yet, the broader perception of smaller financial institutions...
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B2B PaymentsAPIs Ready Manufacturers For The B2B eCommerce Of Tomorrow
Application program interface (API) technology had a standout year in 2019 as a critical component to enabling the open banking business model,...
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MastercardMastercard On Overcoming AI’s Bias Problem
Savor this moment — these coming weeks, the next few months, the year or two that will follow. These are the last...
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B2B PaymentsCannabis Shows Early Signs Of Late Supplier Payments Struggle
The gradual legalization of cannabis in the U.S. and elsewhere has opened up an opportunity not only for new businesses to form,...
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Mobile ApplicationsNEW DATA: Behind The Consumer’s Surging Interest In Mobile Card Apps
Getting consumers to download new apps can be a tough sell — crowded as the smartphone screens of many already are these...
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B2B PaymentsTop Conglomerates Enter A New Era Of Supply Chain Disruption
Supply chain volatility is a difficult nut to crack, due to a host of risks that can be (or at least appear...
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B2B PaymentsCash Flow Worries Limit SMB Hiring
Some of the world’s largest conglomerates are raising concerns about an impending economic recession in the U.S., supply chain disruptions stemming from...
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B2B PaymentsThe Enterprise Headache Of A Decentralized Blockchain
For blockchain technology, the crux of many of its purported benefits for the enterprise is its decentralized nature, which, proponents of distributed...
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InnovationHyundai Wants Competitors To Use Its Hydrogen Fuel Tech
Hyundai Motor wants its rivals to help boost its hydrogen fuel-cell system technology. The automaker is looking for its competitors to buy...
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Digital PaymentsClosing In On Contactless Payments’ Tipping Point
Contactless payments have yet to achieve critical mass in the U.S., at only about 3 percent of transactions, according to NMI. Nick...
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Security & FraudOffloading Cyber Defense Amid Tech’s Great Unknowns
Cyber insurance firm Coalition just raised $40 million in funding to boost staff, and a data platform that analyzes and underwrites cyber...
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MPOS TrackerHow mPOS Powers Convention Payments
While mobile wallet use has yet to take off in the U.S., that could all change soon. Younger generations are more likely...
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InnovationHow 45 Pct Of Old-School SMBs Plan To Innovate
In today’s digital economy, with shopping as easy as the tap of a finger on a smartphone screen, brick-and-mortar retail businesses have...
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B2B PaymentsThe State Of Corporate Cybersecurity: Paranoia, Hopelessness
It is perhaps no surprise that the latest research on corporate cybersecurity is far from optimistic. In a time when experts highlight...
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B2B PaymentsSmall Firms Demand Higher Speed, Lower Costs In Global Payments
Small businesses (SMBs) are rarely early adopters of new financial technology (FinTech). However, with business owners and entrepreneurs often taking a page...
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B2B PaymentsReady Or Not, Faster Payments Will Impact Corporate Operations
Corporate payments still don’t have a clear role in driving the adoption of faster payment technologies and systems in the U.S. The...
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B2B PaymentsPayStand Rolls Out Automated AR Solution
B2B payments company PayStand is turning its attention to the accounts receivable (AR) side of business transactions with a new solution announced...
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B2B PaymentsSWIFT Set To Shutter Data Matching Tool TSU
Payments messaging company SWIFT is gearing up to close its Trade Services Utility (TSU), a workflow engine aimed at facilitating value-added supply...
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Artificial IntelligenceAI Enters The FI Fast Lane
It’s hard to find fault with one of the latest tests of artificial intelligence (AI). Medical diagnostic technology built by Google and a...
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InvestmentsMicrosoft-Backed Cybersecurity Co Aqua Raises $62M
Aqua Security announced that it has closed a Series C investment round of $62 million, led by Insight Partners. The company’s existing...
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B2B PaymentsThe Uber-ization Impact Of Supply Chain Finance
FinTech has revolutionized the way traditional banks can implement and roll out new products and services to their customers, with banks’ complex infrastructures...
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Payments InnovationMastercard On Enabling Apple’s ‘Digital First’ Credit Card
Does the Apple Card signal the age of the ‘digital first’ and…eventually….’digital only’ credit card? Mastercard’s Jorn Lambert, EVP of digital solutions,...
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Intelligence of ThingsNew IoT Security Bill Exposes Rising Data Protection, Safety Concerns
Approximately 20 billion IoT-enabled devices will be connected by 2020. These items are fast, handle an increasingly large amount of personal and...
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Intelligence of ThingsThe Move To Regulate IoT
The Internet of Things (IoT) has firmly taken hold, with new applications — focusing on the support of consumer, business and industrial...
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B2B PaymentsSMBs Cross The Chasm Of Accounting Innovation
Small business (SMB) adoption of technology can be a process filled with growing pains and friction points, thanks to the cost and...
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B2B PaymentsDoubt, Confusion, Confidence: Where Crypto Stands In B2B Payments
Cryptocurrency has come a long way since bitcoin’s emergence as an unregulated, anonymous payment technology. Perhaps the most poignant moment in this...
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B2B PaymentsSMB Growth Stumbles Over Technology
While there’s been talk of an economic slowdown ahead, and declining optimism among the business community, the latest stats on small businesses...
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B2B PaymentsHow Intelligent Accounts Payable Is Changing The Face Of The ERP
Straight-through processing (STP) is the gold standard for accounts payable (AP) departments. It allows invoices to be received, reviewed and pushed through...
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Payment MethodsGiving Community Banks The Contactless Card Boost
Contactless has yet to catch on in the United States, despite years of promotional efforts and the success of the payment method...
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B2B PaymentsStreamlining The B2B Side Of Retail With Data
There is a chain reaction set off when a consumer makes a seemingly simple purchase online. While the shopper will click “buy,”...
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B2B PaymentsCorporate Finance’s Interest In AI Doesn’t Lead To Adoption: Oracle
Last year was the year of artificial intelligence (AI), declared Brighterion CEO Dr. Akli Adjaoute for PYMNTS’ 2018 year-end eBook. The technology is...
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B2B PaymentsHow Inefficient B2B Payments Systems Hobble Business Growth
Business confidence remains strong in the U.S., riding on the optimism of a strengthening economy that brings new opportunity for revenue growth....
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B2B PaymentsThe Limitations Of Tech In Supply Chain Digitization
Digitization inevitably means technology adoption, a truth that extends into the realm of supply chain digitization. Corporates looking to streamline, enhance visibility...
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B2B PaymentsEY, Kinaxis Link Up For Supply Chain Digitization
Professional services and accounting firm Ernst & Young (EY) and supply chain management firm Kinaxis are joining forces to modernize their joint...
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B2B PaymentsSupply Chain Digitization Stumbles Over Collaboration
Supply chains continue to lag in digitization and technology adoption, with hurdles often relating to the costs, lack of understanding, or implementation...
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B2B PaymentsYoung SMB Owners: Bigger Goals, But Less Clarity On Finances
When considering the differences across age groups of entrepreneurs, digitization and technology adoption often come to mind first, with younger small business...
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B2B PaymentsHow Accountants-Turned-Advisors Can Manage The FinTech Deluge
Technology may be enabling automation in small business (SMB) accounting and financial management, but rather than cutting out the need for human...
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B2B PaymentsRight Networks Eyes SMB App Connectivity With Propelware Acquisition
Small business (SMB) cloud accounting firm Right Networks has announced the acquisition of Propelware in an effort to connect its accounting technology...
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B2B PaymentsDigital Disruption Jumps To Top Of C-Suite’s 2019 Concerns
A new report from consulting firm Protiviti finds corporate c-level executives have shown a sudden spike in their concern over the “digital...
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B2B PaymentsWhat Corporate Finance Tech Adoption Will Look Like In Two Years
It’s that time of year again, when experts muse and analysts forecast for the year (and years) ahead. In corporate finance, the...
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MPOS TrackerNonprofits Up Their Payments Game With mPOS
It’s the season of giving, and that means many consumers are in the spirit to donate to a good cause — without...
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MPOS TrackerIs mPOS The New Nonprofit Nonoptional?
The holiday shopping season is here — and to capture profits, retailers need to ensure that customers’ payment experiences are as smooth as...
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B2B PaymentsDriving Connectivity In The Increasingly Complex Global Supply Chain
Only a small fraction of organizations say they are able to have full visibility into their supply chains. According to Geodis research,...
