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Where SMEs Should Rethink Their Priorities

Where SMEs Should Rethink Their Priorities
Where SMEs Should Rethink Their Priorities
July 18, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Do small and medium-sized businesses have their priorities straight? In some cases, research suggests, business owners are a bit misguided and possibly stuck in the past....

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Who’ll Be The ‘Netflix’ Of Payments?
Who’ll Be The ‘Netflix’ Of Payments?
July 18, 2016  |  Payments Innovation

Most people describe Netflix’s success as anticipating the shift from physical to digital media consumption. Karen Webster says that would be overlooking the real reason...

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With Blockchain, It’s Time For Less Talking, More Doing
With Blockchain, It’s Time For Less Talking, More Doing
July 18, 2016  |  B2B Payments

ATB Financial just completed the sending of a payment from its home base of Canada to a bank in Germany in 20 seconds via blockchain....

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The Taming Of The Slew (Of Data, That Is)
The Taming Of The Slew (Of Data, That Is)
July 18, 2016  |  PYMNTS Data Lab

Data is unstructured gold. For retailers, the key is to be agile enough — in a constant dialogue between marketing and IT departments — to...

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Lending Club, Amex, Airbnb And PayPal: Why Payments Never Bores
Lending Club, Amex, Airbnb And PayPal: Why Payments Never Bores
July 18, 2016  |  Payment Methods

While most people have used some variation of the phrase “truth is stranger than fiction,” few know that they should be attributing it to Lord...

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Fast Fashion Is Failing – Now What?
Fast Fashion Is Failing – Now What?
July 17, 2016  |  Retail

On face, the fast fashion concept is backed by two such fundamentally good ideas that it seemed only natural that it would it would become...

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How To Celebrate Emoji Day
How To Celebrate Emoji Day
July 16, 2016  |  Payment Methods

For those looking for something to celebrate this weekend, the world hasn’t really come through. Sure, maybe you can throw an off-the-wall unboxing party as your newly...

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Community Banks’ Leg-Up On The SME Lending Giants
Community Banks’ Leg-Up On The SME Lending Giants
July 15, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Small community banks may not have the ample resources that Wells Fargo or Bank of America have to develop high-tech, experimental solutions internally. But that...

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