In fall 2013, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff signed into law legislation meant to clarify expectations from different mobile payments players for that emerging market. Non-mandatory interoperability between mobile network operators, bankcard issuers, acquirers and the card brands was the focus of the law. Brazil currently...
Online booking solutions company Amadeus is moving forward with its technology, as it prepares to work with SAP to deliver a cloud-based corporate travel solution. The new global innovation is set to help the business travel community soar high in the “cloud” and create a...
Slow and late payments are the bane of small business-owners existence. They lead to cash flow problems, and in some cases closures, as SMBs are unable to operate without regular cash flow. Increasingly, as variety enters into the buyer-supplier relationship and electronic fund transfers are...
When individuals don’t pay their electric bill, the lights get shut off. But, what happens when one country’s government refuses to pay businesses in another country?
Square co-founder Jim McKelvey is taking what he learned about innovation when launching Square to new start-ups in St. Louis. He believes that all successful innovators need three things to succeed, unless they are in financial services. In this week's Innovator Insight series MPD CEO...
According to the 25th annual State of Logistics report, the trucking industry’s capacity is expected to tighten, while freight volumes are predicted to continue to increase. This will likely result in freight rate hikes by the end of 2014. Specifically, experts in the field say...
A recent survey showed that customers who receive marketing messages through InMarket’s Mobile to Mortar (M2M) iBeacon platform were 6.4 times more likely to keep an app on their phone, versus those who did not. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
Earlier this month, the Securities and Exchange Commission unanimously voted for new measures to be proposed that would reform how money market funds operate. Specifically, changes would be made to make the funds less susceptible to runs that could harm investors. Get the Full Story...
India’s milk and dairy major, Mother Dairy, announced earlier this week that it has signed a five-year agreement with enterprise software product company Ramco Systems. The move is expected to help connect Mother Dairy’s extended subcontractor network with an end-to-end ERP that can integrate smoothly...
