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Bank Launches New Tool For Small Business Owners
June 13, 2014

Fox Chase Bank announced earlier this week that it had created an innovative tool designed to help small business owners gather a better understanding of what their companies are worth. According to a recent American Banker article, Fox will soon launch a community banking tool....

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Agrawal: Western Union Seeing B2B Gains, Expects More To Come
June 13, 2014

Fueled in large part by its 2011 acquisition of Travelex, Western Union has made great strides in growing its B2B funds-transfers activities. But with just a 2 percent market share, the company’s interim CFO, Anil Agrawal sees a bright future as it looks to tap...

Hotel Group Moves Toward E-Invoicing
June 13, 2014

Van der Valk Exclusief, a group of 32 exclusive hotels with both consumer and business customers, announced earlier this week that it will use Anachron’s InvoicePortal to integrate e-invoicing into its business plan. According to Van der Valk’s Hanneke Mulder, the InvoicePortal program is very...

Study: B2B Consumers Want Custom Pricing
June 13, 2014

Nearly half of B2B consumers say that the top issue for them is the ability to set custom prices. According to a recent survey by Oracle, 45 percent of surveyed e-commerce consumers in the B2B industry cited that as a top goal. Additionally, having advanced...

Which State Is Friendliest To Small Businesses?
June 13, 2014

The answer could come as a surprise to you. According to Thumbtack.com’s annual Small Business Friendliness Survey, Utah, Idaho, Texas, Virginia and Louisiana gave their states the highest rating for friendliness to small business. However, small business owners gave California, Rhode Island and Illinois an “F.”...

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PayPal Launches Passport
June 13, 2014

PayPal announced PassPort which will create a new information hub for merchants with an eye to expanding their cross border sales. Users will have access thru PassPort to find stats, tips and general information on international sales. Some of the data available on PassPort is interactive. One example...

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How TSYS Is Working To Ease Procurement Pain
June 12, 2014

TSYS recently brought on Walter Taylor to serve as the company’s global chief procurement officer. Taylor spoke with MPD CEO Karen Webster on his new role with TSYS, and how he is working to develop innovation through the aggregation of information in a way to...

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Finnish Firm Benefiting From Rising Interest In B2B eInvoicing
June 12, 2014

Basware Corp., which supplies accounts-payable and eInvoicing software to businesses, recently expanded its relationship with a European brewing company to assist in its North American operations. The Finland-based firm, which also scored recent deals with an Indian IT solutions provider and a UK hospitality company,...

Ripple Joins NACHA Payments Innovation Alliance
June 12, 2014

Ripple Labs, the startup that created a platform for electronic payments using existing fiat currencies, announced on its blog earlier this week that it had joined the NACHA Payments Innovation Alliance. According to the company statement, the move a great opportunity for Ripple to help...