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Pollinate: The Payments Industry Cannot Be Complacent About Supporting Small Businesses
Pollinate: The Payments Industry Cannot Be Complacent About Supporting Small Businesses
January 25, 2021  |  SMBs

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all businesses, but the smaller firms have been particularly hard-hit. Jonathan Hughes, co-founder of Pollinate and CEO of Pollinate Horizons,...

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Today In Payments Around The World: India’s Central Bank Aims To Clamp Down On Shadow Lenders; Global FDI Falls By 42 Pct
Today In Payments Around The World: India’s Central Bank Aims To Clamp Down On Shadow...
January 25, 2021  |  News

In today’s top payments news around the world, India’s central bank wants stricter regulations for big shadow lenders, while global foreign direct investment (FDI) dropped...

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Google Pledges $150 Million To Aid COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign
Google Pledges $150 Million To Aid COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign
January 25, 2021  |  Coronavirus

Google will kick in $150 million “to promote vaccine education and equitable distribution and make it easier to find locally relevant information, including when and...

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Visa, Mastercard, Amex Earnings To Shed Light On Contactless, Debit Surge 
Visa, Mastercard, Amex Earnings To Shed Light On Contactless, Debit Surge 
January 25, 2021  |  Earnings

To get a glimpse of the state of spending, one needs only to look at the card networks, the gross dollar volumes and cross-border activity...

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PAAY: The Year Of Small Business
PAAY: The Year Of Small Business
January 25, 2021  |  SMBs

Yitz Mendlowitz, founder and CEO of PAAY, shares his insights on how the pandemic has impacted small businesses, and what they should do in the...

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22-Year-Old Entrepreneurs Win ‘Shark Tank’ Deal For Quevos Startup
22-Year-Old Entrepreneurs Win ‘Shark Tank’ Deal For Quevos Startup
January 25, 2021  |  Retail

Twenty-two-year-old entrepreneurs Nick Hamburger and Zack Schreier started their first business in sixth grade, charging students at their Chicago-area school $3 for some cool Japanese...

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Bringing Innovation To Retail With Collaboration And Technology
Bringing Innovation To Retail With Collaboration And Technology
January 25, 2021  |  Today In Data

Amazon recently wrote to President Joe Biden to offer help in fighting COVID-19, while Walmart has unveiled a new collaboration with Western Union to bolster money transfers, bill payments and money orders. In corporate...

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Cox Automotive Launches End-To-End Car Retail Experience
Cox Automotive Launches End-To-End Car Retail Experience
January 25, 2021  |  Retail

Cox Automotive has rolled out its Complete Retail online experience, which lets merchants and shoppers finish the shopping and purchasing processes in any location. The...

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CVS Health Finishes First Vaccine Round For Skilled Nursing Facilities
CVS Health Finishes First Vaccine Round For Skilled Nursing Facilities
January 25, 2021  |  Retail

CVS Health has provided the first round of COVID-19 inoculations to almost 8,000 skilled nursing facilities throughout the nation. Administration of second doses is occurring...

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