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How AP Automation Is Removing Treasury Frictions
How AP Automation Is Removing Treasury Frictions
August 28, 2020  |  Accounts Payable

As payment flows become more complex, manual review and intervention by human experts must become more specialized, putting their intuitive expertise to work exactly where...

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Deep Dive: Harnessing Cloud Technology To Accelerate And Secure Real-Time Payments
Deep Dive: Harnessing Cloud Technology To Accelerate And Secure Real-Time Payments
August 28, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

The payments economy is continuously growing and becoming more digital. The global mobile payments market was valued at more than $3.7 trillion in 2019 and...

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Wine Humans Unite! Boston Shop Brings Natural Attitude And Expertise To The Party
Wine Humans Unite! Boston Shop Brings Natural Attitude And Expertise To The Party
August 28, 2020  |  Retail

It would certainly be understandable if Kimberly Scott considered herself a wine snob. After all, she has managed and held senior positions in the restaurant...

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Grocery Roundup: Amazon Opens First Amazon Fresh Store And DoorDash Adds Grocery Delivery
Grocery Roundup: Amazon Opens First Amazon Fresh Store And DoorDash Adds Grocery Delivery
August 28, 2020  |  Shopping

Amazon won the big headlines this week in the grocery world with its launch of the first brick-and-mortar Amazon Fresh grocery shopping location. It’s just the...

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Merrell On Meeting Consumers’ Newfound Need For Faster, Flexible Payment Experiences
Merrell On Meeting Consumers’ Newfound Need For Faster, Flexible Payment Experiences
August 28, 2020  |  Consumer Payments

Six in 10 consumers are shopping more online and less in stores than they did before the pandemic, so removing friction from checkout is key....

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VCs Fuel B2B FinTechs That Find The Opportunity In Pandemic Disruption
VCs Fuel B2B FinTechs That Find The Opportunity In Pandemic Disruption
August 28, 2020  |  Investments

B2B FinTechs this week scored more than $137.5 million for their technologies, which ranged from cybersecurity solutions to supply chain analytics. Several investments highlighted the...

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Why AP Teams Face An Extra Challenge To Data Automation
Why AP Teams Face An Extra Challenge To Data Automation
August 28, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Migrating away from paper continues to be a headache for enterprises of all sizes and industries, despite the added haste to digitize as a result...

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Facebook Calls Out Apple On Fees, Transparency
Facebook Calls Out Apple On Fees, Transparency
August 28, 2020  |  Apple

Facebook Inc. alleges Apple demanded it remove a message in its app which told customers about the computer giant’s 30 percent cut of online sales...

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Smaller FIs At The Real-Time Payments Crossroads
Smaller FIs At The Real-Time Payments Crossroads
August 28, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Interest in real-time payments continues to climb among financial institutions (FIs) as more options enter the ecosystem. Between the acceleration of ACH, the upcoming launch...

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