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FedNow Hit With Resistance From Smaller FIs
FedNow Hit With Resistance From Smaller FIs
August 11, 2020  |  B2B Payments

This week’s roundup of payment rail innovations shines a spotlight on how B2B FinTechs are expanding the functionality and value of existing payment rails. Visa’s...

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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Australia Wants Facebook And Google To Pay News Publishers
Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Australia Wants Facebook And Google To Pay News Publishers
August 11, 2020  |  Tracker Series

Facebook, Alphabet/Google, Apple and Amazon are under the microscope these days as politicians and regulators the world over accuse them of anticompetitive behaviors. In our new Big...

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Shifting The Finserv Focus To Amazon Sellers
Shifting The Finserv Focus To Amazon Sellers
August 11, 2020  |  B2B Payments

The prolific success of Amazon has largely orbited around the company’s consumer-centric business model. The ability to offer online shoppers a seamless digital experience and...

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Routable Raises $12M In Series A For Expansion Of Digital B2B Services
Routable Raises $12M In Series A For Expansion Of Digital B2B Services
August 11, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Routable, which aims to simplify the sending and receiving of B2B payments, has come off a Series A funding round with $12 million, a press...

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Tradeshift Rolls Out New Trade Finance Program In Africa
Tradeshift Rolls Out New Trade Finance Program In Africa
August 11, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Tradeshift, which works in supply chain payments and marketplaces, has teamed with Raindew Trade and launched a new instant supplier payment scheme for the COVID-19...

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CIH Bank Digitizing Processes With Help From Finastra
CIH Bank Digitizing Processes With Help From Finastra
August 11, 2020  |  Digital Banking

Moroccan commercial bank CIH Bank is going live with new automated banking services with the help of Finastra, a press release states. CIH Bank has...

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Deep Dive: Offering Fast And Secure Localized Payments To Cross-Border Shoppers
Deep Dive: Offering Fast And Secure Localized Payments To Cross-Border Shoppers
August 11, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

Localized shopping and payment experiences are indispensable when selling to an international customer base. Enabling them, however, is often easier said than done. Merchants must...

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Deep Dive: Why Legacy Payment, Disbursement Issues Compound The Millennial Investing Gap
Deep Dive: Why Legacy Payment, Disbursement Issues Compound The Millennial Investing Gap
August 11, 2020  |  Disbursements

The investment industry managed to weather the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic with few major issues, even as initial stock market declines led to dips in...

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Execs Vow To Hire 100K Low-Income Minorities By 2030
Execs Vow To Hire 100K Low-Income Minorities By 2030
August 11, 2020  |  Personnel

The top executives of more than two dozen high profile companies have pledged to hire 100,000 people from New York’s minority communities by 2030. CNBC...

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