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Why Payments Personalization Is Key To Enhancing User Experience For Digital Content Platforms
Why Payments Personalization Is Key To Enhancing User Experience For Digital Content Platforms
August 10, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

Getting consumers to subscribe to digital content is mostly an all or nothing endeavor: pay up via a standardized subscription paywall or go without accessing...

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Connecting B2B SMBs To Financing When Traditional Lenders Pull Back
Connecting B2B SMBs To Financing When Traditional Lenders Pull Back
August 10, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Despite government initiatives to connect small businesses to capital as quickly as possible, the U.S.’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was wrought with confusion and inefficiencies....

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Ireland’s Grocery Industry Doubles Down On Accelerated Vendor Payments
Ireland’s Grocery Industry Doubles Down On Accelerated Vendor Payments
August 10, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Amid rising market volatility, some large organizations have positioned themselves to support their small suppliers by accelerating payment terms. The grocery industry has been among...

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Deep Dive: The Pressures Pushing Banks To Modernize Their Payments Infrastructures
Deep Dive: The Pressures Pushing Banks To Modernize Their Payments Infrastructures
August 10, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

A multitude of payments flow between businesses, government agencies, individuals and others in the U.S. The Federal Reserve recently estimated that there were 174.2 billion...

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What Overcoming Inertia Tells Us About The Future of Physical Retail
What Overcoming Inertia Tells Us About The Future of Physical Retail
August 10, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

By now, you’ve no doubt heard the story about how Isaac Newton turned quarantining during London’s outbreak of the Bubonic Plague between 1665 and 1667...

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Western Union CEO: ‘We’re On An M&A Hunt’
Western Union CEO: ‘We’re On An M&A Hunt’
August 10, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

One of the world’s largest digital money movers could be getting bigger. The Financial Times (FT) reported Western Union (WU) is planning to use opportunities...

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The Clearing House On The Race for Real-Time Payments In The US
The Clearing House On The Race for Real-Time Payments In The US
August 10, 2020  |  Faster Payments

Real time is getting ever closer to prime time. But it might not be the Federal Reserve’s doing. You’d be forgiven for thinking that faster...

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Mercari US CEO: Modernizing Marketplaces For The Casual Seller
Mercari US CEO: Modernizing Marketplaces For The Casual Seller
August 10, 2020  |  Commerce Connected

If America ever needed a digital estate sale — or even a garage sale, for that matter — it’s right now. Tens of millions of...

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New Data: Receivers Value Instant Payouts Enough To Pay To Get Them
New Data: Receivers Value Instant Payouts Enough To Pay To Get Them
August 10, 2020  |  Disbursements

Consumers have long used the internet to purchase everything from meals to clothing, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is only accelerating the shift toward digital...

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