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US Unemployment Rate Drops To 10.2 Pct
US Unemployment Rate Drops To 10.2 Pct
August 07, 2020  |  Economy

The nation’s economy added 1.8 million jobs in July, slightly better than analysts’ expectations, while the unemployment rate fell to 10.2 percent, the U.S. Labor...

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Deep Dive: Preventing Fraudsters From Gaming The System As Online Gaming Heats Up
Deep Dive: Preventing Fraudsters From Gaming The System As Online Gaming Heats Up
August 07, 2020  |  Authentication

Millions of consumers around the globe are turning to online games during the COVID-19 pandemic, and cybercriminals are springing into action with schemes to target...

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B2B FinTechs Overcome Pandemic VC Slump
B2B FinTechs Overcome Pandemic VC Slump
August 07, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Talk of a venture capital plummet continues to grow, particularly in Europe, where new data from Consultancy Europe revealed that the number of venture capital...

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Why Supply Chain Security Relies On A Holistic View
Why Supply Chain Security Relies On A Holistic View
August 07, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Companies tend to know a lot about their primary and tier one suppliers because, as their most important vendors, it generally pays to know an...

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Deutsche Bank On Accelerating Payments In The Digital Age
Deutsche Bank On Accelerating Payments In The Digital Age
August 07, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

Immediacy has become the name of the game for vendors and suppliers facing crumbling revenue streams. But banks can find themselves struggling to facilitate faster...

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Tencent Stock Drops After Trump Bans WeChat
Tencent Stock Drops After Trump Bans WeChat
August 07, 2020  |  International

It didn’t take long for China’s market to react to President Donald Trump’s executive order banning WeChat. Shares of Tencent Holdings Ltd., its parent company,...

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Unisys, PayCargo Team Up For Faster, More Secure B2B Payments
Unisys, PayCargo Team Up For Faster, More Secure B2B Payments
August 07, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Unisys has partnered with PayCargo, which works in electronic invoicing and settlements for shipping companies, to deliver a new payments platform for cargo providers that...

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New xSuite, SAP Partnership To Help Automate Payments
New xSuite, SAP Partnership To Help Automate Payments
August 07, 2020  |  B2B Payments

The xSuite Group Business Partner Portal Sphere will run on the SAP Cloud Platform to help suppliers through new B2B payments automation, a press release...

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Report: How Faster Disbursements Can Woo Millennial Investors
Report: How Faster Disbursements Can Woo Millennial Investors
August 07, 2020  |  Disbursements

Rising unemployment rates and other economic factors driven by the ongoing pandemic have caused some consumers to tap into their long-term savings to stay afloat....

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