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The AP Approach Behind Ethically Sourced Chocolate
The AP Approach Behind Ethically Sourced Chocolate
August 03, 2020  |  B2B Payments

For budding U.S. bean-to-bar chocolate makers, ethically sourcing the richest cocoa beans is only half the challenge. Chocolatiers must also ensure that their suppliers —...

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How B2B Payments Fraud Hides Within The Enterprise
How B2B Payments Fraud Hides Within The Enterprise
August 03, 2020  |  B2B Payments

When it comes to B2B payments fraud, it’s not a matter of if it happens, but when. Speaking with Karen Webster in a recent interview,...

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How Treasurers Can Prepare For A Real-Time Payments Ecosystem
How Treasurers Can Prepare For A Real-Time Payments Ecosystem
August 03, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Navigating the U.S. regulatory landscape as a financial service provider is not easy, with laws that vary state by state and federal rules that are...

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Deep Dive: Adapting Worker Payments To The On-Demand Era
Deep Dive: Adapting Worker Payments To The On-Demand Era
August 03, 2020  |  Faster Payments

Some accounts say Roman soldiers were periodically paid for their labors in salt, and while compensation methods have evolved considerably since then, the concept of...

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Global Remittances May Fall By $109B In 2020
Global Remittances May Fall By $109B In 2020
August 03, 2020  |  Cross-border Payments

If it takes a year to contain the COVID-19 pandemic and reopen economies, global payments could fall by as much as $108.6 billion this year,...

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Report: GoodRx Files For IPO
Report: GoodRx Files For IPO
August 03, 2020  |  IPO

GoodRx Inc., the Santa Monica, Calif.-based prescription drug price-comparison company, plans to go public. Reuters reported the online company has filed for a potential initial...

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Big Tech And The Optical Illusion Of Monopoly
Big Tech And The Optical Illusion Of Monopoly
August 03, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

The most interesting thing about Big Tech’s Fab Four tour of Capitol Hill last Wednesday (July 29) wasn’t the perfunctory lawmaker grandstanding, or even the...

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Is There A Doctor In The House? Why Heal’s CEO Thinks There Should Be
Is There A Doctor In The House? Why Heal’s CEO Thinks There Should Be
August 03, 2020  |  Healthcare

“There’s got to be a better way.” That single phrase has started plenty of innovative companies when uttered by frustrated entrepreneurs who find themselves running...

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How FIs Can Get A Perfect Score on Their Digital-First Offerings
How FIs Can Get A Perfect Score on Their Digital-First Offerings
August 03, 2020  |  Digital-First Banking

The pandemic has pushed digitization from a “nice to have” to a “have to have” for consumers all over the world and across all age...

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