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Commerzbank And UniCredit Complete First UK BPO Live Transaction
Commerzbank And UniCredit Complete First UK BPO Live Transaction
September 01, 2016  |  International

Commerzbank London and UniCredit announced they have successfully processed the first U.K. Bank Payment Obligation (BPO) live transaction. The transaction covers the export of chemicals from...

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Symphony Commerce Raises $11 Million In VC Funding
Symphony Commerce Raises $11 Million In VC Funding
September 01, 2016  |  Investments

Symphony Commerce, a startup that provides cloud-based technology for eCommerce platforms, raised $11 million in venture capital funding during August. The venture capitalists that took...

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Amazon Expands Food Delivery Service To Houston
Amazon Expands Food Delivery Service To Houston
September 01, 2016  |  Amazon Delivery

Move over GrubHub and UberEATS, Amazon is getting into the food delivery business in another city in Texas, promising Prime members in Houston free one-hour...

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Loyalty Programs Lay The Groundwork For Mobile Payment Adoption
Loyalty Programs Lay The Groundwork For Mobile Payment Adoption
September 01, 2016  |  Loyalty & Rewards

Mobile payments are the wave of the future, and it’s the digitization of loyalty programs by banks and credit card issuers that lays the groundwork...

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Salesforce Misses The Mark
Salesforce Misses The Mark
September 01, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Investors had risen concerns over Salesforce‘s recent M&A spree, having spent a combined $3.5 billion on acquisitions in the last six months alone, according to...

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Australia Opens SME Lending Probe
Australia Opens SME Lending Probe
September 01, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Australia has launched an investigation into big banks’ lending practices with small business borrowers, reports said on Wednesday (Aug. 31). The Small Business and Family...

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The Do’s And Don’ts Of Digital Gift Cards
The Do’s And Don’ts Of Digital Gift Cards
September 01, 2016  |  Retail

According to an RSR Research study, a surprising number of digital gift card programs are poorly executed among many U.S. retailers. The Annual Digital Gifting...

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The Cybercriminal’s Sweet Spot
The Cybercriminal’s Sweet Spot
September 01, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Member Banks of the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) seem to be in the cybercriminal’s crosshairs these days. The global interbank messaging system...

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CreditEase Rolls Out SME FinTech Platform In China
CreditEase Rolls Out SME FinTech Platform In China
September 01, 2016  |  B2B Payments

China-based lending platform CreditEase is expanding its financial services offering. Reports on Wednesday (Aug. 31) said the company has rolled out a new FinTech platform,...

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