Report: Janet Yellen Is Biden’s Pick For Treasury As Brainard Fades
Report: Janet Yellen Is Biden’s Pick For Treasury As Brainard Fades
November 23, 2020  |  Politics

Janet Yellen is the incoming Biden administration’s pick to be Treasury secretary, according to a new report. President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate Yellen, the...

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Western Union Expands Real-Time Digital Payments To 100 Countries
Western Union Expands Real-Time Digital Payments To 100 Countries
November 23, 2020  |  Digital Payments

Western Union just took another big step toward ramping up its growing digital payments arsenal. The legacy global remittance giant said on Monday (Nov. 23)...

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Cross-Border eCommerce Gains Momentum
Cross-Border eCommerce Gains Momentum
November 23, 2020  |  eCommerce

The holidays are upon us, and as we all get ready for the virtual feasts, the pandemic has in one sense put up some borders...

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Dueling Outlooks Disagree About Discount-Driven Holiday Selling
Dueling Outlooks Disagree About Discount-Driven Holiday Selling
November 23, 2020  |  Retail

Nobel laureate Niels Bohr once quipped, “Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.” If he thought physics predictions were tough, try 2020...

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Today In Digital-First Banking: OCC Seeks Equal Access To Banking; Taxpayers Face $435B Hit From Student Loans
Today In Digital-First Banking: OCC Seeks Equal Access To Banking; Taxpayers Face $435B Hit From...
November 23, 2020  |  Digital-First Banking

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has proposed a personal banking rule intended to level...

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Today In Payments: Visa Commercial Pay Launches For Virtual Cards, B2B Payments; Biden Chief Tech Aide Could Bring Tighter Big Tech Oversight
Today In Payments: Visa Commercial Pay Launches For Virtual Cards, B2B Payments; Biden Chief Tech...
November 23, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, Visa and Conferma Pay launched Visa Commercial Pay, and Biden’s top technology advisor signals a future administration that is tough on...

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Early Shopping And BOPIS Lead As Consumers Navigate A Tricky Shopping Season
Early Shopping And BOPIS Lead As Consumers Navigate A Tricky Shopping Season
November 23, 2020  |  Retail

To say the least, the retail industry finds itself in the middle of a tricky holiday season. As of late October, data released by LendingTree...

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Snapchat’s Spotlight Dangles $1M To Lure Viral Creators From TikTok, Instagram Reels
Snapchat’s Spotlight Dangles $1M To Lure Viral Creators From TikTok, Instagram Reels
November 23, 2020  |  eCommerce

Spotlight — a new Snapchat tool to compete with TikTok and Instagram (IG) Reels — is making available at least $1 million every day to...

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It’s A Wrap: Visa Completes Purchase Of Latin American FinTech YellowPepper
It’s A Wrap: Visa Completes Purchase Of Latin American FinTech YellowPepper
November 23, 2020  |  VISA

Visa has wrapped up its acquisition of Latin American FinTech YellowPepper, the first deal of its kind by the financial giant in the region. In...

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