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B2B Payments
Can Multiple Banking Relationships Ruin Cash Flow?
May 07, 2014

Not having standardized payment workflows makes it difficult for many companies with wieldy systems to track their cash flow, according to a new report. Consolidating banking relationships and centralizing the process can save money through greater efficiencies while also reducing the potential for fraud.

B2B Payments
Cardtronics’ Rails Drive New Debit Revenue For Banks
May 07, 2014

What’s the relationship between ATMs and retail? According to Cardtronics CEO Steve Rathgaber during his most recent analyst call, about an 8x increase in monthly consumer debit spend for retailers with ATMs in their stores.

B2B Payments
Making Money In Government Online Payments
May 07, 2014

One of the largest government processors, NIC, has seen its share of ups and downs over the years, as the trials and tribulations of supporting government contracts plays out on their bottom line. Q1 results report that while the company is losing business from one...

News
Walmart Beats Amazon’s Sales Growth
May 07, 2014

Wal-mart's e-commerce operation represents its fastest-growing business and helped the company increase total sales last year in what was an otherwise weak year.

B2B Payments
EDI – Alive and Well in Healthcare
May 07, 2014

The rest of a new market report on the global healthcare electronic data interchange market has predicted that the market will grow at a substantial rate and will be worth $1.7B by 2018. Many factors are responsible for the growth and the report has analyzed...

CA Technologies
Get The Payments Security Playbook on May 22nd
May 06, 2014

Who in payments isn't looking for the playbook for how to beat the new breed of fraudster at his game? Well, CA Technologies believes it has one and it includes 10 "rules of the road" that detects possible opportunities for fraud, and then shuts it...

B2B Payments
Jordan And The World Bank Discuss Public Procurement Systems
May 06, 2014

Several ministers in Jordan and World Bank experts on Monday emphasized the need to finalize the unified procurement bylaw, which is currently being debated at the Opinion and Legislative Bureau. The finance, public sector development, health, and public works ministers met with a team from...

Commentary
The Payments Networks’ Next Real Threat
May 05, 2014

What begins with an 'A' and is the biggest threat to the payments networks since Judge Leon? ACH. I know, you thought we were going to say Apple. But the Paym launch in the UK got MPD CEO Karen Webster to thinking about the impact...

BlueSnap
BlueSnap Integrates with Magento, PrestaShop
May 05, 2014

BlueSnap announced today that it has released “shopping cart ‘plugins’” that will allow ecommerce platforms Magento and PrestaShop the ability to localize shopping experiences in 180 countries, optimizing cross-border sales. The integration requires few steps and includes BlueSnap tools that will enable merchants to “convert...