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Mastercard Weighs In On B2B Payments’ Tipping Point

Mastercard Weighs In On B2B Payments’ Tipping Point
Mastercard Weighs In On B2B Payments’ Tipping Point
November 01, 2018  |  B2B Payments

In B2B payments, the tipping point looms — away from checks and toward payments done electronically. At least, if the tipping point is not here yet,...

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How The Gig Economy Is Igniting Spend Management Innovation
How The Gig Economy Is Igniting Spend Management Innovation
November 01, 2018  |  Gig Economy

Before CEO Toffer Grant founded PEX, he worked in the world of prepaid cards (gift cards in particular), where Christmas was the biggest challenge of every year. Gift card...

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The Three Reasons Why Businesses Still Use Checks
The Three Reasons Why Businesses Still Use Checks
November 01, 2018  |  Payment Methods

Checks, despite their near extinction in consumer payments, remain alive and well when it comes to businesses paying each other. Get the Full Story Complete...

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eBay Reports Revenue Bump While Managed Payments See A Slow Build
eBay Reports Revenue Bump While Managed Payments See A Slow Build
October 31, 2018  |  Earnings

More than a month ago, eBay started managing payments on its U.S. marketplace platform, and on Tuesday (Oct. 30), the first results of that effort...

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Doctor On Demand CEO Talks Walmart Partnership And Telemedicine’s Expansion
Doctor On Demand CEO Talks Walmart Partnership And Telemedicine’s Expansion
October 31, 2018  |  Matchmakers

When last year’s flu vaccine turned out to be ineffective 80 percent of the time, it did not necessarily have to turn into a flu...

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Mastercard Gains B2B Payments Traction, Sees Double-Digit Growth
Mastercard Gains B2B Payments Traction, Sees Double-Digit Growth
October 30, 2018  |  Mastercard

Mastercard continued the trend of strong earnings results from payments players, with double-digit gains across several metrics on a global scale. CEO Ajay Banga told analysts...

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Can Mobile Pay-At-Table Be Dining’s Friction Elixir?
Can Mobile Pay-At-Table Be Dining’s Friction Elixir?
October 30, 2018  |  Digital Payments

These days, it’s hard to even think of a restaurant operating without some massive presence in digital — not only an attractive website, but online delivery...

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Why Context Makes Virtual Assistants Smart Digital Bankers
Why Context Makes Virtual Assistants Smart Digital Bankers
October 30, 2018  |  Banking

AI and ML-powered services can help fight banking fraud. However, to layer the tech into viable solutions to assist customers with banking, robo-advisors need to...

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