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NEW REPORT: Pushing Payroll To The Unbanked

To Ignite B2B eCommerce, Think Credit As A (Bundled) Service
To Ignite B2B eCommerce, Think Credit As A (Bundled) Service
February 05, 2018  |  News

B2B as eCommerce bastion of innovation? Not so farfetched, as traditional banks grapple with shifting business models, and Amazon disintermediates middlemen. In the latest Topic...

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Apple Revenue Soars, Device Sales Drop
Apple Revenue Soars, Device Sales Drop
February 02, 2018  |  Apple

To say that Apple didn’t sell a lot of phones during the holiday season would not be fair. It did. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Mastercard Tops 20174Q Views on Robust Cross-Border Transactions
Mastercard Tops 20174Q Views on Robust Cross-Border Transactions
February 02, 2018  |  Earnings

Absent the same impact U.S. tax laws had on other firms recently reporting results, Mastercard put up numbers Thursday (Feb. 1) that topped expectations. Those...

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Visa Q1 Where It Wanted To Be On Holiday, eCommerce Spend
Visa Q1 Where It Wanted To Be On Holiday, eCommerce Spend
February 02, 2018  |  Earnings

Visa's fiscal Q1 topped the Street on the top line as consumers spent (and spent) during the holiday season. And they did so, notably, online....

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Amid 4Q Transaction Growth, eBay Takes The Reins On Payments
Amid 4Q Transaction Growth, eBay Takes The Reins On Payments
February 01, 2018  |  eCommerce

The numbers were in for eBay's 4Q, but it was payments intermediation, and PayPal's disintermediation that stole the earnings show. Here's the impact and the...

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Visa: Innovation At The Core Drives LATAM B2B Transformation
Visa: Innovation At The Core Drives LATAM B2B Transformation
February 01, 2018  |  Cross-border Payments

Who said the future is in the cards? Whoever it was clearly had not heard of the term “financial inclusion.” In Latin America, among others,...

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Flywire: Why Going Global Requires A Local Focus
Flywire: Why Going Global Requires A Local Focus
February 01, 2018  |  Cross-border Payments

“People always say, ‘Think global, be local,’ but very few understand how big a challenge that is,” Flywire’s Head of Operations for Southeast Asia Andrew...

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