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Contrasting Strategies by CarParts.com and Carvana Highlight Auto Industry Shifts
Contrasting Strategies by CarParts.com and Carvana Highlight Auto Industry Shifts
October 31, 2024  |  Ecosystems

In the auto parts and retail industry, companies face unique challenges and opportunities as they respond to changing consumer preferences and economic pressures. Recent third-quarter...

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Panel: Turning Payments Into Deposits Fuels the Next Era of Embedded Banking
Panel: Turning Payments Into Deposits Fuels the Next Era of Embedded Banking
October 31, 2024  |  Payments Innovation

Call it one more unpredictable turn in an unpredictable year. As the convergence of financial technology gets closer to consumers and businesses, the focus on...

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TruckPay CEO: Trash Sector Cashes In on Digital Payments
TruckPay CEO: Trash Sector Cashes In on Digital Payments
October 31, 2024  |  Digital Payments

Trash — often dismissed as a gritty, behind-the-scenes operation — is going digital. It is arriving in good company. Traditionally, waste management involved cash-heavy transactions....

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The Data-Ready Deficit Looms Large for the Platform Economy
The Data-Ready Deficit Looms Large for the Platform Economy
October 31, 2024  |  Data

As platform businesses strive to maintain a competitive edge, the readiness to harness data effectively is a factor driving success. Given the world’s digital landscape,...

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New Insight: Virtual Cards Gain Favor With CFOs as Healthcare Costs Increase
New Insight: Virtual Cards Gain Favor With CFOs as Healthcare Costs Increase
October 31, 2024  |  B2B Payments

Healthcare is among the largest industries in the world, and with the territory come pain points and inefficiencies as small- to medium-sized companies seek to...

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Meta’s Zuckerberg Touts AI Progress but Warns of ‘Serious Infrastructure’
Meta’s Zuckerberg Touts AI Progress but Warns of ‘Serious Infrastructure’
October 30, 2024  |  Meta

The old saying is you’ve got to spend money to make money. For Meta, notching a third quarter earnings report with record revenues, the fact...

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Trending: Consumer Spending Drives Q3 GDP Despite Disposable Income Pressure
Trending: Consumer Spending Drives Q3 GDP Despite Disposable Income Pressure
October 30, 2024  |  Consumer Finance

It’s a truism that as the U.S. consumer goes, so goes the economy. And consumers are still opening their wallets and purses, tapping to pay,...

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BofA: CFOs and Treasurers Need New Approach to Liquidity Amid Interest Rate Volatility
BofA: CFOs and Treasurers Need New Approach to Liquidity Amid Interest Rate Volatility
October 30, 2024  |  CFO

Despite the interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve — 0.5% for the first go-round in September, with more cuts widely expected — the fact...

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Gone in 60 Seconds: The Metals Market Moves Online
Gone in 60 Seconds: The Metals Market Moves Online
October 30, 2024  |  Digital Payments

Industrial sectors have been feeling the weight of a slow-moving, high-friction procurement process for decades. Endless supplier coordination, manual paperwork, lengthy wait times, and the countless...

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