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Big Lenders Need Help With Big Data, Too
Big Lenders Need Help With Big Data, Too
October 07, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Traditional banks now realize the value in working with FinTech startups, augmenting their own service offerings by integrating the innovations of others. Lending has become...

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SWIFT Stands Behind Its Global Payments Innovation Initiative
SWIFT Stands Behind Its Global Payments Innovation Initiative
October 06, 2016  |  B2B Payments

SWIFT’s year has been filled with controversy, the apex of which occurred when reports surfaced that cyberthieves infiltrated Bangladesh Bank via the SWIFT messaging system in...

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How UK Regs Steer Clear Of Alt-Lending
How UK Regs Steer Clear Of Alt-Lending
October 03, 2016  |  B2B Payments

In the U.S., interest for alternative finance startups has waned among investors. Not so abroad, including in the U.K., where invoice financing firm DueCourse recently announced more than $8 million...

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Confidence In The Face Of Alt-Lending’s Potential Implosion
Confidence In The Face Of Alt-Lending’s Potential Implosion
September 28, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Investors have cooled off to alternative lending in the U.S. Just look at the near-immediate struggle faced by Lending Club and OnDeck after their IPOs...

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Understanding Corporates’ Faster Payments Strategies
Understanding Corporates’ Faster Payments Strategies
September 27, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Amid the rollout of Same Day ACH — in the midst of several other faster, digital payments initiatives and in a market where B2B payments seem...

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Regulation, Corporate Demands Force Banks To Hustle
Regulation, Corporate Demands Force Banks To Hustle
September 22, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Know Your Customer regulations can mean corporations have to wait as long as three months — yes, months — to get onboarded to a new...

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Hedge Funds’ Money Management Snag
Hedge Funds’ Money Management Snag
September 21, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Regulation is pounding down on hedge funds and other buy-side organizations, which are now pressured to move their cash — making treasury and cash management...

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B2B Subscriptions Change The Corporate Accounting Game
B2B Subscriptions Change The Corporate Accounting Game
September 20, 2016  |  B2B Payments

From beauty care boxes to online entertainment streaming services, the world of subscriptions is expansive — and getting bigger. Consumers aren’t the only ones getting...

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Virtual Cards Start Living Up To Their Name
Virtual Cards Start Living Up To Their Name
September 14, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Virtual cards have a dirty, little secret, and the B2B payments space is beginning to catch on: For a technology that’s touted as an all-electronic...

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