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Investment Capital Finds Its Place at the Intersection of Software and Payments
Investment Capital Finds Its Place at the Intersection of Software and Payments
November 15, 2021  |  Investments

It may seem like a lifetime, but it was only a few years ago — nearly three, in fact — when the payments mega-deals began...

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AI, Tech Turns Freelancer Platforms Into Online Small Business Advisers
AI, Tech Turns Freelancer Platforms Into Online Small Business Advisers
November 08, 2021  |  Gig Economy

It’s sometimes called “the ecosystem for indies;” was built to help creative freelancers book and track projects, send invoices and get paid on a single...

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Venture Capital Drawn to AI and Data FinTechs as Next Connected Economy Unicorns
Venture Capital Drawn to AI and Data FinTechs as Next Connected Economy Unicorns
November 01, 2021  |  Connected Economy

The connected economy is materializing so quickly that existing digital infrastructure is starting to fall behind — especially regarding how data is used to solve...

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Bakkt’s Plan to Grow Its Digital Asset Network From 100K Active Users to 32 Million In Five Years
Bakkt’s Plan to Grow Its Digital Asset Network From 100K Active Users to 32 Million...
October 25, 2021  |  Loyalty & Rewards

Unused gift cards sit idly in a drawer.   The 333 rewards points a consumer accrued with a niche retailer will likely stay unredeemed because it’s a retailer that...

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P2P Goes Open Loop So Anyone Can Pay Everyone
P2P Goes Open Loop So Anyone Can Pay Everyone
June 07, 2021  |  Payment Methods

In the ancient world, trade between civilizations was highly inefficient. To conduct commerce, a seller and a buyer had to agree to converge in a...

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Citi’s Kohli: Corporates And Banks Experiment To Drive Digital Business Models
Citi’s Kohli: Corporates And Banks Experiment To Drive Digital Business Models
March 01, 2021  |  Digital-First Banking

Treasurers met the immediate disruption of the global pandemic last year with a sudden demand for digital solutions from their banks. The name of the...

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Restaurants Look Back At 2020 To Write 2021’s Playbook
Restaurants Look Back At 2020 To Write 2021’s Playbook
February 15, 2021  |  Restaurant Roundup

For almost a year now, restaurants have been struggling. Amid widespread closures and job losses, there were times when it seemed difficult to have hope...

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52 Mondays 2020: The Year Of Speed, Scale And Seismic Shifts in Payments
52 Mondays 2020: The Year Of Speed, Scale And Seismic Shifts in Payments
December 28, 2020  |  Karen Webster

Looking back, when we take stock of what happened and sift through the chaos and heartbreak of the year that was, we’ll see the seismic...

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Chase’s Neukirchen: QuickAccept First Step To Building SMB Ecosystem
Chase’s Neukirchen: QuickAccept First Step To Building SMB Ecosystem
October 26, 2020  |  B2B Payments

When J.P. Morgan Chase acquired payment gateway WePay several years ago, the bank gained access to WePay’s integrated payments gateway capabilities. But there was a...

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