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Beyond Amazon: How Smaller, Mom-And-Pop Retail Operations Can Thrive
Beyond Amazon: How Smaller, Mom-And-Pop Retail Operations Can Thrive
January 29, 2020  |  Retail

Big chains and eCommerce operators tend to drive retail innovation — or make the most news when commerce fails — but small, local and even...

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Corporate Cards Tackle Industry-Specific Pain Points
Corporate Cards Tackle Industry-Specific Pain Points
January 29, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Commercial cards continue to explore more use cases to optimize spend for businesses, from accounts payable (AP) to employee travel and expense management. Increasingly, the...

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What U.S. Bank Is Doing To Drive Virtual Card Adoption
What U.S. Bank Is Doing To Drive Virtual Card Adoption
January 28, 2020  |  Accounts Payable

Many accounts payable (AP) professionals turning to electronic payments to streamline their companies’ payment processes — specifically, how they pay invoices from suppliers — are...

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The Risky Business Of SMBs’ Crypto Adoption
The Risky Business Of SMBs’ Crypto Adoption
January 23, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Cryptocurrency went from dark-web danger to high-tech investment opportunity seemingly overnight, and, as more consumers seek to use digital currency, more businesses are stepping into...

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Rapid Settlements To The SMB Rescue
Rapid Settlements To The SMB Rescue
January 21, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

The overwhelming majority of U.S. businesses are small businesses — close to 90 percent of U.S. companies employ fewer than 20 people. Of those, four...

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B2B APIs Bring Access And Speed To Finance
B2B APIs Bring Access And Speed To Finance
January 16, 2020  |  API

Open banking and its promise of more elasticity in finance is enabled by application program interfaces (APIs) — lines of code that execute everything from...

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Why Banks Must Upgrade Their API Strategies For SMBs
Why Banks Must Upgrade Their API Strategies For SMBs
January 16, 2020  |  API

Small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) need more support from their banks than ever to handle today’s increasingly fragmented global economy. Companies must manage increased data...

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New Data: 75 Pct. Of SMBs Say Slow Settlement Creates Cash Flow Crises
New Data: 75 Pct. Of SMBs Say Slow Settlement Creates Cash Flow Crises
January 16, 2020  |  SMBs

Small businesses play a vital role in the U.S. economy. There are more than 30 million companies that employ less than 500 people, representing the...

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Basware Shifts SMB Procurement Tech Into New Business Unit
Basware Shifts SMB Procurement Tech Into New Business Unit
January 15, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Electronic procurement solution provider Basware has announced the formation of a new business unit to offer small and medium-sized businesses its procure-to-pay technology. In a...

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