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APRIL 16, 2018
Foursquare is offering small businesses (SMBs) and startups access to its geolocation API, according to VentureBeat reports on Friday (April 13). The company already offers location identification services to companies like Snapchat and Uber, enabling geolocation within their own platforms. Now, Foursquare is extending this service to SMBs via its Places API for Startups.
Anaplan
APRIL 18, 2018
For sales managers, planning for the future can feel quite different from stomping out fires in the present. The future’s a rosy dream world, where pipelines are always full, reps always meet their targets, and business strategies never change. The present? A molten ball of chaos, requiring immediate attention, all the time.Mostly, we separate sales. read more ?.
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PYMNTS
APRIL 17, 2018
Change sometimes comes to technology at the speed of light. Literally. In news that bowed from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in March, strides are being made in developing a high-speed quantum internet. The developments in Moscow come even as companies are racing to develop quantum computers. Those machines would be fast enough, should they fall into nefarious hands, to shatter today’s hardiest encryption codes.
PYMNTS
APRIL 17, 2018
The initial inner workings of a price comparison tool called Basket began when Neil Kataria was a kid. He loved to optimize his mom and dad’s shopping trips by clipping coupons and spotting sales. Years later, he found himself spending a ton of baby products and groceries when he had a family. And comparing prices between grocers wasn’t an easy feat.
Speaker: Michael Veatch, Senior Director, Implementations & Ella Aguirre, Director of Solution Consulting
Embedding payments can be a transformative step for software companies looking to enhance their platform capabilities, boost customer satisfaction, and drive long-term growth. However, the success of payments hinges on a single thing: implementation. Drawing on real-world insights and experiences, payments implementation experts Michael Veatch and Ella Aguirre will explore actionable strategies that can lead to a transparent, friction-free launch and mitigate potential challenges like technical
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PYMNTS
APRIL 17, 2018
It wasn’t so long ago that traveling to a new city meant swinging by the bookstore, picking up a guidebook and planning the itinerary based on one’s research of the area. Entire businesses were built upon the notion of providing local tips and expertise to non-locals. Thanks to the smartphone, those days are gone – but in terms of a digital replacement for the guidebook, it’s still largely a cobbled-together experience across several apps with different purposes.
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PYMNTS
APRIL 17, 2018
Samsung is reportedly looking into blockchain technology to manage its supply chain, reports in Bloomberg said on Monday (April 16). The technology conglomerate, which is the world’s largest smartphone and semiconductor maker, is exploring a blockchain-based ledger system to manage its international supply chain. Samsung SDS VP and Blockchain Chief Song Kwang-woo said that supply chain involves the transport of billions of dollars worth of goods every year.
PYMNTS
APRIL 17, 2018
The financial crisis that rolled through the economic landscape a decade ago was — among many things — a financial reset button. Interest rates plummeted as the Fed held the federal funds rate at zero in the hopes of stimulating lending in an environment where credit went from dangerously free-flowing to dangerously non-existent in the span of a few months.
PYMNTS
APRIL 19, 2018
Last month, Deutsche Bank AG mistakenly sent €28 billion ($35 billion) to an exchange. According to news from Bloomberg , a person familiar with the matter revealed the blunder made by Germany’s biggest lender. The erroneous bank transfer happened about a week before Easter as the financial institution was carrying out a daily collateral adjustment.
PYMNTS
APRIL 17, 2018
Amid the data privacy -related headlines that have been dominating Facebook ’s existence as of late, the company is carrying through with its efforts to expand in India, where the social media giant is moving into payments. FactorDaily reports that the company’s payments initiative comes through the confirmation of two sources, unnamed, who said the company has been constructing a payments platform.
Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA
Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.
PYMNTS
APRIL 17, 2018
New data shows that rising home prices are translating into mortgage loan debt not seen since the housing crisis. According to The Wall Street Journal , new research from mortgage data tracker CoreLogic found that about one in five conventional mortgage loans completed this winter went to borrowers who were paying more than 45 percent of their monthly incomes toward their mortgage and other debts.
PYMNTS
APRIL 17, 2018
Walmart, continuing to take on Amazon in the world of eCommerce, unveiled its overhauled Walmart.com website, which Marc Lore, president and chief executive of Walmart U.S. eCommerce, said was a “cleaner” and a “more modern digital shopping experience” for customers in a blog post. According to the executive, the updated Walmart.com will begin to be rolled out in May and will include a new look and feel.
PYMNTS
APRIL 17, 2018
TaskRabbit — the freelancer marketplace owned by IKEA, the Swedish furniture retailer — has been the victim of a hack that prompted the company to take its website and app offline Monday (April 16). The Wall Street Journal , citing TaskRabbit, reported the company alerted customers that they should change their passwords as it looks into what it is calling a “cybersecurity incident.
PYMNTS
APRIL 17, 2018
Mastercard has filed a patent that reveals it might utilize blockchain as a way to protect identity data. The application , which was originally filed in September 2017 and was released by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last week, describes how a semi-private or private blockchain could be used to receive and store identity data, including a “name, a street address, tax identification number” and more.
Speaker: Abdi Ali, Sr. Lease Accounting Consultant
Join this insightful webinar with industry expert Abdi Ali, who will discuss the challenges that can arise from managing lease accounting with spreadsheets! He will share real-world examples of errors, compliance issues, and risks that may be present within your spreadsheets. Learn how these tools, while useful, can sometimes lead to inefficiencies that affect your time, resources, and peace of mind.
PYMNTS
APRIL 16, 2018
Startups FitPay and NXT-ID are working to take eWallets to the next level. Existing smartphone-based eWallets may have achieved the ultimate convenience, compressing bulky physical wallets into a nice, tidy digital space and enabling consumers to carry just one item when they leave the house. However, for some, phone-based eWallets leave a lot of questions unanswered in terms of security, particularly as hacks and data breaches continue to leave more and more consumer data exposed.
PYMNTS
APRIL 20, 2018
When it comes to getting customers to their destinations, there are no shortage of options available all over the world. Travel was one of the first verticals the internet disrupted, and today there are not only countless platforms aggregating hotel rooms, cruises and flights; there are also an almost equally countless number of platforms that aggregate other travel platforms to make sure the customer can get the best value for their holiday booking.
PYMNTS
APRIL 17, 2018
A new survey has found that 45 percent of Americans are confused about their credit cards rewards, especially those involving travel. A survey by NextAdvisor found that 54 percent of Americans find frequent flyer miles confusing, while 47 percent are perplexed by hotel loyalty programs. And the rewards system in general is confusing to many consumers.
PYMNTS
APRIL 17, 2018
To offer customers more convenient payment options, Grubhub is adding Venmo to its platform. With the new functionality, consumers will have an easier way to share the cost of a delivery order with friends, Grubhub said in a announcement. Customers purchasing food on Grubhub, Seamless or Eat24 mobile apps will be able to pay for their orders with their Venmo balances, linked bank accounts or debit cards.
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Join us in this webinar, where we share best practices on how to think about the reconciliation work each month, when best to do reconciliations, how they should be prepared, and some common pitfalls to avoid. Learning Objectives: This course objective is to understand how to properly prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations and its impact on the financial statements.
PYMNTS
APRIL 17, 2018
As Apple seeks to bring in more revenue from online services and content, the tech company plans to integrate the technology behind Texture into its Apple News mobile app and develop a premium magazine subscription offering, Bloomberg reported. Apple acquired Texture last month, which offers users subscriptions to more than 200 magazines for a monthly fee of $9.99.
PYMNTS
APRIL 16, 2018
Barclays , gearing up to drive more innovation, and thus profit, in its U.K. business is creating a venture capital-type unit. According to news from Reuters , Barclays has been having a tough time boosting growth in the U.K. and is launching Barclays UK Ventures to turn that around. The unit will be led by Ben Davey, former head of Barclays group strategy.
PYMNTS
APRIL 16, 2018
There are any number of conclusions one might draw after watching the Facebook hearings on Capitol Hill last week. That most of our elected officials don’t have any clue how Facebook, much less the platform business models that have powered so much innovation across industry segments for thousands of years, work. That Mark Zuckerberg showed remarkable restraint in the face of being asked, repeatedly, over the course of two days and 10 hours, questions that highlighted that lack of understanding.
PYMNTS
APRIL 20, 2018
In an ironic twist of events, an engineer was able to access attendee information stored in a cybersecurity conference’s mobile app. A Twitter user that goes by the handle svbl said that a vulnerability in the RSA Conference Mobile App was caused by a third-party site, Mashable reported. “[It] was the API from [link] that was used by the RSA conference app,” svbl told Mashable via Twitter direct message.
Speaker: David Warren and Kevin O’Neill Stoll
Transitioning to a usage-based business model offers powerful growth opportunities but comes with unique challenges. How do you validate strategies, reduce risks, and ensure alignment with customer value? Join us for a deep dive into designing effective pilots that test the waters and drive success in usage-based revenue. Discover how to develop a pilot that captures real customer feedback, aligns internal teams with usage metrics, and rethinks sales incentives to prioritize lasting customer eng
PYMNTS
APRIL 17, 2018
No one likes to be kept waiting — especially hungry consumers. And should a restaurant fail to meet their expectations, patrons are likely to head to a faster competitor to get their fill. Now, it seems quick service restaurants ( QSRs ) are considering convenient innovations like interactive kiosks, vending machines and robots as the key to unlocking new food service business.
PYMNTS
APRIL 16, 2018
Coinsecure, a cryptocurrency exchange based in India, said Monday (April 16) that roughly $3 million worth of bitcoin were stolen from the company’s bitcoin wallet. The number of bitcoins stolen, the company said, comes to about 438. Reuters reported that the theft stands among the largest in the country’s nascent cryptocurrency arena and might have the impact of dampening trading activity.
PYMNTS
APRIL 17, 2018
Enterprise software company Odoo is expanding into the Chinese market to target small businesses (SMBs) in need of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. A press release on Monday (April 16) said Odoo has launched a joint venture with Chinese cloud computing firm Inspur to expand into the market. The firm noted it already services Chinese customers, but its current revenue from China is “nothing compared to the size of the market.”.
PYMNTS
APRIL 16, 2018
As Chinese tech companies ramp up their efforts to offer financial services, BlackRock Co-Founder Robert Kapito said that existing Western firms may struggle to compete. “This is a story that I do not think ends very well,” Kapito said at an event in Switzerland, The Financial Times reported. In his remarks, Kapito drew corollaries to show how tech companies have disrupted various industries, saying they could shake up the financial world next. “ Apple was not in the music industry, Google was
Speaker: Mark Stovel
When it comes to automating, many firms focus on finding the latest tech, believing that efficiency is something achieved through new tools. Yet true efficiency is achieved by delivering real value to clients, not merely by upgraded systems. Without a clear approach, no level of automation can overcome the complexities of serving every client’s needs.
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