Sat.Nov 03, 2018 - Fri.Nov 09, 2018

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Deliverr Vying To Become ‘Uber’ Of Ground Shipping In eCommerce

PYMNTS

Before Michael Krakaris co-founded an online fulfillment platform for eCommerce merchants, he learned firsthand how companies could reinvent messy spaces with software. One of his first jobs was working for a company that created an application programming interface (API) to help businesses send text messages to their customers. That business solved a major pain point, he says, as companies used to have to make deals with the wireless carriers themselves to have that capability.

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The Power of Passive

CFA Institute

Because the flood into passive management appears unstoppable, it is worth considering the limits of the trend.

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Financial Systems Case Study : The Tile House

Creative CFP

Gaining operational independence and control through two leading cloud-based systems: Dear Inventory and Xero Accounting Business Type: Manufacturing Industry: Building Materials Size: 40+ employees, 2 locations Region: South Africa Integrations: Dear, Xero Customers Since: June 2018 Website: www.thetilehouse.co.za John Almon established The Tile House in 1988 - a hands-on family run business that sources and supplies high-quality tile products to the South African market.

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SWIFT Disconnects From Iran’s Banks

PYMNTS

Months of geopolitical spats that spanned Europe, the Middle East and the United States have seen payments infrastructure at the center of it all. This week SWIFT, the financial messaging service based in Belgium (and where the acronym stands for the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Communications) said that it would suspend access for at least some Iranian banks.

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The Human Side of Finance: The Intersectionality of People, Culture, Adaptability, and Resilience

Speaker: Melissa Hurrington

Finance isn’t just about the numbers. It’s about the people behind them. In a world of constant disruption, resilient finance teams aren’t just operationally efficient. They are adaptable, engaged, and deeply connected to a strong organizational culture. Success lies at the intersection of people, culture, adaptability, and resilience. Finance leaders who master this balance will build teams that thrive through uncertainty and drive long-term business impact.

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How Clandestina (Literally) Snuck Into The US Market

PYMNTS

Starting a new business is never easy, and new apparel lines are particularly challenging. There are many, many retailers and brands trying to outfit the world, and standing out in the crowd is difficult. But even on the already pitched startup terrain, apparel startup Clandestina, based in Havana, Cuba, had some unique troubles all its own. The brand became the first to launch a website for U.S. sales last month — and it is spinning up to take on its first-ever Christmas season.

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Why Real-Time Payments Need Real-Time Trust

PYMNTS

It can be a moment of anxiety, worry and mistrust: that moment when a digital payment is sent into what was once called the ether. Will the funds end up in the right bank account? Will fraudsters hitch a ride? Those and other questions can vex people involved in the transaction — and keep them glued to paper-based payments until the questions can be answered to their satisfaction.

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PayPal Working Capital Steps Into Germany

PYMNTS

PayPal is broadening its small business financing offering into the German market, a press release announced on Wednesday (Nov. 7). PayPal Working Capital will launch in Germany as PayPal Businesskredit, offering small and medium-sized businesses access to working capital financing that is deposited directly into their PayPal accounts. The rollout of its SMB lending offering comes nearly 15 years after PayPal first launched operations in the market, and adds Germany to the list of markets in whi

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BitPay Lands Ex-PayPal Talent For Business Solutions Unit

PYMNTS

B2B cryptocurrency payments company BitPay announced this week that Rolf Haag is joining the company to lead its business solutions unit. In a press release , BitPay said Haag will spearhead the company’s B2B and mass payments operations. He comes to BitPay after working for both Western Union as its former director of global mass payments, and PayPal as its former head of mass payment global disbursements.

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Bitcoin Daily: Hublot Unveils Bitcoin Watches; Swiss Regulator Throttles Bank Crypto Trading

PYMNTS

Blockchain , the crypto wallet provider, plans to have an airdrop worth $125 million, Fortune reported. Through the cryptocurrency giveaway, each recipient would receive around the equivalent of around $25 in Stellar. The company said in a statement, “Accessible to anyone with a Blockchain Wallet, the first batch of recipients will receive their lumens, Stellar’s native digital currency, this week — for free.

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Maximizing Profit and Productivity: The New Era of AI-Powered Accounting

Speaker: Yohan Lobo

In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.

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Overstock Talks Up Its Blockchain-Based Future

PYMNTS

Overstock may be best known as an eCommerce business, but these days its CEO and Founder Patrick Byrne is much more interested in talking about the power of cryptocurrency and blockchain, and how it will be the real future of both the firm and the economy in general. Suffice to say, Byrne remains one of blockchain’s bigger boosters. But things in the eCommerce business also showed signs of strength.

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UK Retail Banks Draft FinTech Alliance Guidelines

PYMNTS

Top U.K. banks and financial technology firms have worked together to create a set of guidelines to improve the relationship between FinTech startups and financial institutions (FIs). The new guidelines, developed by the British Standards Institute (BSI), aim to address issues that interfere with FinTech firms and banks forming alliances. The U.K. banks that put them together includes the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Barclays, HSBC UK, Lloyds Banking Group and Santander — as well as vendors l

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NEW REPORT: Buzz Vs Reality — Measuring The AI Gap In Payments And Banking

PYMNTS

“Artificial intelligence” (AI) may be a financial industry buzzword, but how many banks actually use it? The truth is that AI is still relatively rare in the banking world, with only 5.5 percent of banks in our survey equipped with genuine AI systems. Meanwhile, the rest are relying on automation and machine learning (ML) technologies. In other words, financial institutions (FIs) that use AI are few and far between, but that’s not to say FIs from aren’t investing in it — or rather in what they t

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TRENDING: Neiman Marcus On Why AI Isn’t Enough To Outsmart Cybercriminals

PYMNTS

For retailers, the holiday season is both a busy and profitable time, but it’s also when cybercriminals seize the opportunity and target those increased retail revenues. In the latest Omni Security And Authentication Report , PYMNTS explored the different tactics cybercriminals are deploying this holiday season, and how retailers are working to safeguard themselves.

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Smarter Card Solutions: Meeting the Challenges of Mid-Market Travel & Expense

Our 2025 Center Travel Survey is clear: as corporate travel increases, so does corporate credit cards distribution, and a rise in off-platform travel booking. This 61% rise causes various challenges: compliance, spend control, reporting problems, and a lack of visibility across organizations. To evolve with the ever-changing needs of travelers, decision-makers need a better solution.

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Is The UK’s Mulling Of Crypto Derivative Ban A Sign Of Things To Come?

PYMNTS

“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm,” said Winston Churchill. Might the sentiment extend to cryptocurrencies, but — parsing the quote a bit — replace “success” with “ruination?”. At this writing, bitcoin trades were at $6,352. That’s down precipitously from peaks of more than $19,800, but off lows of roughly $5,500.

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7-Eleven’s Chief Digital Officer On The Launch Of ‘Scan & Pay’

PYMNTS

Cashierless payments are set to increasingly be part of the convenience store checkout model. To that end, 7-Eleven said earlier this week that is debuting scan-and-go options at 14 of its Dallas-based stores, with the goal of bringing that technology to additional locations through 2019. The Scan & Pay feature exists within the convenience store operator’s eponymous mobile app.

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Alipay Teams With UEFA For Mobile Payments At Soccer Games

PYMNTS

With a new commerce deal for the soccer world, Ant Financial’s Alipay has partnered with Europe’s UEFA to bring its platform to events sanctioned by the organization’s men’s national team. Terms of the arrangement, which is said to have a duration of eight years, were not made public, CNBC reported. “I think the future of football as future in principle is in digitalization, and we are in Europe quite far behind concerning that, so we got a proper partner for that, and I

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Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin-Stealing Malware Attacks 700K Websites; Blockchain Tackles Renewable Energy Trading

PYMNTS

Canada’s St. Francis Xavier University of Nova Scotia (StFX) had to temporarily shut down its entire network due to a crypto-jacking attack. “The malicious software attempted to utilize StFX’s collective computing power in order to create or discover bitcoin for monetary gain. At this time, there is no evidence that any personal information within our network was breached, however, ITS will continue to analyze and monitor for suspicious activity in the days and weeks ahead.

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Bringing AI to Finance: How to Leverage Technology for Efficiency and Control

Finance teams are balancing more than ever, but manual processes shouldn’t slow you down. In this ebook from BILL, discover how AI is transforming finance—automating AP, expense tracking, and document management to reduce errors, increase efficiency, and improve financial control. Learn how real companies are using AI-powered automation to streamline workflows, detect anomalies, and gain deeper insights.

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Square GPV Gains Amid Larger Sellers, Capital Loans Surge 34 Pct

PYMNTS

Square posted results Wednesday (November 7) that showed double-digit gains in gross payment volumes, continued traction amid a base of larger merchants, and notable growth in subscription and software-based revenues. The company’s third quarter adjusted revenues came in at $431 million, up 68 percent, and better than the $414 million consensus. Further adjusted revenues, said the firm, exclude Weebly and Zesty results, up 56 percent.

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Adobe: Why Voice And Touch Retail Will Boost 2018 Holiday Sales

PYMNTS

Consumers want to touch before they buy, and they want to talk when they purchase. Those promise to stand as two main traits of the 2018 holiday shopping season , and retailers that gain an edge and increase revenue during the all-important fourth quarter will likely have exploited such tactics during this period, at least according to new data that strives to paint a detailed picture of U.S. commerce over the coming two months.

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TokenEx On PCI Scope Creep And Getting Into GDPR Gear

PYMNTS

PCI compliance is vitally important for businesses that process credit cards. The standards put forth by the PCI Security Standards Council – the PCI Data Security Standards – offer a framework for ensuring data security, and they must be followed in order to avoid fines and other penalties. Even worse, failure to comply with these standards can increase a company’s risk of suffering a data breach , which can result in substantial legal liabilities and loss of sales, not to mention irrevocable d

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Is Waiting For Payday Giving Way To Instant Gratification?

PYMNTS

While living paycheck to paycheck is often associated with low-salary or part-time workers, the data tells a different story. As it turns out, the white-knuckled wait for payday is something that affects consumers up and down the economic ladder, something a glance at the PYMNTS Financial Invisibles Report quickly confirms. There’s a fairly large swath of college-educated consumers earning an excess of $60,000 a year who reported that they frequently fall behind on bills, and regularly use plac

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Say ‘Goodbye’ to Clunky Spreadsheets and Say ‘Hello’ to Month-End Automation

Technology is rapidly changing the way accountants perform and manage month-end activities. Spreadsheets, emails, and shared drives no longer need to slow you down. In under four weeks, your team can start reaping the benefits of month-end close automation by vastly reducing spreadsheets, cut down on reconciliation work, speed up the month-end close, and better manage your remote team.

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How J.Crew, H&M, Others Push Hard On Payments Innovation, Loyalty

PYMNTS

In a bid to increase loyalty, merchants are driving innovations in their stores. To that end, some brick-and-mortar retailers have begun to offer rewards programs for the very first time to bring shoppers through their doors. The idea? Retailers are taking new approaches to the way they attract customers. J.Crew , for instance, has a new loyalty program that offers standard perks such as a store credit when customers hit a certain spending threshold.

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Facebook And Google Opt Into Berners-Lee Data Privacy ‘Contract’

PYMNTS

Facebook and Google have signed up for new internet standards, which will require internet companies to respect data privacy and “support the best in humanity.” According to Financial Times , the standards were designed by World Wide Web Founder Tim Berners-Lee, who last week warned that the technology giants are now so dominant that they might need to be broken up.

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American Express V-Cards Now Available In WEX AP Platform

PYMNTS

American Express has struck a new partnership in its latest B2B payments push, announcing a collaboration with commercial payments firm WEX to support corporate use of virtual cards in accounts payable. In an announcement on Monday (Nov. 5), American Express said it will link its corporate customers using American Express business and corporate cards to WEX’s Synaptic accounts payable solution.

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The High Price Of Payments — And Innovation — In Travel

PYMNTS

It’s that time of the year: crowded airports, missed connections, maybe the surprise of an upgrade (to stretch out those legs after sitting all day in meetings or at a holiday gathering). There is also the chance (please no, not this time) of some hassle with payments, such as the corporate account or card not going through, or maybe, on the travel agency side, a software glitch or another problem that adds friction and frustration to an already long travel day.

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Outsourcing Vs. In-House: The Ultimate Battle For Better Collections

Speaker: Susan Richards

Your past-due accounts are growing, cash flow is tightening, and the pressure is on. The big question: Do you handle the collections internally or outsource to experts? Both strategies come with advantages and risks - but which one delivers the best impact for your business? In this session we’ll dive deep into the in-house vs. outsourcing debate, examining cost-effectiveness, efficiency, compliance risks, and overall recovery success rates.