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OCTOBER 26, 2018

It was a good week for wearables and their future, as the devices continued to show indications of strong promise on the B2C and B2B fronts. On the B2C front, it looks like customer enthusiasm for wearable devices is both growing and expanding. . For the sizzle of the week, wearables wins with solid B2C and B2B scores.

B2C 53

B2C B2B Forecasting Banking 53

PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2018

Marketplace sales accounted for 50 percent of all online sales in 2017, according to an estimate provided by PayPal. Merchants and service providers who use these platforms want quick, efficient, flexible and secure access to their earnings, whenever and wherever they need them.

eCommerce 50

eCommerce Currencies Leverage Retail 50

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

As a result, treasurers must grapple with the notion (and the needs) of cash crossing accounts many times a day. Knowing where and how much cash there is across various legal entities, countries and currencies is crucial. Cash management becomes a continuous process, throughout the business day.

Treasury 46

Treasury Cash Management Foreign Exchange Budgeting 46

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

More than 25 percent of Brazilians lack bank accounts, and only 20 percent carry credit cards that can be used for international purchases. Other consumers’ cards only transact in the domestic currency, requiring overseas businesses to find local partners to enable payment acceptance.

Advertising 40

Advertising Invoicing Currencies Accounting 40

PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2020

Investment rounds poured in across Asia, North America and Europe, with a Chinese “corporate wallet” securing the largest investment of the week. The company enables travel providers to not only manage their booking, but it adds an array of back-office services, like inventory management and accounting integrations. FinCompare.

B2B 64

B2B B2C Investments Finance 64

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Such disruption and transformation can transcend use cases, said the executive, across B2B, B2C and P2P transactions. Technology is increasingly allowing for choice on both sides of the relationship (the sender, who can choose to send in one form of payment, and the receiver, who can choose to be paid in a certain currency, for example).

Banking 78

Banking B2C B2B Currencies 78

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Amit Agarwal, global head of cross-border payments at Citi , told Karen Webster in the latest installment of the “What Treasurers Need to Know” podcast series that the world is becoming flatter and supply chains are getting longer, stretching across borders and currencies.

B2B 51

B2B B2C Compliance Currencies 51

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

And while a separate RTGS system was required for each currency — the Hong Kong dollar, renminbi, U.S. Users can identify recipients by their registered mobile phone numbers, FPS IDs or email accounts, rather than through their bank account numbers — a critical feature expected to make businesses feel more secure, Boey said.

Accounts Payable 49

Accounts Payable B2C Banking Retail 49

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The new strategy aims to address the growing demand for fast and secure cross-border transfers and payments. . 23) that it has expanded its real-time global payments capabilities to include real-time account-to-account transfers to an account or a mobile wallet for select banks or digital wallet providers in 17 countries.

Forecasting 43

Forecasting B2C B2B CFO 43

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Today, Western Union announces that it has expanded its real-time global payments capabilities to include real-time account-to-account transfers to an account or a mobile wallet for select banks or digital wallet providers in 17 countries. The recipient gets the money nearly instantly — and we settle with the banks overnight.”.

Accounting 82

Accounting Banking B2B B2C 82

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MARCH 7, 2016

Then there’s the digital banking movement and the land grab for the bank accounts of millennials. There’s only one problem – as a category, millennials don’t really have any money to put in those bank accounts. That, along with tokenization and point to point encryption became the trifecta of payments security.

Banking 46

Banking Profit and Loss Retail Manufacturing 46