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Can Better, Digital Credit Help SMBs Thrive?

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“The risk can be devastating, especially if you have a lot of concentration” in one area, he said, riffing off the Munchery example. That “buy now, pay later” tab mentality eventually became a consumer debit, credit and store card — and unlocked tremendous sources of value for consumers and businesses in the retail economy. “It

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Deep Dive: Instant Payments Confront Long Path To Ubiquity

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The entertainment, insurance, music, restaurant and retail industries are all experimenting with real-time disbursements, as are healthcare providers and government agencies responsible for taxes and other refunds. Shrinking that gap is going to require concentrated efforts from instant payment providers if they wish to reach ubiquity.

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Southeast Asia Tips The B2B FinTech Funding Scales

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said the company saw BHL Holdings lead the second Series A funding round, while Nire Capital and existing backers Concentric, Seedcamp and Beazley also participated. The company targets informal retailers to connect sellers to vendors both locally and around the world. InsurTech company Digital Risks announced $10.4

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OrderGroove Funds Frictionless Commerce With $20M Series C

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Looking at the geographic concentration of activity, the US was the most active region, with 47 percent of activity, followed by China at 41 percent. The retail landscape is changing fast in the face of new technologies and shifts in buyer behavior and consumer demand. OrderGroove Funds Frictionless Commerce With $20M Series C.

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Visa On Tap To Pay, Cash Displacement And B2B Payments

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B2C, he noted, is $30 trillion, with opportunities in insurance payouts, on-demand payroll, and gig economy payroll and spending. Materials provided by the company, illustrating market size, show rent as a $570 billion opportunity, tuition at $350 billion, and unattended retail at $50 billion.

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