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Western Union Heads To The Cloud To Make B2B Payments Faster

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This growth is not expected to slow down anytime soon, with eCommerce and its associated digital payments expected to hit $4.5 A survey of bank CEOs found that 72 percent were prioritizing technology investments, with 58 percent of respondents reporting that they were investing in automation technologies like artificial intelligence (AI).

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Delay Of Game: USPS Considers Massive Cuts

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Postal Service might be about to make eCommerce shipping woes even worse. If the cuts come to pass it would be the latest in a series of moves that could affect eCommerce shipping, which had been burdened by prioritizing medical deliveries and essential goods to fight the pandemic. The beleaguered U.S.

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Today In Payments: Fed Plans New Facility For SMB PPP Loans; SBA Computer Crash Tangles PPP Loan Process

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Safaricom, Kenya’s telecommunications giant, and the South African mobile communications company Vodacom have completed the acquisition of the M-PESA brand, along with its product development and support services, from Vodafone Group PLC through a joint venture. Banking APIs Give Businesses An eCommerce Push.

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3 Must-Know Dark Social Finance Communities

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As CFOs they are prioritizing tech spend but are seeing multiplying service providers vying for their attention. Due to the strength of the community and the increasing desire for a hub of finance professionals to engage online, it has experienced a spectacular growth, going from 50 members in January 2020 to over 2,500 today. ,

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Mastercard, Create & Cultivate Launch Digital Store For Women-Owned SMBs

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“Local businesses are so much more than what they sell, they are the hearts of our communities and foundation of our economy,” said Cheryl Guerin , executive vice president of North America Marketing & Communications at Mastercard, in the release.

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Today In B2B: SBA Releases New PPP Loan Guidance; xSuite Secures Peppol Certification

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Plus, TripActions announces ERP integrations, FortisPay acquires Swype and Goldiam launches a B2B eCommerce platform in the U.S. Among the enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems with which TripActions Liquid now communicates are NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics, Sage Intacct, SAP and Xero, according to the release.

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Pandemic Supply Chain Pivots, Cross-Border Conversion, P2P Payments Top This Week’s News

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Visa, Facebook Link Up For P2P Payments, eCommerce On WhatsApp. The newest Cross-Border Merchant Friction Index explores which checkout features international online shopping retailers can prioritize when they design their checkouts. FDIC: US Banks See Chargebacks Soar, Profits Tank Due To Pandemic.