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Treasurers Beware: FX Risk Is Not What It Used To Be

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For many firms, these trends are forcing the introduction of an FX strategy on a company for the very first time, and when corporate treasurers aren’t prepared, they can run into complications beyond the cost of currency exchange. A recent controversy at American Express highlighted that risk for SMBs.

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Big Fizzles For Once High-Flying Unicorn Investors

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The problem with large investments – the type that run into the billions of dollars – is that just as gains can be astronomical, the losses can be devastating. There are any number of tech unicorns that have been grounded post-IPO, among them Slack , Lyft, Uber and Peloton. WeWork never made it to market.

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Retail Pulse: Williams Sonoma Opens, Closes Doors

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More retailers are adopting the view that closing stores isn’t a failure or a loss, but simply a pathway to greater success. This modest debt could, if necessary, be paid off with one year’s net profits, providing a very effective buffer against the likely interest rate rise in the coming years.

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Singles’ Day Sizzles, IPOs Fizzle And Mt. Gox Brings (More) Pain

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Singles’ Day is for Lovers (of Global eCommerce) : The record set last year for Alibaba’s Singles’ Day gets crushed with this year’s $25 billion in transactions (1.4 But the larger sizzle here is eCommerce, truly transacted across borders, stretching through the U.S., billion of them). Australia and Germany.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Bitcoin Busts, Payments Get Faster And The Eyes Have It

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Consumers always have their debit card handy and and can provide that number to a sender – knowing that if something goes wrong they are protected. Senders don’t have to ask receivers for the ABA and routing number of the bank account they’d like the money deposited to either – and then when the 99.9

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Car Subscriptions Sizzle, Facebook Fizzles And Google Admirably Races On Against Amazon

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Cross-border volumes: Healthy to say the least, as evidenced by Mastercard and Visa , where the numbers are up double digits year over year. A sugar rush jolts profits. The debate rages on about whether the token is a security or a currency, and the SEC may be the final arbiter. XRP Token : Long ago and far away is the $3.40