PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2020

In financial services, demand for ease of use and security are sky-high, even for business customers. But for many service providers, achieving one can often mean compromising the other. Payments and financial service providers are facing an even greater challenge in balancing these two capabilities in the age of open banking and cloud migrations, with more opportunities than ever before for sensitive company and customer data to be compromised.

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Securities Compliance Financial Data Banking 101

Future CFO

JANUARY 17, 2020

A fourth wave of debt began in 2010 and debt has reached $55 trillion in 2018, making it the largest, broadest and fastest growing of the four, according to the World Bank. While debt financing can help meet urgent development needs such as basic infrastructure, much of the current debt wave is taking riskier forms. Download The post Global waves of debt appeared first on FutureCFO.

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Adam Kae

JANUARY 15, 2020

As a small business owner, you wear a lot of hats! As time goes on, you may want to relieve yourself of a duty to bring in expert advice. At Adam Kae & Associates , we can provide that advice as your CFO. Read on to discover 10 reasons why an outsourced CFO might be the best for your small business’ growth: 1. You Need Analysis On a Real-Time Basis.

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CFO Finance Invoicing Forecasting 52

CFA Institute

JANUARY 15, 2020

A speaker's tour in East Africa gave Markus Schuller a compelling window into how four rising economies are working to find a place for their nascent finance sectors in global capital markets.

Marketing 52

Marketing Finance Economics 52

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2020

It was a difficult week for businesses getting hit with cyberattacks, with foreign currency company Travelex among the most high-profile of recent cases. The currency exchange company continues in the grips of a ransomware attack that has crippled its operations, as well as the foreign currency operations of its corporate clients, including HSBC and Barclays.

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B2B Invoicing Currencies Construction 89

Future CFO

JANUARY 16, 2020

China’s GDP expanded 6%in Q4 2019, according to the country’s official numbers. In the entire year of 2019, the country’s economy grew 6.1%, meeting the lower end of its target but slower than the 6.6% in 2019. Industrial output rose 6.9% in December from the same period the previous year, versus the median forecast of 5.9%. However, the surveyed unemployment rate grew to 5.2% in December from 5.1%.

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CFA Institute

JANUARY 13, 2020

How can firms and practitioners adapt to the challenges confronting the investment industry? Responsible innovation may hold part of the answer.

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Investments Communication Leadership Economics 52

PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2020

As 2020 gets into full swing, artificial intelligence (AI) is in a peculiar position. It’s like that cool new kid everyone knows is coming to the party but has yet to show up. You can bet on its arrival during the 2020s though — at least according to the message sent as part of the latest PYMNTS Masterclass with Brighterion , an AI-focused company owned by Mastercard.

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Credit Risk Profit and Loss Leverage Economics 83

FPA Insider

JANUARY 15, 2020

Data, data, and more data. According to McKinsey , “organizations now have troves of raw data combined with powerful and sophisticated analytics tools to gain insights that can improve operational performance and create new market opportunities. Most profoundly, their decisions no longer have to be made in the dark or based on gut instinct; they can be based on evidence, experiments, and more accurate forecasts.”.

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Planning

Future CFO

JANUARY 15, 2020

Hong Kong employees are absent from work for an average of 8.3 days a year, incurring annual economic losses of HK$5.3 to HK$14.9 billion (US$682 million to US$1.9 billion), said a researcher from the city’s Lingnan University recently. Results indicate that 29.6% of respondents experience “very high tension” from work. Projecting this onto Hong Kong’s whole population of employees, the annual economic cost of stress could be as much as HK$14.9 billion, said Siu.

Construction 40

Construction Transportation Economics Education 40

CFA Institute

JANUARY 12, 2020

Where will stock markets and interest rates be at year-end 2020?

Forecasting 52

Forecasting Performance Measuring Marketing Financial Analysis 52

PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2020

Canadian eCommerce platform Shopify is helping people start online businesses with an initial starter loan of $200, Forbes reported on Tuesday (Jan. 14). Loans will be offered through Shopify Capital , giving new merchants $200 when they join Shopify and link a bank account. . “For the immigrant who is new in the country, the student in the college dorm and the mom who has been out of work for awhile the starter loan makes it a little bit easier,” said Kaz Nejatian, vice president and general

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Startups eCommerce B2B Planning 75

PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2020

A New York City-appointed panel is seeking a $500 million bailout to help taxi drivers trapped in unscrupulous medallion loans, The New York Times reported on Wednesday (Jan. 15). A group is asking for the creation of a new public-private partnership to take over the debt that the drivers took on to buy medallions — city-issued permits that are required to own cabs. .

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Speaker: Jamie Eagan

As organizations strive for agility and efficiency, it's imperative for finance leaders to embrace innovative technologies and redefine traditional processes. Join us as we explore the pivotal role of digitalization and automation in reshaping what is commonly referred to as the “last mile of reporting”. We’ll deep-dive into why digitalization is no longer a choice, but a necessity for finance departments to stay competitive in a fast-paced environment touching on: 2024 trends for the Office of

Finance

PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

DoorDash has overtaken GrubHub as the No. 1 food delivery service in the U.S., according to a report by CNBC. The data comes from analytics firm Second Measure. DoorDash got 33 percent of all food delivery sales in the U.S. in 2019. GrubHub, which used to be No. 1, captured 32 percent of the market. Uber Eats captured 20 percent, and Postmates got 10 percent.

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Sales Economics Retail Numbers 69

PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2020

For tokenized payments, $1 trillion and counting. Visa said on Tuesday (Jan. 14) that participants in its Visa Token Service have processed eCommerce volumes of $1 trillion since the service’s debut in 2014, and that its transition of Visa Checkout merchants to click-to-pay will begin on Jan. 21 in the U.S. The click-to-pay option will replace Visa Checkout, the company said.

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eCommerce Securities Retail Numbers 68

PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2020

B2B invoicing and payments firm Crowdz has announced a new pilot aimed at connecting businesses to crowdfunding services to finance their unpaid invoices. In a press release sent to PYMNTS Thursday (Jan. 16), Crowdz announced it is rolling out what it claims to be the world’s first invoice financing marketplace, InvoiceXchange, in pilot phase. The platform will enable businesses to auction off their invoices to receive invoice financing, a tool Crowdz said aims to address the pain point of late

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2020

Brazil’s unicorn FinTech and payments startup EBANX is trialing a digital wallet, called Ebanx Go, with 10,000 consumers on a test basis, the company announced on Wednesday (Jan. 15). The digital wallet offering is intended to solidify the FinTech’s reach in the Brazilian payments market. “Providing access has always been the great mission of EBANX.

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Reconciliations

PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2020

Things move fast – perhaps too quickly at times – in payments and commerce. A fresh sign of that is how much focus is turning toward the emerging consumer group known as Generation Z. Gen Z is growing up. The oldest members of the generation born between the mid-90s and the mid-2010s (specific year ranges vary depending on who is supplying the figures) are graduating from college, getting their first jobs and starting to form relationships with credit products.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2020

Call it an expansion of the Visa network-of-networks model. As reported on Monday (Jan. 13), Visa said it will buy Plaid — which focuses on the development of application programming interfaces (APIs) that allow consumers to share their data with thousands of apps — for $5.3 billion. On a conference call with investors following the announcement, Visa CEO Al Kelly said that “Plaid opens up new market opportunities by significantly expanding Visa’s network capabilities,” adding that Plaid provide

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

When The Clearing House launched its Real-Time Payments (RTP) network in 2017, the service was bound to rewrite some rules, and it has. More than two-thirds of executives surveyed for the January 2020 Making Real-Time Payments a Reality : Rising Demand for Real-Time Payments report from PYMNTS and Mastercard say they’re “very” to “extremely” aware of RTP, and over 85 percent report that they are now implementing RTP, or plan to, over the next three years.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

Accounts payable (AP) automation technology has hit the ground running, with solutions designed to accelerate invoice processing, optimize payment strategies and promote digital adoption. Yet, with AP solution providers enticed by the high payment volumes and values of the B2B arena, emerging solutions can sometimes be too large for the mom-and-pop shop on Main Street.

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Accounting

PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2020

Millennials have long been sought-after travel and hospitality customers, partly because they are perfectly placed to seek such experiences. They are old enough to have disposable income, but young enough that they can travel without major health and wellness risks. This unique status creates both opportunities and challenges for firms in the space, as millennials search for the experiences they crave.

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Transportation Currencies Retail Accounting 61

PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2020

Open-air shopping centers – also called strip malls or strip centers – are replacing malls as retail juggernauts, offering necessities like grocery stores, hair salons and dentists, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday (Jan.14). Predating malls, the outdoor centers offer merchandise and services that keep people coming back several times a week.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2020

Foot traffic is flat as digital dominates top-line growth. Purchases are shifting from individual brands to marketplaces. Mobile influences the purchasing and ordering process, regardless of whether the product is ultimately delivered or picked up in-store. Scale economies help big players, and brand affinity helps hyperlocal players compete – while brands in the oversaturated middle struggle to differentiate.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2020

JPMorgan Chase said the launch of CME Group options is building and there is the anticipation of institutional interest in Bitcoin-related contracts. Bakkt , a consortium that includes Intercontinental Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange parent, started giving options last month, according to strategists led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou. “There has been a steep increase in the activity of the underlying CME futures contract” over the past few days, Panigirtzoglou wrote, noting that open interest

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