PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2017

Bloomberg News reported Wednesday that dealmakers on China’s mainland are “struggling to cope with tighter capital controls” and a more cautious deal-making landscape. These “break fees” can be as high as 10 percent of a deal’s headline price tag, up from 2 percent seen in past years. Investments would be topped off at $10 billion.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

In a press release , Coupa announced the launch of Source Together, a solution allowing businesses to harness the power of group buying to obtain greater leverage to access discounts and savings. Coupa also announced the launch of Coupa Contract Lifecycle Management Advanced within its BSM platform, the result of its acquisition of Exari.

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PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2018

As a result, she saw an opportunity for a business, Choosy , that would manufacture clothes made famous by celebrities, and deliver them to customers just weeks after they “favorite” and purchase the items. Fashion Through Social Tagging.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

When a company realizes it’s time to improve its corporate travel and expense (T&E) management strategy, there are a few items on the list of must-haves: Spend control, transparency and analytics are probably high on that list. “For nonprofits, that’s very valuable data.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2020

Grace that had controlled bookselling for time immemorial found themselves increasingly outmaneuvered by Bezos. Subscription service Amazon Prime launched in early 2005 with a $79 annual price tag. It was a novelty then, but one with unimaginable potential. Amazon scaled frighteningly fast, even at dial-up speeds.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2017

As of now, customers must still manually scan their purchases before the system bags for them since not every item in the store has been fitted with an electronic pricing tag. Lawson said every item should have a tag by the end of February. Kmart is facing more store closures in 2017 in a push to shift its business model.

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CFO Simplified

APRIL 15, 2022

Business – Seasonal gift manufacturing. We were approached as a result of the continued outcry by the CEO’s wife, who felt that the age-old methods used to amass inventory, control order processing, and deliver to untold destinations in the twinkle of an eye, needed a fresh approach. Location – North Pole. Initial Contact –.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2020

One can see it in the numbers — Chipotle Mexican Grill recently reported that mobile orders now represent 20 percent of its total sales and is the fastest overall growing part of its business. When the customer is tagged by that, when their payment credentials are misused or their gift cards are drained — the customer is going to be mad.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2018

As the old show-business saying goes, “The show must go on.” They also include earmarked controls that allow producers to tag and reconcile purchases made for a particular project. ” The entertainment industry isn’t the only field in which this adage holds true, though.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2016

The Wall Street community latched onto that claim as a nod that business might be returning to some modicum of stability in the wake of the head executive’s resignation. The mistake thus raises questions about Lending Club’s ability to accurately track its business and about whether internal control issues may still be afoot.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2018

Inventory management may have been built on fundamental business concepts like supply and demand, but today, managing inventory levels is a complex interconnection of finance, sales, procurement, customer relationship management, accounting and other aspects of the enterprise. There are stories like this all over the place.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2019

28, traffic controls will be put in place to limit the number of shoppers inside the warehouse to 2,000 people,” Delish said, quoting a local police statement. As PYMNTS recently covered , the Chinese eCommerce giant is welcoming small businesses in the U.S. by offering smaller businesses the opportunity to sell globally.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2018

Shoe sellers can dust off a pair of unsold sneakers and keep them on the shelf until they sell, but businesses like grocery stores don’t have that luxury. We’ve gone a different direction where we now allow the consumer to be in control, [and retailers to] be a little more passive,” Klein explained. If it costs $0.04

Sales 52

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2019

Starting Wednesday, August 28, traffic controls will be put in place to limit the number of shoppers inside the warehouse to 2,000 people,” Delish said, quoting a local police statement. As PYMNTS recently covered , the Chinese eCommerce giant is welcoming small businesses in the U.S. Alibaba Opening. to sell on Alibaba.com.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

At the very least, and this should come as little surprise, consumers want to control how connected they are and when. Business Intelligence. Whatever is on the products — whether that’s a Google jacket, these tags or connected fabrics — the interesting question is what it does and how.

Technology 44

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Soon she’ll be making herself at home at work with new business-oriented skills, and she’s about to start powering payments, the company announced at its re:Invent conference. Google’s Assistant has also picked up a new capability by partnering with Alphabet-owned Waze to power hands-free, eyes-free navigation control for drivers.

Nonprofit 46

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2017

With this addition, each of the Frightful Five will have its own voice-controlled speaker: Amazon with its Echo family of devices; Google with the Home speaker; Apple with its new HomePod; Microsoft with the Cortana-powered Invoke speaker; and now, Alibaba, with its as-yet unnamed voice assistant and device.

eCommerce 43

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2017

As with many innovators, his business idea originated as a problem of his own he was looking to solve. Perfume is full of brands but is basically controlled by three players — L’Oréal Groupe, Coty and Estée Lauder — all of which license scents to celebrities and designers.

eCommerce 40

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2017

Citing a Spend Matters survey from 2015, eRequester said more than 70 percent of businesses don’t have full visibility into their supply chains. Rogue spending , as mentioned previously, is another top challenge to procurement visibility identified by eRequester, tagged as a “serious problem for many organizations.”

B2B 40

B2B 40

PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2017

There’s a slight ownership edge here, too, as Vantiv holders will boast a roughly 59 percent stake in the combined entity, which of course speaks to control over just where resources will be deployed, how and when. For Vantiv there is value in going beyond the United States, boosting footprint and gaining scale.

eCommerce 40

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Lesser-known about Barnum are his many business and financial ups and downs, including his fight back from bankruptcy in the mid-1800s. In business, comfort is commonly referred to as inertia. Businesses now see the value and competitive opportunities in many C2B, C2C and B2C real-time payments use cases.

B2B 61

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Recruiting customers is hard to do — and comes with a big price tag. Today Amazon has ridden that success to control 2.1 Many more subscription businesses have failed than have successfully overcome churn and managed mass adoption at scale. million, or $.05 26) called Grubhub+. percent of consumer spending, and 6.4

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PYMNTS

MARCH 28, 2018

Customer trust is lost, reputations are damaged, but putting a price tag on these implications is difficult. People are putting more of their digital identities online, and as a result, we’ve been hearing from companies that say, ‘We have our chargebacks under control. Facebook recently came close, though.

Securities 44

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PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2016

“We’re building deeper relationships with our customers across our ecosystem and are looking forward to delivering new tools like Walmart Pay that allow them to use the Walmart app as their remote control for a faster, more convenient shopping experience.”. Having several cards for different personal/business purposes is a big enough hassle.

Retail 40

Retail Numbers 40

PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2016

Ahold-Delhaize, with its control of the well developed and popular Peapod program. We’d say a ton of money but, as the Cincinnati Business Times points out, if the money Kroger plans to spend were in $100 bills, the Cincinnati- based retailer would be spending almost 41 tons of money. How risky a plan is it?

Concentration 40

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2019

Ultimately, FlySafair aims to take AviaPay’s functionalities further and wrap its various departure control processes into one mobile system that would enable not only express check-in, but other airport management services as well, such as paying baggage fees.

Reconciliations 52

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The recommerce market, which is focused on returned and (gently) used items, has been big business, where in China those sales are worth $60 billion. Audio games (and parental controls) abound and will bring a whole new generation into the voice platform fold. Can you spell coopetition? Alexa is debuting a slew of skills aimed at kids.

Sales 46

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2019

During the Tuesday earnings call, Fairbank also said the “impact of onboarding will be a modest benefit to the charge-off rate of our domestic card business.”. Mastercard got tagged with a $648.3 People expect high standards of transparency and control from us. Mastercard and Google Fend Off Fines. credit card companies charge.

Advertising 51

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2017

SiriusXM’s addition of Automatic to its connected-car products, which came with a price tag of just over $100 million, will allow the broadcasting company to strengthen its position in the burgeoning connected-vehicle services space. sales operations.

eCommerce 40

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Barry Ritholtz

JULY 11, 2023

All of our earlier podcasts on your favorite pod hosts can be found here. ~~~ ANNOUNCER: This is Masters in Business with Barry Ritholtz on Bloomberg Radio. BARRY RITHOLTZ, HOST, MASTERS IN BUSINESS: This week on the podcast, once again, I have an extra, extra special guest. I also ran our credit card business at the time.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 86

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Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

ANNOUNCER: This is Masters in Business with Barry Ritholtz on Bloomberg Radio. BARRY RITHOLTZ, HOST, MASTERS IN BUSINESS: This week on the podcast, what can I say, I have yet another extra special guest, Albert Wenger, managing partner at Union Square Ventures. And Joshua added tags to that, and so you could browse things by tags.

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Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Can one person make a difference to the value of a business? Of course, and with small businesses, especially those built around personal services (a doctor or plumber’s practice), it is part of the valuation process, where the key person is valued or at least priced and incorporated into valuation.

Valuation 113

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2020

Beyond the price tags and headlines lies a pivot toward creating standards for the data exchange between traditional financial institutions (FIs), FinTechs and end users as individuals manage money, access credit scores, pay bills and even apply for mortgages. The move is designed to strengthen Mastercard’s push into open banking in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Conferma Pay connects users to a network of travel management companies, online booking solutions and global distribution systems to book and pay for business travel, a service that CSI said will complete its accounts payable (AP) virtual payment capabilities. Shell Combines Cards, Telematics for Indian Fleets. banking license, it said.

B2B 60

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Planful

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Also mention noteworthy events and transactions that you’re not required to disclose that still have a significant financial impact on the business. Structure your financial report information in a way that helps shareholder readers understand the business’s financial position and performance. Company size is one factor.

Financial Reporting 40

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Barry Ritholtz

MAY 30, 2023

All of our earlier podcasts on your favorite pod hosts can be found here. ~~~ ANNOUNCER: This is Masters in Business with Barry Ritholtz on Bloomberg Radio. BARRY RITHOLTZ, HOST, MASTERS IN BUSINESS: This week on the podcast, I have an extra special guest. I started seeing the muffler shop as a business. RITHOLTZ: Right.

Economics 57

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PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2016

Who better to ask about the state of the markets than the driver behind them: small businesses? The latest reports suggest a bit of stagnancy: Hiring and spending practices among SMEs remained steady, and while small business owners are optimistic about their own performance, their optimism for the economy overall is another story.

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