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OCTOBER 19, 2018

Microsoft is rolling out a new corporate expense management solution designed for iOS devices, the company announced on Thursday (Oct. Purchases can be categorized as business or personal spend, while users can also add custom tags to purchases.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has made some payment moves to boost the National Electronic Toll Collection (NETC) in the country, according to the Business Standard. . The requests are going to be handled by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2020

Some of the most at-risk targets include businesses in the financial services, consulting and healthcare arenas, the blog post noted. 20,000 in fraudulent checks was allegedly written by one Cambodian individual posing as a construction business owner, reports in Khmer Times said. Taking into account the estimated 30.2

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2017

13 billion | Amount of corporate spending currently managed through Scout RFP’s cloud-based strategic sourcing and procurement solutions, according to recently released company stats. Others saw extreme lows, like massive devaluations and delays in important new product releases. billion in funding but may soon see a $20 billion haircut. $13

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2018

During the firm’s earnings call, Clarke pointed to initiatives across Fleetcor’s four core business units — fuel, corporate payments, tolls and lodging — via collaborations, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) to drive incremental growth in each area. “I hope the message is clear.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 15, 2019

With Amazon Business seeing its own impressive growth rate — even faster than its retail arm — the platform is an attractive option for B2B sellers looking to quickly launch an online sales presence to meet corporate buyer demand. Willingness To Pay. Pricing’s Effect On Buyer Experience.

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2017

$246 billion in cross-border corporate acquisitions last year, and now China’s buyout frenzy seems poised to quiet down quite a bit. 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. Such constraints have had an impact on merger activity.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2018

As the old show-business saying goes, “The show must go on.” Production companies that create advertising or marketing campaigns for corporate clients are also expected to complete their projects in a timely manner, no matter what circumstances arise.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2019

Google has announced the launch of CallJoy , a cloud-based phone agent that allows small business owners to measure, improve and automate customer service. With CallJoy, small businesses have access to the same customer service options that have historically only been available to larger corporations.

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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

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Fraud never sleeps, and the corporate finance department cannot afford to stay behind on the ever-changing strategies of fraudsters. “VEC is the next evolution of business email compromise. . “VEC is the next evolution of business email compromise. percent for small banks.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2018

But retail will not be any less busy for it, as there is still the rush to return gifts that didn’t quite make the cut. On the shoe front, both Nikes and Louboutin heels were returned at a much higher than average rate with tags still on, in the box and never worn. Christmas is over and the rush of holiday gift giving has ended.

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CFO Simplified

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Your Ultimate Finance Department Checklist (By Business Size). From overworked staff accountants to controllers running month-end closes, a poorly structured finance, and accounting department can put strains on your business’ growth. What is a Small Business? What is a Mid-Sized Business? Company Size.

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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.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2020

Today, Amazon says that “…almost 60 percent of the sales of physical products sold in the Amazon store (by value) are now made by independent sellers — entrepreneurs and other mostly small- and medium-sized businesses — not Amazon.”. Subscription service Amazon Prime launched in early 2005 with a $79 annual price tag.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2017

About 20 percent of British businesses were attacked by cybercriminals over the last year, according to a report from the British Chamber of Commerce. Most of those businesses, the report goes on, do not even have basic security measures to protect consumer data — only 24 percent of U.K.

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PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2020

And as Karen Webster noted in a 2016 commentary: “The generation that made sriracha a food group and yoga pants a go-to corporate wardrobe staple … the generation that every brand is desperately trying to woo is, by and large, broke.” economy would imply, and were unlikely to ever attain their parents’ earnings potential.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Corporate filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission can reveal a wealth of data, some of it quantitative, some of it qualitative. billon, the retail subscriptions business contains a number of contributors, including video, music and eBooks. With a headline number at $6.4 And then, there’s Prime.

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Adam Kae

AUGUST 27, 2020

Usually, spilling business secrets is typically a major “no no." We read the book ,, Business Process Outsourcing by Click & Duening, where a 6 step business process was introduced. There are so many resources for big corporations, and they have the big price tags to go along with them. Why do this for free?

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Future CFO

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Some common tactics are phishing and business email compromise. Sim Being Hai: To assist in identifying emails originating outside of the organisation, CFOs can ask the IT security team to mark all inbound emails from outside of the corporate network with an ‘External’ tag to help identify emails originating from outside of the organisation.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 17, 2023

Consequently, I will concentrate this post on how this crisis is playing out in markets, and the effects it has had, so far, on businesses and investments, and whether these effects are likely to be transient or permanent. The Lead In. I have seen no evidence, so far, that this is the case, but that may change.

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2016

Because it seems this particular corporate marriage will forever live in the annals of things that might have been, but never were, as Federal Judge Emmet Sullivan has officially agreed with the FTC and struck down the deal. Sullivan sided with the Federal Trade Commission. The issue, according to the FTC, is scale.

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JANUARY 21, 2021

The company managed to beat Q4 profit expectations despite COVID-19 taking a significant bite out of its business. Every aspect of the U.S. healthcare system was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, a reality illustrated by UnitedHealth Group’s latest earnings report published Wednesday (Jan.

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JUNE 13, 2018

New data from Greenwich Associates put a price tag on that effort: According to Bloomberg reports Tuesday (June 12), the financial services market spends an estimated $1.7 ” Loose purse strings also mean blockchain companies themselves are vying for the top spot to provide businesses with DLT services.

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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.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2016

It’s no April Fools’ joke: 2016’s first quarter has already wrapped and, with its closure, comes a wave of data looking back at the state of corporate finances. We examine the findings from several market reports on small business access to capital, lending, growth and employment.

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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. The saga, along with mounting concerns over “ fake news ,” are, in many ways, pushing corporate cybersecurity in a new direction, says Kevin Lee, the trust and safety architect at cybersecurity firm Sift Science.

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PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2017

Imagine a business that has overcome the headwinds of digital adoption: the cost of implementing new technology, the corporate culture that fights change, the investment required to pick the right solutions. Patterns of these unique needs will continue to emerge in greater clarity as Jaggaer continues its research, Lundin noted.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2018

No, not just in homeownership, but in business, too – and especially when it comes to upstart FinTech firms grappling with an ever-onerous compliance landscape. And so begins a dance in the corporate halls that may be familiar to anyone in the C-suite. Build vs. buy. The eternal debate.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Going clean and green is just about everyone’s favorite marketing tag line these days. In that environment, Panera Bread’s corporate pledge two years ago to clean up its food act and remove manmade preservatives, sweeteners, colors and flavors from its foods wasn’t much of a surprise.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2016

Walmart is open — not just for business but to new technology ideas. After several years spent trying to infuse its multi-billion dollar business with more forward-thinking concepts with mixed results , last week, the retail giant announced that it will be conducting what amounts to an open call for tech innovation.

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Musings on Markets

MARCH 19, 2022

Consequently, I will concentrate this post on how this crisis is playing out in markets, and the effects it has had, so far, on businesses and investments, and whether these effects are likely to be transient or permanent. I have seen no evidence, so far, that this is the case, but that may change.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2020

The American economy is reopening for business and consumers are starting to head back toward their lives in the physical world. The massive attack attempt was thwarted by AWS Shield, a service custom-built to defend the cloud-computing platform’s clients from being tagged by DDoS attacks.

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2016

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. It’s one of the keys to their success: they’ve been good investors in their own business.”

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2016

billion price tag, led U.K Now collectively called SumUp, the company is rolling out EMV-enabled mPOS terminals to compete with Square, the big player in the American market that has popularized mPOS solutions with its sleek terminals that are advertised to help businesses process payments on the fly. “A

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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.

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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.

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