September, 2019

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Visa’s Kevin Phalen: Making The Case For B2B Payments’ Innovation Progress

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There is a mountain of friction in commercial payments today that seems to have held the industry back from the kind of rocket-pace innovation propelling retail and consumer payments into the future. Opaque payments moving sluggishly across borders and between banks. Thinking Beyond the Payer. Rethinking the Infrastructure.

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CellPoint Mobile Rebrands As CellPoint Digital To Power Travel Payments

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The newly branded company aims to innovate the way travel merchants promote and sell across all digital channels. “A seamless user experience in all digital channels is vital,” said Stephane Druet, head of marketing and product strategy at CellPoint Digital. We started out with a radical, mobile-first solution.

Mobile 129
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Former Managing Director At Deutsche Bank Joins SWIFT 

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His job will include fostering existing relationships that are essential to those directives and improving the organization’s commercial performance through its products, like SWIFT’s global payments innovation (gpi) and its suite of financial crime compliance solutions.

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B2B Payments: Moving From Inertia To Ignition

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The B2B payments discussion often centers around innovators’ efforts to kill the check. Innovators must consider a range of factors, from the size of the company making the payment to the infrastructure constraints of the firm receiving it. B2B Payments’ Innovation Agenda.

Payments 148
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How To Make Sure Stores Don’t Die

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It’s an ongoing effort that has probably seen more failures than success stories, but that’s certainly not keeping people from betting on new innovations. That’s certainly part of the story in retail these days. Another part is the ongoing demise of physical locations, whether individual store locations or entire malls.

How To 176
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Virtual Assistants Join The Corporate Finance Team

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Artificial intelligence adoption continues to grow in the corporate world, and as businesses look to broaden margins, save money and drive strategic operations, the finance department is a prime target for AI-powered solutions. Polaris Market Research says intelligent virtual assistant technology is expected to be a $21.5

Analytics 147
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Virtual Reality Gains Traction In Retail

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Location-based virtual reality (VR) startup The Void is partnering with mall operator Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) to open 25 new entertainment outposts in the U.S. The eCommerce operator hopes to increase purchases of furniture online via a recently launched feature dubbed Amazon Showroom that takes advantage of virtual reality tools.

Retail 192