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The Historic Push For PPE

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billion in annual spending on PPE projected by 2027. Ancona , vice president and general manager, National Client Group B2B, American Express , told PYMNTS. Digital payments help sellers get paid faster and buyers [to] make convenient payments while benefiting from working capital and cash flow management.”.

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Retailers Team With Providers For eCommerce Payments’ Tear

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Etsy is hardly alone: eCommerce is experiencing year-over-year growth of 14 percent, according to the Payments Powering Platforms Tracker , and merchants looking to capitalize on this rise must accept the preferred payment methods of their customers, which include everything from credit cards to PayPal to Venmo and everything outside and in between.

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The Why Behind So Many Healthcare Payment Buys

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Healthcare spending has grown from $75 billion in 1970, as measured by Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of National Health Expenditure Data , to as much as $3.5 It’s not going to get any easier, either, as healthcare spending may reach $6 trillion by 2027, as noted by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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