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Regional Banks Guide Corporates To Future-Proof Accounts Payable

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As many teams within businesses big and small had continued to rely on paper and manual processes, AP operations were tasked with migrating to a work-from-home environment quickly. Accounts payable (AP) teams and other financial functions of the enterprise were some of the hardest hit by the disruption caused by the global pandemic.

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How Spend Tools Feed Food Banks’ Need For Accountability

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Recent data indicated that 82 percent of SMBs shutter in their first year because of poor cash management operations. As SMBs seek opportunities to expand their operations, and reach new customers and markets, they will need the right spend and workforce tools to ensure funds are spent appropriately.

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Top News In Payments: Bank Closings Hit Rural Areas; Kaspersky Highlights Rise Of Fake Notifications

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Bank Branch Closings Take Toll On Rural Communities. Rural communities with lower incomes or a higher percentage of minorities experienced the most closings, losing 1,553 bank branches in 794 counties, a decline of 14 percent. Urban areas, however, lost only 9 percent of offices in 802 communities. for $4 billion.

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Square Capital Distributed 76K PPP Loans Totaling $820M

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While our lending business has served Main Street small businesses for years, we knew that as our sellers and their communities were facing deep economic uncertainty, we could play a meaningful role in disbursing stimulus funds,” said Jacqueline Reses , the head of Square Capital, in a statement. “In

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Data Dive, Go Big Edition: Apple, Amazon And CloudKitchens

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From an operational and risk perspective, we’ve handled the inflows smoothly, and without comprising our credit underwriting standards.”. The 350,000-square-foot facility is planned for Westborough, Massachusetts, a community roughly 35 miles west of Boston. Amazon’s Big Robotics Investment . India, the U.K.

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Local Governments Move In On Retail Vacancies

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The DEO “seeks concepts and an operator to program the space to boost innovation and entrepreneurship, demonstrate creative placemaking and feature the Made in Fairfax Network. The law opens up much more territory to these operations, which had only been permitted in areas zoned for industry.

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‘Google Checking,’ T-Mobile Data Breach Top This Week’s News

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The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) is among the nonprofits working to feed local communities this holiday season is the which provides food services to 190 towns as well as cities in the eastern Massachusetts region. 25) that it will sell its StubHub ticketing operations to online ticket reseller Viagogo Entertainment Inc.

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