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Kroger, Ocado To Build Regional High-Tech Fulfillment Centers

PYMNTS

“Through our strategic partnership, we are engineering a model for these regions, leveraging advanced robotics technology and creative solutions to redefine the customer experience.”. The companies said the varying sizes demonstrate the flexibility of Ocado’s fulfillment platform to best serve the respective markets.

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Mastercard Survey Links Commercial Cards To Savings

PYMNTS

Mastercard and Kaiser Associates surveyed 26 medium-sized businesses across the Middle East and Africa, and found that use of commercial card products reduces travel and expense management procedures compared with per diem employee expense programs. Companies that switch from per diems to corporate cards save the equivalent of 7.8

Survey 101
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Non-performing ag loans increase, says lender survey

Abrigo

Agricultural lenders are reporting increases in non-performing farms loans and decreased farmland values, according to the latest Agricultural Lender Survey conducted by the Kansas State University Department of Agricultural Economics. Lenders cited lower commodity prices, rising operating costs and the softening of cash rents.

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Small Business, Big Banking Not A Winning Combo, Survey Finds

PYMNTS

The 2017 report from FIS surveyed nearly 500 SMEs in the U.S. PYMNTS examines some of the most telling data from the survey below. -14% with revenues up to $500 million. The data is clear: While most small businesses use some type of large, global bank, a significant portion of them are not happy with the services being provided.

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These Are Your Most Profitable Cash Management Clients

South State Correspondent

For starters, a customer may carry large balances but not generate franchise value if those balances are all in high-paying money market accounts or are highly volatile. The value driver in cash management is that it is usually some sort of operating account at the bank. As such, operating accounts have low-interest rate sensitivity.

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A Regional Approach To Global SME Trade

PYMNTS

Nearly a third of small and medium-sized businesses surveyed said they have seen an average growth in export revenue of 25 percent in the last year alone. Intra-regional exporting is a strong driving force, representing an average of nearly $800,000 in revenue, 10 percent above their exports to other regions,” the report stated.

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Banks Say FinTech Innovation, Not Regulation, Is Now Their Fiercest Market Pressure

PYMNTS

But according to a new report from EY, it would be unfair to say that regulation is the only driving force behind large banks’ changing market strategies. In its Global Banking Outlook 2018 survey , EY assessed 221 financial institutions across 29 markets. Optimism Up.