The cost benefits and ROI of fintech in the financial industry are so obvious, why is business still so slow to adopt many new technologies that can positively impact their bottom line? A new report for AvidXchange by Levvel Research offers insight into some of ...
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While the tariffs tiff continues, we’ve got other global payments news to keep you ahead of the curve. We start with a business and payments industry look at the impact of China tariffs. AI is getting deeper into the payments business and online grocer Farmstead ...
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Now that US tariff increases of 25% or more on $300 billion of Chinese products are looming large, what’s the impact on consumers and is there potential for the payments industry to take a hit as well? Contrary to what the White House says, American ...
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The explosion of business apps in recent years has been remarkable and while some may die a slow death after great launches on Product Hunt with much fanfare, a handful of mobile invoicing apps are genuinely useful for business owners and their customers. Mobile invoicing ...
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Amazon robotics help product picker Imagine working ten hours a day picking and packing products in an Amazon warehouse and fulfillment center. It’s labor-intensive, it’s hard physical work, and according to Reuters, Amazon plans to automate some of these processes at its many fulfillment facilities. ...
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San Francisco-based online grocer Farmstead launched a Smart Shopping List app that uses predictive machine-learning to make grocery shopping faster, easier and less expensive for consumers. Farmstead says artificial intelligence (AI) goes beyond simple product recommendations to actually predict what customers need based on multiple ...
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We’ve got a pre-Mother’s Day global payments news roundup filled with news you can use. The NRF predicts Mother’s Day spending will reach a record $25 billion this year. Gartner looks at Amazon’s complicated private-label business. Alipay, Adyen, and Klarna will allow AliExpress shoppers to ...
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$40 million stolen from the Binance cryptocurrency exchange yesterday by cybercriminals. Hackers infiltrating hundreds of Amazon merchant accounts late last year. The ongoing impact from the massive 2017 Equifax data breach exposing more than 148 million records. The hit parade of cybersecurity breaches never lets ...
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Artificial intelligence (AI), including chatbots, is definitely on the horizon for retail in the future, according to a new Juniper Research report. The company predicts the global number of successful retail chatbot interactions will reach 22 billion by 2023, up from an estimated 2.6 billion ...
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What’s one of the biggest friction points for small business today? If you answered getting invoices paid quickly and easily, you’d also have the answer to why MasterCard is buying digital transactions company Transactis. Mastercard says 44% of the 15 billion bills Americans pay each ...
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