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Covid relief for small business
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US small business relief can’t come fast enough

By Jeff Domansky, March 10, 2021 The US Congress today passed the Biden administration’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill and economic recovery program. Missing in action were Republican votes ...
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67% of investors trust robots more than human advisors

By Jeff Domansky, Feb 10, 2021 As someone who writes about payments, finance, and fintech, a new research report from Oracle caught my eye and jarred my not-so-artificial ...
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real-time tax compliance laws
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Real-time tax compliance will change payments dramatically

Liz Armbruester, SVP of global compliance, Avalara Feb 9, 2021 . For hundreds of years, sales tax returns have been collected and held by sellers until a filing ...
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best mobile check deposit accounts
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Research: Consumers love their mobile check deposits

By Jeff Domansky Jan 26, 2021 US bank and credit union customers didn’t seem to miss visits and lineups at their favorite financial institution during the past year. ...
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Alipay and Visa: When titans redefine payments

By Ankita Tyagi, Founder & Principal Analyst, FSInnovate Dec 16, 2020 For decades, the payments space was associated with facilitating transactions between customers and their financial service provider, ...
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credit cards for poor-credit customers
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Petal aims to be credit card for credit-blemished customers

Fintech credit card startup Petal recently launched its second no-annual-fee credit card for those with no credit history or a blemished credit record. Petal hopes to make it ...
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London UK payments trends
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Not so fast: What’s blocking the future of invisible payments?

Matt Jackson, Head of Partner Development (EMEA) at PPRO Invisible payments have already had a massive impact on the physical and online retail experience and could have the ...
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PeasyPay biometric payments
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Biometrics enables EU payments with a wave and a smile

European shoppers in Budapest and Spain are shopping and paying with a wink and a wave with the launch of Hungarian fintech PeasyPay.Imagine. No more carrying your purse, ...
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Fitz Sunglasses
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How Fitz Frames uses mobile-first to beat e-commerce and COVID-19 challenges

It’s one thing to start a business as an entrepreneur and survive the first year. It’s an even bigger badge of success to have launched your online business ...
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UK fintechs have lessons for US digital banks
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Fintech in America: Lessons from across the pond

By Giffard Hogge, Product Manager, Somo The UK and the United States share culture, history, and language. But it is only after moving from the UK to live ...
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