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December 27, 2019

‘How To Instant’ Podcast Series

Getting Payors On Board The Instant Payments Bandwagon

The word is out about instant payments — now consumers want payments from businesses that way, too. In a new podcast discussion, Ingo Money CEO Drew Edwards tells Karen Webster that the next big challenge is getting analog industries stay tuned in to the consumer who lives life today at the speed of “I want my money now.” Here’s why choice, collaboration and a willingness to evolve are the starting points for payments originators that want to close that gap.

 

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Corporate Housing

Using Airbnb’s Playbook To Give Corporate Housing A Digital Makeover

Digital tech and the sharing economy are now challenging the status quo when it comes to corporate housing. Kulveer Taggar, co-founder and CEO of Zeus, a corporate housing digital platform backed by the likes of Airbnb, tells PYMNTS why it's borrowing from it's benefactor's playbook to give corporate housing a digital makeover.

 

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Blockchain

Did Blockchain Peak In 2019?

Seemingly every company has some skin in the blockchain game, through investments and pilot programs, in trade finance and supply chain management — and to trade art and pretty much everything else. But might the hype and hope over blockchain tech meet reality, as investment slows? Perhaps 2019 will mark a peak, and (more) rationality will reign as the clock strikes 2020. Here’s our look from the mountaintop.

 

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Biggest 2019 Ignitions

Four Payments Ideas That Had A Breakout 2019

Plenty of technologies and new ideas have emerged, claiming to be the next big thing in innovation over the last decade, yet few have lived up to their initial billing. But this year, as the 2010s wound down, four big game-changing ideas about payments and commerce took hold. These are 2019’s big four — so big, they’ll be worth watching in 2020 too.

 

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Next-Gen AP Automation Tracker™

BNY Mellon: Why Speed And Security Are Key For AP Automation

Digital payment innovations like real-time payments (RTP) have given businesses more options to improve slow accounts payable (AP) processes. But many firms lack the know-how for actually adopting these automated processes. In the latest Next-Gen AP Automation Tracker, Carl Slabicki, head of strategic payment solutions at BNY Mellon, tells PYMNTS the two critical factors to consider for improving cash flow as businesses embrace automated AP solutions.

 

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