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Opus’ Magnum Payments Challenge
 

Retailers must grapple with legacy payments systems and fickle consumers. Here’s how Anand Ramakrishnan, CEO of Opus, sees the industry transitioning past its pain points to the digital age.

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Supply Chain Financing

Rethinking Supply Chain Financing
 

TradeRocket is turning supply chain financing on its head. Its new agreement with Hitachi Capital brings working capital to mid-market firms by bypassing traditional routes and equity raises. TradeRocket CEO Jim Eckstein tells PYMNTS how they do it and why it is a much better way of serving working capital needs. Catch the conversation.
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Alternative Lending Tracker

A Surprising Payday Lending Advocate Emerges
 

The fight over forthcoming payday lending regulations by the CFPB was already tense and is now on the verge of just getting ugly. And just a little bit scrappy now that the DNC Chairwoman has apparently flipped sides on the issue and is now backing a Republican-written bill that would pre-emptively curb those CFPB regulations. And in an election year. And in Florida, no less. And the proposed rules aren’t even out yet. Grab your popcorn — it’s that kind of story.

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What Matters When It Comes To Mobile Checkout
 

It’s sort of what they don’t know they don’t know. That’s the big takeaway that Ralph Dangelmaier, CEO of BlueSnap, has after talking to merchants about how to make their mobile checkout experience better. He tells MPD CEO Karen Webster that there are 5 things that merchants don’t know they don’t know about checkout conversion that he knows for sure are keeping them from capturing more sales.

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