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| Rep. Patrick McHenry: SMBs Need Targeted Stimulus, Big Tech Bashing âIrksomeâ Congress should pass more targeted stimulus for small businesses, but bashing Big Tech is getting âirksome,â U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) tells Karen Webster. McHenry, the ranking Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, thinks Congress can extend the PPP programâs best parts on a bipartisan basis. But he believes current bipartisan bashing of Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google ignores their contributions to SMBs and the broader economy. |
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| Report: Sephora: Why (Payment) Variety Is The Spice Of Life For Beauty Retailers Beauty retailers have long relied on offering choice to keep customers engaged, and extending this choice to the payment methods they offer is becoming just as important. In the latest Anatomy Of A Consumer Payment Playbook, Carolyn Bojanowski, senior vice president and general manager of eCommerce for Sephora, explains how offering various payment options can boost engagement and deliver superior omnichannel shopping experiences. |
| Mastering Multichannel Commerce Playbook |
| GEâs FX Payments Chief On Optimizing FX And Supply Chain Efficiencies Large manufacturers are challenged with legacy back-office processes when managing cross-border payments and FX risks. In the latest issue of the Mastering Multichannel Commerce Playbook, Shreya Fatehpuria, industrial giant GEâs FX payments leader, reveals why optimizing FX payment processes has become vital to keeping supply lines moving in challenging economic times. |
| Welcome To The Decade Of Sustainability Rewards Consumers wanted airline miles in the 1980s and cash back in the 2000s, but Mastercard is betting they’re looking for sustainability rewards in the 2020s. Mastercard Chief Digital Officer Jorn Lambert tells PYMNTS that’s why the firm is expanding its Priceless Planet Coalition, an initiative that will show customers their purchases’ carbon footprints — and make it easy for them to pay for tree planting using cash or rewards points to offset pollution. |
| European Banking Federation On The EU’s Shift To Digital, Data-Driven Financial Services The pandemic has shifted priorities in regulatory policy tied to the financial services industry – and across the EU, a digital framework is emerging to shape a new, data-driven financial services economy. In an interview with Karen Webster, the European Banking Federation’s (EBF) Alexandra Maniati, director of cybersecurity and innovation, explains why a big part of the shift is about embracing the cloud. |
| | B2B Payments | | Paya CEO On Going Public And The Middle Marketâs Business Payments Opportunity Going public in the midst of a global pandemic may seem a volatile choice, but for Paya Holdings, which went public on the Nasdaq Stock Market earlier this week, the current market climate has opened up even greater opportunities. Thatâs because middle-market firms are driving the demand for integrated payments solutions, Paya Holdings CEO Jeff Hack told Karen Webster. He explored Payaâs path to going public and spoke about how mid-market enterprises are accelerating the growth of a competitive and fragmented payments technology market. |
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