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October 7, 2020

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Melio CEO: Helping SMBs Break Their Paper-Check Dependency

Many smaller U.S. businesses are still tied to paper-based payments even as they wrestle with the pandemic’s impacts. But Melio CEO Matan Bar tells Karen Webster that payments flexibility is key in helping SMBs navigate challenges — and improve cash flow, which is the lifeblood of all companies regardless of size.

 

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JPMorgan: Using Transaction Data To Help Merchants Optimize Cash Flow

Merchants’ digitization efforts and consumers’ shifting payment habits mean businesses have access to transaction data that can help reduce the cost of payment acceptance and transaction failures - and even optimize cash flow. But, Tony Wimmer, JPMorgan Chase’s head of data and analytics/wholesale payments, tells PYMNTS, only if merchants and their banks use a systematic approach to payment-data analysis.

 

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Podcast: Mobile Banking

Mobile Banking’s Authentication Game-Changer

The way consumers bank is changing in the COVID-19 age, so is how banks authenticate their new rush of digital-first customers, Christian Ali, Entersekt’s senior vice president of product, tells PYMNTS. Here’s how he says they are scaling their digital operations.

 

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Last Mile Delivery 

How Outsourcing Logistics Can Help SMBs Compete With Amazon

When it comes to competing with the online retailing giants, SMBs have plenty of challenges. But when it comes to fulfilling their orders, Chicago based ShipBob is giving them a "no-brainer" option to outsource their logistical needs in a way that is as fast and cheap as the big guys. ShipBob CEO Dhruv Saxena tells PYMNTS why merchants and brands are increasingly going the outsourced route.

 

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Big Tech

What Congress’ Proposed ‘Horizontal’ Block Could Mean For Big Tech And The Connected Economy


U.S. lawmakers are weighing a proposal to limit Big Techs’ use of ‘horizontal’ diversification — a proposal that could, say, separate Apple’s hardware business from its App Store. Will the proposal hobble tech firms from giving consumers what they want just as digital-first is becoming the norm? PYMNTS breaks it down.

 

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Digital Consumer Onboarding Tracker

Report: Dosh CEO On Giving Online Shoppers Safety And Speed At Sign-Up

Today’s online consumers don’t expect to have to choose between speed and security. In the latest Digital Consumer Onboarding Tracker, Ryan Wuerch, CEO and founder of cash-back platform Dosh explains how pairing familiar authentication tools, such as email and text-based verification, can help retailers keep customers satisfied during sign up and get them transacting quickly.

 

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