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October 14, 2020

PYMNTSTV B2B Payments 2021

KeyBank’s Gavrity On The 'Verticalization' Of B2B Payments

The pandemic has forced a fundamental reckoning for businesses large and small. Ken Gavrity, head of Enterprise Payments at KeyBank, told Karen Webster that companies must re-examine the most basic operations in order to stay afloat and maybe even thrive as the "verticalization" of B2B payments is upon us.

 

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Mobile Order Ahead Tracker

Qdoba On Curbing Chargeback Fraud With Data Analytics

For quick-service restaurants, mobile ordering has become a boon even as in-store traffic plummeted. But the surge in mobile ordering has also opened the door to fraudsters who create phony chargebacks. In the latest Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker, Adam Fox, director of digital experience for Qdoba, discusses how data analytics help QSRs flag transactions and stop fraud.

 

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Disbursements Tracker

Fifth Third Bank: Business Cash Flow Pains Are Driving Instant Payments Uptake

Businesses are more motivated than ever to keep tabs on cash flow — hard when so many business payments are still made using paper checks. In the latest Disbursements Tracker, Bridgit Chayt, senior vice president and director of commercial payments at Fifth Third Bank, explains how cash flow pressures are accelerating the adoption of digital treasury and instant-payments solutions.

 

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Breaking News

Casai CEO On Reimagining Hospitality For The Global Nomad

If one could pick any year to launch a travel business, the year 2020 would not be top of the list. Yet as Casai Co-Founder and CEO Nico Barawid explained to PYMNTS, it’s actually helped them think more broadly and creatively about how to package and sell their service. Something must be working, since Barawid said occupancy rates are nearly back at pre-pandemic levels — and they just raised millions in fresh capital.

 

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Payment Methods

PayPal Launches Pay in 3 In The UK In Time For Holiday Shopping

The one certainty that has emerged over the last seven months is the consumer’s interest in being more thoughtful about how they want to pay for the purchases they make. PayPal’s VP and GM of Consumer Credit Greg Lisiewski told Karen Webster that installment credit is an increasingly important part of the mix, and why making it available to U.K. consumers and merchants in time for holiday shopping was a top priority.

 

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PYMNTSTV: FinTechs

Why London’s Calling For The FinTech Industry

With Brexit on the horizon, 2020 was already set to be a wild one in the U.K. FinTech scene – and that was before a global pandemic was added to the mix. But challenges and unexpected curveballs aside, Plaid U.K. Head Keith Grose and Innovate Finance CEO Charlotte Crosswell told Karen Webster as part of a recent PYMNTSTV session in partnership with London & Partners, London is still the place to be for any FinTech firm really serious about going global.

 

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