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Saturday - April 18, 2020


Drive-Thrus And Digital Ordering


COVID-19's Impact On QSR Fraud


Social Distancing And Retail Tech


COVID-19 And Supply Chain Resilience


SMB Retail Amid COVID-19


COVID-19 And The Freelancer Economy



Digital-First Banking Important After Pandemic


Tipalti Talks Sudden AP Automation Efforts


Who Decides When Consumers Return To 'Normal'


Kicking The Cash Out Of Japanese eCommerce


Fighting Fraud In The New Normal


Will Fitness Industry’s Digital Shift Stick?


What Restaurants Will Serve Up Next


Tailwinds Gather For Digital Dollars, Accounts


Boston Day Spa Navigates COVID-19 Crisis


Banking On Rough Earnings Season For Banks


Unrolling Mystery Of Toilet Paper Shortage


Keeping Commerce Secure Post-Coronavirus


More ‘No-Touch Payments’ For B2B


BoA: Slumping Card Volume, Gloomy Forecast


Banks’ Loan Reserves Show Grim Expectations


Sweden’s Outlier Response To COVID-19


Looking Ahead As PPP Runs Dry


Agility, Adaptability: Strengths Amid Crisis


PPP Numbers: One Million Loans, $247B


The Unappetizing Future Restaurants Face


Cash Challenges For Airlines And Restaurants


Goldman's Marcus At $72B In Deposits


Citi Increases Loss Reserves Amid COVID-19


PYMNTS Ranking: Aggregators Trading Places


PPP Won’t Fill Main Street SMBs’ Cash Gap


Walmart Amazon Whole Paycheck: New Normal


JPMorgan Says Processing 300K PPP Loans


Wells Fargo Q4 Earnings: Debit/Credit Use Down


It’s Time To Digitize AP And AR


Airlines Eye Selling Miles For Cash


Consumers Shift Spend To Digital, But Buy Less



What's Next For Small Businesses In PPP Saga


Credit Unions' Role In Keeping Consumers Calm


How Self-Service Will Transform Retail


Credit Unions' Innovation Ambitions


Meeting Expanded Challenges Of PSD2, SCA


Travel’s Long Journey Back To Normal


How APIs Can Help ISVs Grow Businesses


Corporate Treasurers And ‘Digitization Journey’


PPP Is Pivot Point For Digital Security Future



Luxury Marketplace Takes A Virtual Turn


Digital Ad Business Withers Under COVID-19


Retailers Explore Tentative Reopening Plans


Skincare Startup Fights The Good Fight


Nonessential Retail Warms Up For Post-Crisis


Survival Mode: Fashion Retailers Slash Prices


Unique Business Model For D2C Furniture Seller


Online Apparel Catches Fire


Retail Sales Numbers Predict A Cruel April


COVID-19 Is Changing The Grocery Business


Robots Take Center Stage In COVID-19 Crisis


SMB Economic Survival Amid The Coronavirus


AI Holds Answers For Retail Post-COVID


Toy Fair Takes Business Into Its Own Hands


Big Week Ahead For Retail Data


Telehealth Provides Access To Healthy Meals



Yapily Talks Open Banking's Business Impact


B2B Payments FinTech Leads VC Funding


Cerity Talks Coronavirus Workers' Comp Impact


Data Sharing, XaaS Target SMB Financing


China's Alternatives To Correspondent Banking


Corporate Cards Eye Cash Flow Opportunity


Edison Software Talks Email Cybersecurity


AR's Role In Accelerating AP Processes


Finding The Tech Mix For Dutch SMB Finance


BEC Scammers See Opportunity In Coronavirus

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Love In The Time Of Covid-19

Spring is traditionally the season of love — both in terms of finding it and celebrating it at weddings. But COVID-19 and the social distancing it requires has put a big damper on that, as six feet of space between people is not conducive to romance. But love is persistent stuff — and so it carries on, albeit in a slightly more digitally moderated and improvised way than the world has ever seen. Snuggle up to your Zoom screen — it’s the PYMNTS Saturday feature.

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Can Main Street SMBs Cross The PPP Cash Chasm?

The $350B SBA PPP COVID-19 relief fund is intended as a lifeline for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that have been hit hard by the coronavirus. Yet, Karen Webster says PYMNTS research on 700+ Main Street SMBs shows that even with that lifeline, the cash gap between what they need to stay afloat and the time they think it will take for business to return is still too large for many to cross. Just as many SMBs think they will fail or that their businesses are at risk even after PPP funds became available — and so they may not even get in line. Here’s what these Main Street SMBs say they need from the government — and why.

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