| Payments Powering the Platform Economy Report |
| New Report: Slow Loan-Approval Processes Drive SMBs To FinTechs Digital-first businesses that need capital as a cushion for lumpy cash flow find tapping their banks for funds can be tedious and slow, says Abe Shak, CEO of accessories retailer The Time Store. In this monthâs Payments Powering the Platform Economy Report, Shak explains how alternative lenders are stepping in. |
| AmEx: Why Itâs Go-Time For Automating B2B AR Functions The great digital shift is spurring a revolution in consumer commerce and changing the way businesses pay one another. Dan Puleri, vice president of B2B supplier strategy and enablement at American Express, tells PYMNTS that invoicing and payments are ready for increased automation. Hereâs where he see things heading. |
| Merchants Guide To Navigating Global Payment Regulations |
| Report: Some UK Merchants Remain Reluctant To Embrace SCA European Union regulators are eager to pop the top on new regulations to solve the regionâs fraud woes. But many merchants still arenât convinced, says Richard Ellison, founder of boutique wine company Wanderlust Wine. In the latest Merchants Guide To Navigating Global Payment Regulations, Ellison discusses why merchants need more convincing on SCA's effectiveness. |
| How Work From Home Has Changed The Future Of Commercial Real Estate We’ll all work from home. Forever. Or maybe only temporarily. Sanjay Rishi, Americas CEO/ Corporate Solutions at commercial real-estate services giant JLL, tells Karen Webster that his industry will embrace a range of hybrid models as the world emerges from coronavirus. Here’s how office space — and how we use it — will likely look in the future. |
| Main Street’s SMBs' Most Interesting Pandemic Pivots The pandemic is hitting Main Street’s small- and medium-sized businesses hard, but they’re not going down without a fight. From the Seattle dance hall that’s turned its ballroom into a dine-in restaurant with plenty of social distancing, to the Oregon patisserie that’s selling treats via a 24-hour vending machine, SMBs are adapting. Here are some of their great ideas that might live on even after COVID-19 goes away. |
| | Consumer Trends | | Got Yachts? How The Industry Is Staying Afloat In A Pandemic Either as a floating home or as a full-ticket hedonistic getaway, yachts sales are booming despite a global pandemic and recession. Why? Alfred Law, director of iconic yacht brand Sunseeker, says the industry is attracting millennials and other young customers, giving it surprising buoyancy. |
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