| How Gamification Helps SMBs Achieve Their Business Performance Goals With the pandemic accelerating small- to medium-sized businesses' (SMBs') digitization roadmaps, SMBs have access to more valuable data about their operations than ever before. Extracting that data and analyzing it has been a major hurdle, but Amaka CEO and Co-Founder Pedram Afshar said that's only half the battle. He told PYMNTS how gamification can help SMBs not only obtain actionable insights from their data, but actually take that action to improve business performance. |
| Commerce-as-a-Service Takes The B2B Venture Capital Lead This week was one of the strongest for B2B FinTech investment as accounts payable automation and small business trade finance companies landed impressive funding rounds -- with one SMB InsurTech startup reportedly gearing up for a $250 million investment. But it was an eCommerce-as-a-Service startup that secured the largest funding this week, coming in a $300 million, showcasing investor appetite for companies looking to help other businesses with their digital migrations. |
| | Online Payments Fraud | | FinServ Redraws Its Fraud-Fighting Roadmap The pandemic created a once-in-a-lifetime shift for the payments ecosystem as digital transactions skyrocketed, but itâs also created an environment rife with fraud. Lukayn Hunsicker, Feedzaiâs vice president of product/financial solutions, tells PYMNTS how service providers can combine data, behavioral analytics and a deeper connection to end users to redraw their fraud-fighting roadmaps for the future of electronic payments. |
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