| Cross-Border Payments And China In Focus Cross-border initiatives have been spotlighted this past month, with a strategic partnership between Ripple and MoneyGram. Other announcements, such as from JPMorgan, show country-specific focus, such as with China, on the trading of physical goods. Elsewhere, a SWIFT white paper calls for cross-border collaboration. |
| Weighing Faster Payments Opportunity And Risk For Corporates Faster and real-time payments adoption continues to grow in the U.S., and, increasingly, corporates are seeing opportunity in accelerated transacting. According to the latest PYMNTS Faster Payments Tracker, the majority of companies see an ability for real-time payments to address key challenges. Yet, the emergence of faster payment capabilities adds new challenges on treasurers' plates, too. |
| | Alternative Lending | | The Case For Localizing Mom-And-Pop Investment Title III of the JOBS Act has swung open the doors for non-accredited investors to participate in crowdfunding for small businesses (SMBs), but MainVest CEO Nick Mathews says there is a lot of education that must be done. He speaks to PYMNTS about the opportunity in investors targeting local SMBs, and the misconceptions of high SMB failure rates that could hold this investment class back. |
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