April, 2022

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Ramifications of the Ukraine Crisis for the Finance Function & How to Deal with It

The Finance Weekly

The situation in Ukraine has dominated new headlines for weeks on end now, and for good reason. The country is in a dire humanitarian crisis and has affected the world from waves of refugees to rising US gas prices. But is the relevance of such a crisis relevant to finance professionals, or is this just an unfortunate occurrence that such workers will keep hearing about for the foreseeable future?

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Sen. Cruz seeks to restrict Fed role for CBDC

Payments Dive

Sen. Ted Cruz's legislation, which follows a companion House bill introduced earlier this year, would prevent the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency directly to consumers.

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Benefits of CRM for Accounting: Productivity Enhancement Guarantee

Agile Payments

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Upgrading Education to Build New Pathways to the Workforce

Axway

The American education system has been in need of transformation for decades. Inequality, systemic racism, and lack of proper funding have led to a system that’s riddled with issues.

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Breaking The Commerce Bottleneck: Your SAP Exit Plan Starts Now

Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar

Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.

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The metaverse could be tech’s next trillion-dollar opportunity: These are the companies making it a reality

CB Insights

The business world is obsessed with “the metaverse”: the concept of shared worlds driven by virtual products and digital experiences that are highly immersive and interactive. We already have virtual worlds featuring live concerts and online games where players spend hundreds of hours — but metaverse enthusiasts see a future where entire societies thrive in an online realm inhabited by avatars of real people.

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BNPL in Credit Reports: How Could This Data Impact FICO Scores?

FICO

Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) plans allow shoppers to make purchases and pay for them in installments over a defined period. According to the research from Cornerstone Advisors , these point-of-sale short-term installment loans with low credit amounts have been increasing in popularity during recent years for retail purchases like clothing, household goods, electronics, and more.

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2022's restaurant payment tech push includes QR codes, kiosks

Payments Dive

From QR codes to advanced mobile apps and robots, restaurants are planning to adopt more technology within their operations — including payments — in the year ahead.

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How SaaS Companies Can Take Advantage of Account-Based Marketing

Agile Payments

How SaaS Companies Can Take Advantage of Account-Based Marketing.

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What is an API?

Axway

If you’re wondering, “What is an API?” you may not have heard the term before. Or perhaps you have a vague idea of what an API is or some understanding of what they do.

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State of Fintech Q1’22 Report

CB Insights

Global fintech funding clocked in at $28.8B in Q1’22, down 18% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) — the largest percentage drop in quarterly funding since 2018. In our State of Fintech 2021 Report, we dive into global investment trends to spotlight takeaways including: How fintech saw record deal activity despite the funding decline. The slowdown in $100M+ mega-rounds.

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From Start to Scale: Driving Growth Through Seamless Payments Implementation

Speaker: Michael Veatch, Senior Director, Implementations & Ella Aguirre, Director of Solution Consulting

Embedding payments can be a transformative step for software companies looking to enhance their platform capabilities, boost customer satisfaction, and drive long-term growth. However, the success of payments hinges on a single thing: implementation. Drawing on real-world insights and experiences, payments implementation experts Michael Veatch and Ella Aguirre will explore actionable strategies that can lead to a transparent, friction-free launch and mitigate potential challenges like technical

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Cocktail Party, Co-Hosted by the FPC and Alacriti

Faster Payments Council

Please join us for a one-of-a-kind Nashville experience at Jackalope Brewing Company and enjoy live music and great conversation with other FPC members and payments professionals who have gathered for Nacha's Smart Faster Payments Conference. The event will be catered by Hattie B's world-famous Nashville Hot Chicken, and guests can participate in guided tastings/mini tours of the brewery.

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Basics of Effective Business Partnering in the Finance Function

The Finance Weekly

As an FP&A professional, one of the key foundation points is to build trust and respect with the business. Trust comes in many forms and is built over time, and isn’t something that can be obtained immediately. Respect is founded upon the provision of quality and timely outputs that the organization can rely on as a trusted partner. Those in business partnering roles have a unique and valuable role in supporting both strategy and execution in their organizations.

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Bolt buys Wyre to get crypto in its wallet

Payments Dive

With the $1.5 billion acquisition of cryptocurrency payments firm Wyre, Bolt aims to bring crypto front and center within its online checkout capabilities and digital wallet. Crypto "will be a major part of Bolt’s strategy going forward," said CEO Maju Kuruvilla.

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How to Improve Operational Efficiency Using Workflow Automation

Agile Payments

How to Improve Operational Efficiency Using Workflow Automation.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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The Paypers introduces the Financial Crime and Fraud Report 2022

The Paypers

The Paypers has launched the Financial Crime and Fraud Report 2022 , a comprehensive overlook of the current landscape of digital onboarding, fraud management, and financial crime in financial services.

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Music distribution and payments service Stem raises $20M from Block. Stem competitors are Revelator, Paperchain, Distrokid, and beatBread.

CB Insights

Stem , a music distribution and payments service, has raised $20M in a Series C. The round drew participation from QED Investors, Block, Quality Control, and Slow Ventures. <span data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"<div class="cbi-cta-shortcode-wrapper"><div class="cbi-cta-shortcode-content"></div><div class="cbi-cta-shortcode-forms" ><div class="cta has-desktop"><div class="cta-desktop center

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2022 Prime Time for Real-Time Global Payments Report

Faster Payments Council

The benefits of real-time payments in the United States go beyond speed. Economic impact analysis from ACI's 2022 Prime Time for Real-Time global payments report shows real-time payments offer a 32.6% lower average payment cost per transaction for American consumers and firms.

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How You Can Set a Highly Ethical Example in Financial Leadership

The Finance Weekly

Large public companies or small private organizations are all under immense pressure to produce results. Wall Street anticipates growth, the C-suite expects annual plans to be accomplished, and owners expect a return on their investment, especially those who have potentially risked their life savings. Following 2 years of pandemic-driven economic turmoil, many organizations, especially small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), are relatively low on optimism and cash.

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Top Strategies to Future-Proof & Sustain Your Merchant Services Portfolio

Build a sustainable merchant services portfolio with practical strategies to ensure long-term success. Diversify across industries to spread risk and stabilize income, balancing high-risk and low-risk clients for a robust mix. Combine large and small merchants to create a resilient payment portfolio, leveraging each type's strengths. Foster long-term relationships through exceptional service and personalized support.

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Fidelity debuts 401(k) bitcoin option

Payments Dive

Fidelity Investments said it is seeing growing interest in digital assets from plan sponsors. The offering will be widely available to employers mid-year.

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Transforming the seniors care space

Axway

It’s no secret the seniors care sector has been in need of a major transformation for decades.

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Worldpay to offer direct USDC settlement

The Paypers

US-based Worldpay from FIS has given merchants the ability to receive settlement directly in USD Coin (USDC).

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Facial biometric identity authentication provider Unico hits $2.6B valuation. Unico competitors are Onfido, Veriff, Veritone, and AU10TIX.

CB Insights

Unico , a facial biometric tech provider, has raised $100M in a Series D round that drew participation from GS Growth, General Atlantic, and SoftBank Group. the state of venture report. Download our free report to get the TL;DR on what you need to know about venture funding and trends in Q1 2022. First name. Last name. Email. Company name. Job Title.

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Secrets of a Successful Sale: Optimizing Your Checkout Process

Speaker: David Nisbet, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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Retail Payments Fraud: How Consumers and Banks Can Fight Back

FICO

There’s a lot going on in the retail payments space – defined as transactions between two consumers, between consumers and businesses, or between two businesses. With any change, fraud comes hand-in-hand. Some of the changes are related to new digital payments methods like P2P apps, tap-to-pay, and cryptocurrency, which are all growing options in retail environments.

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Spring Cleaning Edition: 5 Tips for FP&A Teams to Keep Data Clean and Organized

The Finance Weekly

As the weather warms up and summer BBQs and swimming pools get closer to reality, people are transitioning into spending more time outside. A big part of this transition is spring cleaning- getting rid of the old junk lying around the house in order to make room for summer activities. Spring is a great time for finance teams as well to take a step back and see what is working and what is not- which programs or solutions can be replaced, what can be improved, or what can be “cleaned up”.

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There was no stopping credit card fee hikes this year

Payments Dive

Merchants are incurring tens of millions of dollars in additional interchange, or "swipe," fee increases that the big credit card companies Mastercard and Visa are deploying. There was a loud silence about the inevitability of those boosts this year.

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Upgrade your MFT operations with a secure cloud

Axway

I get it. You’re probably thinking, “Cloud MFT? We already have an MFT solution and it’s checking all our boxes. Why rock the boat now?”. Large organizations that rely on MFT have mature, dedicated teams.

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From Rigid To Resilient: Why Enterprises Need Modular Commerce Now

Speaker: Benjamin Woll, Tiffany Spizzo, and Jaime Santos Alcón

Enterprise commerce is at an inflection point. Rigid, monolithic platforms slow brands down, but a full replatforming is disruptive and costly. Modular architecture offers a flexible, scalable alternative - allowing enterprise brands to modernize without ripping and replacing their entire stack. Learn how a composable approach helps modernize commerce stacks while maintaining control over critical systems.

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Fidor announces biometric payment card launch

The Paypers

Germany-based online bank Fidor Bank has announced plans to issue biometric payment cards in collaboration with GNC TCS.

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European revenue-based financing provider for digital companies raises $126M in debt. Outfund competitors include Pipe, Wayflyer, Lighter Capital, Vitt, ViceVersa, and Uncapped.

CB Insights

Outfund , a revenue-based financing provider, has raised $144.6M in a mix of equity and debt. The $18.9M Series A round drew participation from Force Over Mass Capital, PostFinance, 1818 Venture Capital, and Tribe Capital. The $125.7M in debt financing was provided by undisclosed investors. <span data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"<div class="cbi-cta-shortcode-wrapper"><div class="cbi-cta-shortcode-content"></div><div class=

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UK Cards Report: Repayments Not Impacted by Cost of Living Hike

FICO

The FICO Credit Market Report for February 2022 shows UK card trends following typical post-seasonal spend and repayment patterns. It’s as yet unclear whether pandemic savings are masking the early impact of the cost of living hike. Highlights . Average card spend climbs by over 5 percent compared to January and nearly 30 percent compared to February 2021.

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Automated and Data Driven Financial Planning Hasn’t Reached its Full Potential

The Finance Weekly

The way businesses conduct operations are changing at breakneck speeds. Integrated working platforms, automation, and newer and faster ways to translate data into results are all constantly being improved. A big part of these changes is increased communication between technology teams and other business departments. However, one department seems to lag behind when it comes to communication procedures: the finance department.

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The Evolving Retailers Fulfillment Strategy: Meeting Demands with Agility

Speaker: Becky Parisotto and John Vurdelja

Fulfillment is no longer just about getting products from point A to point B – it's about crafting seamless, scalable, customer first experiences. Flexible fulfillment strategies are more important than ever for those aiming to stay ahead and build resilience as retail enters a new era in 2025. Learn how to optimize fulfillment processes, tackle complex, multi-vendor orders, and create seamless customer experiences – from white-glove delivery for high-value items to quick-ship solutions for ever