| Report: Reinventing The Bean-To-Bar Chocolate Supply Chain For budding U.S. bean-to-bar chocolate makers, ethically sourcing the richest cocoa beans is only half the challenge. Chocolatiers must also ensure that their suppliers â often unbanked and in remote areas â can receive payments in a convenient manner, says Shawn Askinosie, CEO of Askinosie Chocolate. In the Reinventing B2B Payments Report, Askinosie discusses how his firm works to shelter growers from economic uncertainties with rapid, accessible payments. |
| AutoX: Why Driverless Cars Are Ready To Hit The Road Whether your favorite car of the future comes from âMinority Reportâ or âThe Jetsons,â a real version is coming to a city near you â and soon. Dr. Jewel Li, chief operating officer of autonomous-vehicle firm AutoX, tells Karen Webster the company has already done extensive trials in China and will soon add San Jose, California. The company counts Alibaba as an investor and has a deal with Fiat Chrysler. How long before you see one of its cars driving by? |
| Higher Edâs Digital Shift |
| The Role Of Payments In Higher Edâs Great Digital Shift Universities around the world are working 24/7 to devise reopening plans for the 2020-21 school year amid the pandemic, Sharon Butler, Flywire's executive vice president of global education, tells Karen Webster. From deciding whether to hold classes in person or online to getting students to pay up and on time, the challenges are enormous â with payments now playing an even more important role. Hereâs how. |
| Why Eliminating Paper Checks Isn't Enough To Crush B2B Payments Fraud B2B payments fraud was on the rise before the pandemic, but the work-from-home environment has opened the door even wider for bad actors – both within and outside the enterprise. Check fraud is a particularly massive threat, yet as OnPay Solutions President and CEO Neal Anderson tells Karen Webster, migrating to electronic B2B payments isn’t the end-all solution. |
| Dispatch CEO On Winning The Last Mile Delivery Race A logistics startup named Dispatch is rolling out a FedEx-style B2B delivery service for the modern era, combining Uber’s ridesharing concept with Grubhub’s order aggregator model. CEO Andrew Leone tells PYMNTS that the end result should be a more efficient form of last-mile delivery. Is it? |
| | PODCAST: Touchless Payments | | PayPalâs Plan For Seamless, Touch-Free QR Code Commerce They seemed cool for a minute back in 1995, then QR codes seemed to follow DVD players onto the technological ash heap. Fast-forward to today when QR codes are the greatest ânewâ thing in post-pandemic touchless payments convenience. Jeremy Jonker, PayPalâs head of consumer in-store and digital commerce, tells Karen Webster that PayPal sees a bright future for them, and not just on Main Street with small businesses. Hereâs why. |
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