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Disbursements Drop Anchor In Boat-Sharing Platforms

From Uber to Airbnb, the sharing economy opens many opportunities for consumers to monetize assets they own, but don’t always use — like those holes in the water called boats. In the new Disbursements Tracker, GetMyBoat COO Bryan Petro tells PYMNTS how speedier disbursement solutions are ushering in a sea change for the maritime rental market.

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Nav CEO On Breaking SMB Financing’s 'Black Box'

Odds are stacked against any entrepreneur setting out their own shingle — considering that 96 percent of businesses will never see their 10th anniversary. Nav CEO and Co-founder Levi King tells Karen Webster that it needn’t be that way, except for the fact that small businesses (SMBs) are often casting about in the dark when figuring out how to get capital to fund their growth. King also explains why it’s time to crack open SMB’s financing big “black box.”

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When Will Profits Hitch A Ride With Uber And Lyft?

The hotly anticipated 2019 IPOs for Uber and Lyft will shine more light on ridesharing financials, and provide more insight about the real strengths of this young, but fast-growing, industry. On the heels of Uber’s 2018 financials, take a ride with PYMNTS through the ridesharing landscape to understand why profits have, so far, not gone along for the ride.

What Amazon HQ2, Interchange Fees And Facebook Have In Common

Last week Amazon waved bye-bye to NYC, card networks said they are mulling an increase in interchange fees and economists quantified the value of Facebook to consumers. Karen Webster says that to understand why these are all connected is to first examine all sides of the issues at the heart of the public debates now being waged about each of them — to start thinking like a contrarian and stop following the crowd.

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