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NEW REPORT: Turning The Page On Digital Media Platforms' Legacy AP Practices

Many digital publications rely on freelancers to create compelling content. But using manual AP processes to pay these professionals means pay days are measured in months not hours or days, says Ed Klaris, CEO of intellectual property and royalties-focused firm KlarisIP. In the CFO’s Guide To Digitizing B2B Payments, Klaris discusses how digital AP tools take the friction from paying these valuable freelance contributors.

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Why The Modern Disbursements Experience Must Be Instant ... And Multichannel

Customers have a slew of options these days when it comes to making payments and expect to have that same choice when it comes to getting paid – and interacting with the company paying them, Lisa McFarland, Ingo Money’s executive vice president and chief product officer, tells Karen Webster. Offering them a choice of a payment method is only as good as making sure that every touchpoint that receiver may interact with along that process is capable of making and servicing that disbursement.

Grocery Wars

Instacart-Walmart Delivery Pact Heats Up Online Grocery Wars

Hell hath no fury like a grocery-delivery firm scorned. Instacart – which served as exclusive grocery-delivery partner for Amazon/Whole Foods until Amazon ended the arrangement in 2018 – is launching a similar program with Walmart, and has arrangements in place with just about everyone else. It’s the latest battle in the war between Amazon and Walmart for customers’ share of stomach (and spend). Who’ll win this round?

Subscription Commerce

Bespoke Post’s Twist On Subscription Commerce Success

After launching nine years ago as a men’s lifestyle brand, Bespoke Post’s customers get their monthly 'boxes of awesome' via a subscription model that promises no commitment necessary to keep getting the goods. CEO Steve Szaronos tells PYMNTS how that no-commitment strategy has earned them more than half a million customers who keep coming month after month, and add more to their boxes with each order.

SMB Strategy

COVID-19 Has Devastated SMBs, But It Might Make Their Insurance Policies Better

Insurance companies have a front-row seat to the ways in which the pandemic has affected their SMB policyholders and where gaps may exist. Next Insurance Chief Operating Officer Sofya Pogreb tells PYMNTS how InsurTechs are helping SMBs reassess their policies as they ready for recovery.

DraftKings: Why Sportsbook Is The Ticket To The Everywhere Fan Experience

With live sports and entertainment still mostly on hold, fans are getting their sports fix by betting on it. Dan Hannigan-Daley, director of sportsbook product at popular app DraftKings, says lockdown boredom and a lack of actual live sports to watch have been the perfect lineup for sports-betting firms that come up with things like computer-simulated games to bet on. Here’s what’s next in the rotation.

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