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August 30, 2019

Sales Tax

Trending: Merchants Struggle With The (Un)Certainty Of eCommerce Sales Taxes

They say that death and taxes are the only certainties in life. That said, a recent Supreme Court ruling makes eCommerce taxes a certainty — but, how they’re computed and collected varies wildly. Avalara President and Chief Operating Officer Amit Mathradas tells Karen Webster why it’s crucial to leverage tech to track what’s owed — and where.

 

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Global Spotlight

Why Vietnam Is The Next Payments And Commerce Frontier

Pay attention to Vietnam. Ryan Frere, VP of Global Payments at Flywire, talks with Karen Webster about why the country is significant to everything crucial to the digital economy. And using the company’s new tuition payment program as an anchor, he dives deep into the trends that are driving innovation and disruption in one of the world’s fastest growing economies.

 

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On-Demand

Home Maintenance Gets Its On-Demand, Uber-Like Upgrade

Hiring pros to fix broken air conditioners or repair leaking pipes can be frustrating, time consuming and costly. Doug Schaedler, CEO and co-founder of HOMEE, tells PYMNTS how serving as a digital platform for such transactions‚ and controlling the payments flow — can bring more Uber-like efficiency to that process — for homeowners and property managers alike.

 

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Cryptocurrency

New Flavors Of Crypto — Or Flavors Of The Month For Fraudsters And Terrorists?

Are cryptos ready for prime time? Telegram wants to make it possible for hundreds of millions of users to trade digital coins — bitcoin included. But, there may some dangers in mass adoption, and even some real, terrorism-linked, risks amid a wider embrace. Here’s our zesty dive.

 

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APIs

Citi Banks On API Calls To Make Treasury Ops Real Time

Citi launched CitiConnect in 2016 — and has logged 157 million application programming interface (API) calls since. Tapodyuti Bose, global head of channels and enterprise services, Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions, talks with Karen Webster about how integrating treasury services across clients’ enterprise resource planning (ERP) platforms smooths cash flow across all manners of transactions — B2B, B2C and C2B among them — providing real-time visibility for Treasurers. Here’s the drill-down.

 

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