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A Small Business Guide to Handling Cross-Border Payments

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Small businesses can now easily find employees across the world for both part-time contract work and full-time positions. So retailers, too, need to be prepared to accept payments across borders. Read on the learn more about cross-border payments and how small businesses can make this process simple, reliable, and efficient.

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The History of Ecommerce: What The Past Says About Tomorrow’s Retail Challenges

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Globally, ecommerce growth projections are also on an upward trajectory: They show that retail sales may exceed $4.058 trillion by as soon as 2020. billion digital buyers worldwide by 2021 ( eMarketer ). of total retail sales. When you buy shoes from an online shoe retailer, it is a business-to-consumer transaction.

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eCommerce and Cryptocurrency: Helping SMBs Navigate a Changing Payment Landscape

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But how does this affect small businesses? Even for small online retailers, it’s important that you’re not too late to the game. The blockchain refers to a series of computers that keep a forgery proof record of transactions, much like a digital peer-to-peer (P2P) version of a bank’s leger book.