7 September, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Outside the Box: This key U.S. ally should strengthen ties with China
Outside the Box: This key U.S. ally should strengthen ties with China
Australia’s strained relations with China and Asia carry consequences for this key U.S.
7 September, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on PBOC issues yuan 27bnln via MLF at unchanged rate
PBOC issues yuan 27bnln via MLF at unchanged rate
Peoples Bank of China with their latest liquidity add via Medium Term Lending Facility 7 Sept 2016
– 6mth MLF at 2.85%
– 1yr at 3.0%
No 3mnth MLF again.
7 September, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Pressure Mounts For Oil & Gas To Manage Spend
The Pressure Mounts For Oil & Gas To Manage Spend
The oil and gas sector is massive. IBISWorld research estimated total revenues for this industry in 2014 at $5 trillion.
7 September, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on iZettle Uses Acquisition To Set Up One-Stop POS Shop
iZettle Uses Acquisition To Set Up One-Stop POS Shop
When it comes to the point of sale, merchants today are in need of solutions that can help them keep pace with fast-moving, digitally empowered consumers.
Today, payment technology company iZettle is focused on answering that call through the acquisition of cloud-based POS solution provider intelligentpos. Merchants, especially the small to medium-sized businesses both iZettle and intelligentpos serve, are looking for a POS that goes beyond payments.
7 September, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on China FX reserves end-Aug USD 3.19trln vs USD 3.20trln prev
China FX reserves end-Aug USD 3.19trln vs USD 3.20trln prev
Chinese fx reserves report now out from the PBOC 7 Sept 2016
– end-Aug gold reserves $77.18bln vs $78.89bln end-July
– gold reserves 58.95mln troy ounces vs 58.79 prev
Lowest reserves level since Dec 2011. Largest monthly fall since May 2016.
7 September, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Dave & Buster’s Becomes Latest Payroll Card Lawsuit Target
Dave & Buster’s Becomes Latest Payroll Card Lawsuit Target
Payroll cards have been hit with a new controversy.
Only days ago, an employee of the restaurant chain Dave & Buster’s filed a lawsuit against the company over its payroll practices. Filed last week, the suit accuses Dave & Buster’s of forcing employees to be paid via payroll card for their first and last month’s paychecks.
The lawsuit also claims that those payroll cards forced unfair fees on employees when they wanted to withdraw the funds, reports said, an increasingly common complaint about the payroll tool.
7 September, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Using Gifting To Ignite Card-Linked Offers
Using Gifting To Ignite Card-Linked Offers
It’s been a rough road for card-linked offers.
In theory, the fostering of a connection between merchants and customers by integrating offers directly into the network-branded account they’re using at the merchant sounds ideal.
But as Karen Webster pointed out last year, these offers and promotions ecosystems have been around for years and raised a ton of capital but have failed to turn the heads of a critical mass of merchants or consumers to get traction.