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Report Shows a Fundamental Shift in Ecommerce Fraud
Account takeover attacks rose 78% and card-testing attacks surged 175%, highlighting how AI is accelerating credential theft and identity-based fraud
June 24, 2019
Commercial Construction Industry Sees Increase in Business Confidence
More than half of contractors (52%) are highly confident about the ability of the market to provide new business opportunities in the next 12 months, an 11% increase over last quarter's findings. The backlog ratio—comparing contractors' average ...
June 24, 2019
Manufacturing Companies Struggling to Hire
The vast majority of American manufacturing companies are small businesses, and 75.3% of those businesses have fewer than 20 employees, according to new data gathered by SCORE, mentors to America's small businesses.
June 19, 2019
10 Tips for Running a Successful Freight Broker Business
While it’s difficult to pinpoint a recipe for success, prominent freight brokers do follow certain patterns in order to boost their businesses. In this guide, you will find ten of the most important tips that can help you fuel your brokerage’s ...
June 18, 2019
How Sales Tax Can Encourage Disaster Preparedness and Recovery
Record-breaking rain, floods, and tornados are plaguing the center of the country. The West Coast is preparing for yet another year of ravaging wildfires.
June 17, 2019
Homes in “Gayborhoods” Typically Have Higher Values, According to Zillow Research
In most major cities in the United States, homes in neighborhoods with larger gay populations are worth more than the typical home – in some cases several times more.
June 17, 2019
Retail Sales See Slight Increase
Retail sales rose 0.5 percent in May seasonally adjusted from April and up 3.2 percent unadjusted year-over-year, the National Retail Federation said today. The numbers exclude automobile dealers, gasoline stations and restaurants.
June 12, 2019
Alternative Lending on the Rise for U.S. Small Businesses
More businesses sought alternative funding options in the prior three months than in Q1, such as business credit cards (53%), crowdfunding (20%), online lenders (29%), factoring (16%) and merchant cash advance (15%).
June 11, 2019
Atlanta-Based Businesses Making Strides on Diversity and Inclusion
The Diversity & Inclusion Report in Atlanta: What Works and What We Need to Do In Order to Thrive was developed with input from established Indicators in The Opportunity Index and 100 Resilient Cities reports to measure the diversity and inclusion ...
June 7, 2019 Sponsored
Next Day Funding for ACH: Powerful Payment Processing That Drives Prosperity
Two vital factors dictate your clients’ survival and success: cash flow and happy customers. Connecting the two means finding a payment system that not only allows your clients to get paid faster after a transaction is complete, but also doesn’t ...
June 6, 2019
Business Execs Lower Their Performance Expectations for Coming Year
Some 57 percent of survey takers expressed optimism about the U.S. economy’s outlook over the next 12 months, the third straight quarter it’s held at that level since dropping from 79% at the start of 2018. U.S. executives also continue to hold a dim ...
June 3, 2019
Home Values in U.S. Fall for the First Time in Seven Years
U.S. home values fell from March to April, the first month-over-month decline since February 2012, according to the April Zillow Real Estate Market Report.
June 3, 2019
Father’s Day Spending Forecast to Hit New High of $16 Billion
Americans are expected to spend more than ever on gifts for Father’s Day this year, according to the National Retail Federation’s annual survey conducted by Prosper Insight & Analytics. Total spending for the holiday is estimated to reach $16 billion, up from last year’s $15.3 billion. “Fathers, husbands and sons can expect to feel the...…