Starbucks’ mobile momentum is brewing strong as the company announced today (Sept. 22) that its Mobile Order & Pay feature was expanding to more stores nationwide — with international offerings on the horizon. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

  Facilitating secure transactions is critical in today’s eCommerce world, but what if those same security measures are hurting the shopping experience of customers.    Shopping cart abandonment is on the rise – often fueled by complicated checkout… Sourced through Scoop.it…

The question about how serious big banks and Wall Street are getting about bitcoin and blockchain (and if they should) is somewhat of a debate in the financial ecosystem. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

In the last few years alone, talk of the role of the procurement department in helping companies manage cash flow has grown louder. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

With so many mobile banking solutions available to consumers today, it’s almost inevitable that these tools will make their way into the corporate banking world. PNC Bank unveiled Tuesday (Sept. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

Launching the new Women in Business programme in Kazakhstan, the EBRD is providing a local currency credit line for women entrepreneurs which will be on-lent via Bank CenterCredit, one of the EBRD’s partner banks in Kazakhstan. Sourced through Scoop.it from:…

The conference of Syrian opposition in Astana will be mediated by Kazakh Deputy Foreign Minister Askar Musinov and director of the French Center for Political and Foreign Affairs Fabien Baussart. Sourced through Scoop.it from: sputniknews.com

New Europe Central Asia’s currency troubles New Europe The surge of the US dollar against currencies of developing economies across the world has been producing many tales of woe in Central Asia, prompting governments to either surrender to events,… Sourced…

Kazakh poultry producers intend to increase the geographical reach of exports within the coming several years, according to the country’s Union of Poultry Farmers. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.worldpoultry.net

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services lowered its long-term corporate ratings on Kazakhstan’s national railroad company, Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ), and its core subsidiary, freight-wagon owner JSC Kaztemirtrans (KTT), to ‘BB+’ from ‘BBB-‘. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.azernews.az