The RealReal has added resources to help consignors do business on the luxury resale marketplace. The firm has enhanced its consignment service model and added new sources of pricing data, The RealReal said in a Wednesday (March 29) press release. “Between their designated team and...
Grocers’ efforts to drive digital engagement have led to a surge in online food purchases. The Context Leading grocers have been expanding their digital businesses, both investing in their consumer-facing platforms and building out their internal fulfillment capabilities. Take, for instance, Kroger, which has been driving...
DWF Labs has reportedly invested $40 million in Fetch.ai. Fetch.ai will use the new funding from the global digital asset market maker and Web3 investment firm to further its aim of providing an autonomous machine-to-machine ecosystem to help developers deploy and monetize their applications, CoinDesk...
Cryptocurrency firm Beaxy has suspended operations amid criminal charges by U.S. regulators. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accused Beaxy and several of its executives Wednesday (March 29) of operating as an unregistered broker, exchange and clearing agency. It’s part of an ongoing crackdown by...
African neobank Payday is looking to new markets after raising $3 million. The funding, announced Wednesday (March 29), will help the company secure operational licensing in the U.K. and Canada — the company has offices in Rwanda and Vancouver – while also expanding its operations...
Swedish open banking platform Open Payments plans to scale after raising $3.2 million. The growth round, as reported Wednesday (March 29) by EU Startups, will allow the Stockholm-based company to extend its offering to business-to-business (B2B) companies as it expands to new markets and picks...
This second-to-last installment of PYMNTS’ generational mini-series takes a closer look at the digital habits and behavior of bridge millennials. The cusp generation known as bridge millennials contains both older millennials and the youngest members of Generation X. These consumers are generally considered to have...
Kyriba and U.S. Bank have partnered to offer new payment methods, including instant and Zelle payments to their joint clients. With the implementation of application programming interface (API)-powered payment connectors from Kyriba, a provider of cloud-based payment solutions, businesses can send instant payments to vendors, customers and...
Few debates rage as fiercely today as how to protect bank customers — and how much protection they need. A trio of regulators appeared before the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday (March 28) to discuss what went wrong at Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank,...