Acorns Turns Retailer Loyalty Points Into Investments
Acorns Turns Retailer Loyalty Points Into Investments
May 17, 2016  |  Loyalty & Rewards

Once upon a time, retailers had one way to manage rewards programs: have shoppers make incremental purchases toward some distant (and often less-than-worthwhile) goal. However, years...

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Alt-Lending Market Continues Expansion Despite Struggles
Alt-Lending Market Continues Expansion Despite Struggles
May 17, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Amid growing doubts over the alternative lending industry and a rising chance of regulation, marketplace finance firms are facing an uncertain future. But that hasn’t...

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Walmart Pay Goes Live In 600 Stores
Walmart Pay Goes Live In 600 Stores
May 16, 2016  |  Payment Methods

As Apple, Samsung and Google continue to battle it out for shares of the burgeoning mobile wallet market, a good deal of their efforts are...

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PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: Retail’s Troubled Waters Edition
PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: Retail’s Troubled Waters Edition
May 16, 2016  |  Retail

Anyone keeping track of the brick-and-mortar retail reports knows that of late the news has been less than wholly inspiring. One can almost pick any...

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What Tim Cook’s China Visit Has To Do With Driverless Cars
What Tim Cook’s China Visit Has To Do With Driverless Cars
May 16, 2016  |  Apple

After a disappointing run of earnings that showed a severely anemic performance in China last quarter, Apple’s announcement last week that it was buying a...

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J.C. Penney’s Surprise Sales Miss
J.C. Penney’s Surprise Sales Miss
May 16, 2016  |  Retail

Joining the ranks of the recently embattled department store, J.C. Penney gave up some of its recent gains as share slid 12 percent with reports...

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