Restaurant Roundup: On Mother’s Day, Restaurants Benefit From Pent-Up Demand
Restaurant Roundup: On Mother’s Day, Restaurants Benefit From Pent-Up Demand
May 07, 2021  |  Restaurant Roundup

After a strong start to the year, restaurants are finally looking toward a bright future. Vaccinations are bringing consumers back into restaurants for on-premises dining...

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Kount Unveils Dispute And Chargeback Management Solution
Kount Unveils Dispute And Chargeback Management Solution
May 07, 2021  |  eCommerce

Kount, an Equifax company, revealed its Kount Dispute and Chargeback Management Solution, which links major card brand dispute and alert platforms with artificial intelligence (AI)-fueled...

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Bill.com To Buy Expense Software Provider Divvy For $2.5 Billion
Bill.com To Buy Expense Software Provider Divvy For $2.5 Billion
May 07, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Bill.com, which provides back-office software, has struck a deal to buy Divvy in a stock-and-cash transaction valued at about $2.5 billion. Utah-based Divvy’s platform puts...

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Investor Social Network Snowball Finance Weighs $300M IPO
Investor Social Network Snowball Finance Weighs $300M IPO
May 07, 2021  |  IPO

Snowball Finance Beijing Internet Information Technology Co., an online financial information and social network portal backed by Ant Group, is looking into a $300 million...

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The Week In Payments: The Same-Day Delivery Surge, An EU Payment System And CPG’s D2C Future 
The Week In Payments: The Same-Day Delivery Surge, An EU Payment System And CPG’s D2C...
May 07, 2021  |  eCommerce

Another wild week in payments and commerce — perhaps one a bit wilder than usual as the week kicked off with a commerce holiday dedicated...

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Customer Demand Prompts Citigroup To Consider Cryptocurrency Services 
Customer Demand Prompts Citigroup To Consider Cryptocurrency Services 
May 07, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

After getting numerous requests from customers, Citigroup is looking into the rollout of services to support cryptocurrency, Financial Times (FT) reported on Friday (May 7)....

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Cryptos’ Place In Digital Commerce’s ‘Walled Gardens’
Cryptos’ Place In Digital Commerce’s ‘Walled Gardens’
May 07, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

We’re seeing it in earnings reports and in a slew of announcements that are coming over the wires, as they say, in press releases and...

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In Q1, Blue Apron Touts Retention While Competitor Spotlights Customer Acquisition
In Q1, Blue Apron Touts Retention While Competitor Spotlights Customer Acquisition
May 07, 2021  |  Earnings

In Blue Apron’s view, the post-pandemic future of meal kits is less about getting everyone on board and more about engaging more fully with the...

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Nonfarm Jobs Increase By 266,000 In April, Lower Than Expected
Nonfarm Jobs Increase By 266,000 In April, Lower Than Expected
May 07, 2021  |  Economy

Signals that the U.S. economy had turned a corner and was now red hot and surging back from the COVID-19 crisis had sprung up everywhere....

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