Today in Food Commerce: Ultrafast Grocers Accumulate Losses; Dominos ‘Tips’ Customers for Pickup Orders
Today in Food Commerce: Ultrafast Grocers Accumulate Losses; Dominos ‘Tips’ Customers for Pickup Orders
January 31, 2022  |  ResTech

Today in food commerce, 15-minute grocery delivery services see major losses, while Domino’s incentivizes consumers to adopt carryout instead of delivery. Plus, PYMNTS findings show...

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End-to-End Payment Digitization Empowers Restaurants to Take on Labor, Supply Chain Challenges
End-to-End Payment Digitization Empowers Restaurants to Take on Labor, Supply Chain Challenges
January 31, 2022  |  ResTech

In today’s restaurant technology (ResTech) industry, the point-of-sale (POS) system is so much more than the name implies. Providers have been competing for years to...

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Why 3rd Party Tech Firms Are Many Businesses’ 1st Choice
Why 3rd Party Tech Firms Are Many Businesses’ 1st Choice
January 31, 2022  |  Digital Payments

Firms in the United States and Canada depend on third-party providers to deliver several of the crucial digital technologies necessary to optimize their companies’ payment...

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3 Challenges Facing Credit Unions
3 Challenges Facing Credit Unions
January 31, 2022  |  Credit Unions

Talk to experts in the credit union (CU) space, and they’ll tell you most CUs are trailing their peers in the banking industry when it...

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Today in Retail: Macy’s Future Is Getting Smaller; Walmart, Angi Join Forces
Today in Retail: Macy’s Future Is Getting Smaller; Walmart, Angi Join Forces
January 31, 2022  |  Retail

Today in retail, Macy’s is considering smaller stores, while Walmart is partnering with Angi, which will offer its in-home project services via the retailer. Plus,...

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UK Tech IPOs Rake in $8.8B in 2021 to Set New Record
UK Tech IPOs Rake in $8.8B in 2021 to Set New Record
January 31, 2022  |  IPO

U.K.-based tech IPOs raised a record 6.6 billion pounds ($8.8 billion) in 2021 from initial public offerings (IPOs), data from the London Stock Exchange (LSE)...

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Indonesian FinTech Ayoconnect Gets $15M in Series B Funding
Indonesian FinTech Ayoconnect Gets $15M in Series B Funding
January 31, 2022  |  Investments

Open finance platform Ayoconnect has closed a $15 million Series B funding round and plans to use the money to launch new products and increase...

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BigCommerce Moves Into Germany, Mexico and Spain
BigCommerce Moves Into Germany, Mexico and Spain
January 31, 2022  |  International

Open Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) eCommerce platform BigCommerce on Monday (Jan. 31) broadened its reach into Germany, Mexico and Spain, allowing local merchants to grow their direct-to-consumer...

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Jamaica: CDBC Will Help the ‘Financially Excluded’
Jamaica: CDBC Will Help the ‘Financially Excluded’
January 31, 2022  |  CBDC

Jamaica hopes its new central bank digital currency (CBDC), due to be unveiled in the first quarter of the year, will help the country’s unbanked...

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