PYMNTS

Toys R Us Asia Gets Billion Dollar Bids

As Toys R Us proceeds with plans to sell some of its business outside the U.S., the retailer has reportedly received bids...

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Crate And Barrel Taps Synchrony For Branded Credit Cards

To offer financing options that will reward customers for loyalty and provide them with flexible financing, Crate and Barrel has announced a...

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Delivery

How Smaller Merchants Can Get Amazon-Style Logistics

Divey Gulati knows firsthand how challenging it can be for eCommerce merchants to fulfill and mail orders. After all, Gulati and a...

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Innovation

How Tech Companies Are Backing The Future Of Retail Through AR, AI And Drones

Tech companies are spending big on research and development (R&D). In 2017, for example, FactSet found that five U.S. tech companies invested...

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Today In Data

Everything You Need To Know About What’s Coming ‘Round The Corner

What’s next? It’s the question everyone wants to know the answer to, because almost no one does. By the numbers, you can...

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GAP CEO Art Peck Touts Big Data Advantage

The Gap, Inc. — after many quarters of sales struggles — seems to be bouncing back as of late. According to CEO Art Peck,...

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Temenos To Power Telia’s Digital Banking Portal

Bank software company Temenos has won the competition to work with telecommunications conglomerate Telia and power its digital banking operations, according to...

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NatWest Links Businesses To MarketInvoice

In the latest move of a traditional lender collaborating with the alternative finance industry, NatWest, a financial institution (FI) based in the...

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US Bank Mobilizes Mastercard Corporate Cards

U.S. Bank is mobilizing Mastercard commercial card products, the financial institution (FI) announced on Wednesday (April 11). In a press release, U.S....

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IMF Warnings Could Dampen Small Biz Global Ambitions

Geopolitical volatility continues to rattle major markets like the U.S. and the U.K., but small businesses (SMBs) remain resiliently focused on expansion...

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API

APIs, Data And The Push To Get Personal

Keeping up with FinTech challengers takes more than just offering services designed for the masses. FIs must provide personalized services, says Rohit...

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Wurk Raises Funds For Legal Marijuana Payroll Tech

Wurk, a startup providing software for legal marijuana enterprises, announced new investment to the tune of $3.2 million provided by Poseidon Asset...

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SMBs: The Next Frontier In Travel Tech

The corporate travel and expense management space is a bit of a conundrum. A surge in FinTech innovation, new industry players and...

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Punjab National Bank Continues Internal Investigations Into $2B Diamond Heist Scandal

India’s Punjab National Bank (PNB) is conducting an internal investigation into an alleged $2 billion fraud, vowing to come down on anyone...

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Consumer Watchdog Wants More Than Regulation For Facebook

Consumer Watchdog has called on Congress to enact legislation that would protect consumers’ online privacy in the wake of Facebook’s data scandal....

Fiserv Forges Relationships W ith Five Credit Unions

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Personnel

Fiserv Taps Worldpay US CEO To Lead Card Services

Fiserv, a global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced Wednesday (April 11) it has named Kim Crawford Goodman president of card services....

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eCommerce

Walmart Could Ink Deal With Flipkart By The End Of June

Walmart is expected to ink a deal with Flipkart, India’s largest eCommerce player, by the end of June, marking what may be...

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Loans

BoA Launches Digital Mortgage Experience To Offer Mortgage Guidance

Bank of America has announced the launch of its Digital Mortgage Experience, which aims to guide clients through the mortgage process via...

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Subscriptions

Spotify And Hulu Offer Discounted Entertainment Bundle

Spotify and Hulu announced that they are expanding their partnership to offer a new discounted subscription for entertainment fans. The new subscription...

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China To Open Up Financial Sector This Year

The government of China offered up a more clear schedule for opening up its financial sector to increased investments from foreigners, saying...

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Legal

JPMorgan Hit With Lawsuit Over Crypto Transaction Fees

JPMorgan Chase is being sued in Manhattan federal court for allegedly charging surprise fees when it stopped allowing its customers to buy...

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Mark Zuckerberg Faced Tougher Questions On Facebook’s Future In Day Two On The Hill

It was the House’s turn yesterday to put Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the hot seat as he faced another five hours...

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Partnerships / Acquisitions

Paytm Launches Bill Pay Rewards Program In Canada

Canadian payments firm Paytm Canada said Wednesday that it launched what is being billed as a “first of its kind” rewards platform....

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Personnel

Cambridge Analytica’s Interim CEO Resigns

Cambridge Analytica announced that its acting CEO is stepping down from the position. While Alexander Tayler is leaving his current role, he...

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Braintree Extend Powers Tickeri, Bandsintown Ticketing Experience

Tickeri announced that it’s expanded its partnership with Bandsintown so that Latino event seekers can buy tickets online through the Bandsintown event...

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Bitcoin

Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin ‘Creator’ Faces Plagiarism Allegations, BoA Says Bitcoin Greatest Bubble In History

The Vietnamese government is calling for a crackdown on cryptocurrency, Reuters reported. Through a directive, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc instructed multiple...

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Apple

Apple Cuts HomePod Sales Forecasts, Orders With Manufacturer

Apple’s HomePod voice-activated smart speaker is off to a slow start since launching in January with the company reducing its sales forecasts...

Security & Fraud

Fighting Fraud By Finding Good Transactions Instead Of Bad Ones

The transition to the EMV chip in North America has been both a boon and a bit of a headache when it...

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Mastercard

Mastercard’s Kirkpatrick: So Long, Farewell To Signature At The POS

Tomorrow, April 13, signing a receipt at the end of a Mastercard credit or debit transaction at the physical POS will become...

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Minister Of State On Ireland’s Post-Brexit Financial Services Landscape

Brexit looms large for Ireland amid trade and border concerns. But opportunity abounds, says minister of state Michael d'arcy, as financial services...

Disbursements

NEW REPORT: How Instant Financial Rewards Boost Employee Wellness

In the workforce, speed is an issue close to employees’ hearts. How quickly workers get paid can not only affect their...

Regulation Roundup

Dodd-Frank, And Deregulation, Is In The House (Maybe)

In regulatory land, spring has sprung, to borrow a seasonal phrase. Tax season lurches to its end, and thoughts turn to who...

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Politics

Alibaba CEO Warns Trade War Will Harm Everyone

Alibaba’s Chief Executive Jack Ma warned in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday (April 11) that a trade war between...

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Investments

Ripple Invests $25M Worth Of XRP Into Blockchain Capital’s Fund

Ripple, the blockchain company, announced news on Wednesday (April 11) that it has invested $25 million of its XRP cryptocurrency in Blockchain...

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Ridesharing

Uber Expands Uber Bike, Gets Into Car Rentals

Uber, aiming to expand access to transportation for the masses, announced news on Wednesday (April 11) that it has launched a series...

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CFPB

Mulvaney Pitches New CFPB Governance To Congress

In his first semiannual report to Congress, Mick Mulvaney said he is taking a narrow approach to running the Consumer Financial Protection...

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Even Mark Zuckerberg’s Data Ended Up With Cambridge Analytica

Facing his second congressional hearing in Washington this afternoon (April 11), CEO Mark Zuckerberg told lawmakers that he was among the 87...

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ResTech

The Dollars And Sense Of Disrupting The $5B Ground-Beef Industry

Vegetarians and vegans, who forego meat and animal byproducts on principle, may be willing to settle for a burger that doesn’t really...

Today In Data

It’s A Small (Connected By Payments) World After All

Nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd, and nothing sparks ignition faster than the fact that something is already popular. Digital payments...

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McDonald’s Will Open 200 Restaurants In Nordic Region

McDonald’s will open 200 restaurants in the Nordic region over the next 10 years, as well as begin home deliveries this year...

How Artland And AR Help Art Collectors Find The Next Masterpiece

How can galleries show their inventory to collectors remotely? And how can art collectors connect with like-minded people? That’s the problem Mattis...

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How Retailers Are Adapting Their Digital Strategies To The Omnichannel Age

Even though BJ’s isn’t as large as its warehouse club counterparts — Costco or Sam’s Club — the retailer packs an omnichannel punch. Last fall, for...

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Now For Sale Online: Sears Stores

While few people are shopping at Sears these days, even fewer have ever considered shopping for a Sears. But, via the magic...

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Amazon Delivery

Amazon Rolls Out Prime Now Grocery Delivery In L.A.

Marking the seventh city for the Prime Now service, Amazon and Whole Foods Market have launched two-hour grocery delivery for Amazon Prime...

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Cryptocurrency

Australia’s AUSTRAC To Regulate Crypto Firms

In Australia, cryptocurrencies are getting more scrutiny from regulators. Reuters reports that the country has moved oversight of digital currency providers to...

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